Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!  Our first Christmas living in Orlando!  We all spent the night at Grandma & Grandpa's and woke up to tons of presents!  And our stockings were full of fun things.  Santa came, and ate the cookies and drank the milk we put out for him.  He even wrote back to us on our note!  Here's what it said:

"Dear Amelia and Penny, Thank you for the cookies and milk.  You two were very NICE this year.  Merry Christmas.  Love, Santa p.s. - Rudolph says hi!!"

We opened all of our presents and just played all day long.  So much fun!

Christmas Eve At Bailey's House

For our first Christmas back in Orlando, we went over to Cousin Bailey's house.  Everyone gathered up to exchange presents and have fun!  And fun we had!

Happy Chanukah!

Tonight was the first night of Chanukah.  Daddy & Grandpa made Great Grandma Lee's beef brisket, and we lit the candles, and it was really cool!

Sea World At Christmastime!

We had the greatest day at Sea World!  We met our cousins Kalani & Bailey there, what a blast!  Sting Rays, dolphins, penguins, whales, sea lions...and hot chocolate!  Doesn't get much better than that!

Ice! And Snow!!

Today we went and saw snow in Florida!  Yes, snow in Florida!  It may have been made and kept inside a super cold building, but it was great!  First we started at Ice! at the Gaylord Palms hotel.  It happens annually and this year it was called "Shrek the Halls!"  They had carved ice statues of all the scenes in the movie and even had ice slides!  We all had to wear these heavy blue jackets.  Bill, Tara, Emory, and McNeil even came down to join us!  So cool!  I mean, cold!!  

And on the way in, there were computers so you could email Santa!  Here's a picture of Grandpa & I emailing him.  I told him I wanted a pony and he emailed back, saying he got my email.  Fingers crossed!

Our First Legoland Adventure!

Today we visited Legoland for the first time!  So much fun!  EVERYTHING there is made of Legos!

Mommy said this girl is made from Legos, and she looks like the beautiful ladies that were all dressed up at the park when she used to come when she was little.  It was called Cypress Gardens then.

Here is a great picture of Uncle Eddie, Aidan, and me:

Super duper fun!

Congratulations Richard & Kristen!

Today we went to Kristen's baby shower!  It was fun, except for all the scary Halloween decorations they still had out...

Baby Lee is due to arrive sometime around February 5th...can't wait to meet him!

Tree Lighting At Lake Eola

We went downtown to watch them light the big Christmas tree!  There was a puppet show,

Music, a picnic, and a swan boat ride for Daddy & I!

Check out the beautiful fountain in the lake!

It was so cold...we brought blankets and cuddled up under them!

Thanksgiving 2011

Our first Thanksgiving in Orlando was wonderful!  Aunty Katy & Uncle Eddie hosted.  We cooked a turkey dinner, and had a Pe-Pum-Ple Cake!  (That's pecan pie, pumpkin pie, and apple pie baked into cakes and frosted - fantastic!)

A Huge THANK YOU To Aunty Illy & Uncle Beav!

Aunty Illy surprised us and painted our rooms for us!  Penny's room is decorated in Mickey & Minnie...

And my room is decorated in Princesses!

We're Here In Florida!

The trip is complete!  We're here, working on settling in.  Mommy, Amelia, & I flew here last week.  We spent the week getting settled in.  Mommy got her driver's license, we went and visited our new school, then Daddy, Grandpa, Cody, & Tigger arrived on Friday.  They made the drive cross-country in four days!  We had so much stuff...a 26' moving truck towing a trailer with Daddy's car and Mommy's truck full of stuff pulling another trailer!  Crazy!  It's all put into storage, and now we're staying with Aunty Illy & Uncle Beav.

Yes, it's November, and yes, we have our feet in the pool!  It's warm here in Florida!

Moving Day!

Now the adventure begins!  This picture is our last picture of the six of us (Cody & Tigger too!) on the front porch of our old house.  Makes us all a little sad, but so excited to get the next part of our lives started!

Last Day At School

Here are the pictures from our last day at Kindercare...super hard day, for all of us...

Here's Penny's class on her last day at KinderCare.  Everybody loved the cupcakes!

Here I am with the boys.  My class liked the cupcakes too.  I'm certainly going to miss my friends - but I know I'll make new ones.

Goodbye Dinner

Today was a really nice time with our friends, but so hard.  We went to one of our favorite restaurants, Mangia Bene, and took up the back room.  These are some of our best friends, and we know they will be our friends forever.

Me & Charlotte...

Here are a few pics of me & Charlotte.  We're only three months apart, she was born just after me.  They came to pick up our fish tank because we aren't taking it to Florida.  I'm really going to miss seeing Charlotte every weekend.  We know we'll still keep in touch like crazy!  It will just have to be by Face Time:)

Penny's Second Birthday Party!

From Penny's 2nd Bday Party

With our upcoming big move, we decided to have Penny's birthday party a little early this year.  But it was perfect, since Aunty Lori, Uncle Chris, & Sarah were all able to come up for it!  We had such a great time. There was pumpkin painting, face painting, playing lots of games.  Everything was decorated with Mickey & Minnie Mouse.  Super fun!

Halloween At School!

We had the Halloween parade at school today, and everyone got dressed up!  I'm Princess Tiana.  Penny was a dalmation puppy:)  Aren't we all adorable?

Me and my best bud Turner, he's a ninja!

Penny in her class, with her best bud, Brett.  He's Batman!