A day at the zoo...

Elizabeth and Maggie were nice enough to invite us to the zoo on this absolutely balmy day (I mean it was in the 60's!!!) and it was great to get outside and get some fresh air (well, as fresh as any air is at the zoo...).

Taking candy from a baby...

is harder than you might think. On New Year's Eve, I decided to let Julia celebrate by taking a couple of licks of her candy cane that Santa left in her stocking. David objected on the grounds that it would be too messy...I assured him that she would tire of it before it became too messy and handed it over. She LOVED her first taste of candy and was not about to give it up (the tears are just after I tried to take it away). David scooped her up and held her on his lap to save the carpet from the red dye but he was not amused by the mess (I thought it was adorable!!).

Christmas Day...

Christmas Eve

After Christmas Eve Mass, we took a few pictures of Julia before getting her in her jammies to wait for Santa ( =

Photo Shoot!

We took Julia to get her pictures taken on Saturday...for Christmas and her first birthday. She did fabulous despite being a little sleepy and a little hungry. Enjoy!

Mom and Tots Christmas Party

Julia had her first Christmas party through our Mom and Tots group at church adn she had a great time (her favorite part was the Music 'n Me circle with the chicken nuggets being a close second...).

You'd better not pout...

While we were visiting my parents in Springfield, we went to Opry Mills and took Julia to see Santa. You can see what she thought of the jolly old fat man...

Julia's First Birthday Party!

Julia's first birthday party was a lot of fun and our little princess was extremely excited (although probably not entirely sure why). We had a Tinker Bell party and I had fun making her cake and decorating the cabin. We took video of the cake eating mahem, which I will post as soon as I figure out our new camera (= Suffice it to say, her entire face was purple, including the insides of her ears. The dress came off after cake and she spent the rest of the afternoon playing with her cousins and napping...not a bad day for a one year old.

On the nature trail...

Tracy and I thought it would be nice to take the kids on a little hike on a nature trail. They all seemed to enjoy it, especially Andrew who was finally free to let out all of his pent up energy...

Thanksgiving in Gatlinburg...

Since Julia's first birthday fell on the same weekend as Thanksgiving, we decided to rent a cabin in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and have both the Wright and Roof clans join us for both occasions. We had a great time and these are some pictures we took while traipsing around Gatlinburg one evening.