We stopped to spend the night in Solvang. What a beautiful Dutch community. My aunt & uncle also recommended the outdoor theater to us & we were able to see Brigadoon.

One of my favorite parts of traveling California were visiting the missions. Jeff & I both could walk the missions for days and stand in awe of the gardens!

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We're getting some snow here...finally.
It's very beautiful, but too bad it's about a month late!

One of our first stops while Becky was here visiting was: The Cheesecake Factory! It was rather chaotic there & the atmosphere wasn't as good as what it is in Chicago or Vegas, but the food was still delicious!

This is Noah's first trip to the Buffalo Airport. I picked up my best friend, Becky, on January 13th and she stayed until yesterday, the 20th. Noah not only loved the airport...but Aunt Becky as well!

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Argh* My pictures are all out of order & quite the mess... We visited Jeff's family for Christmas on Dec. 23rd and left our camera behind. As you all can tell, I haven't had a chance to post because I've been camera-less. It's horrible not being able to take pictures daily.
Noah's getting much bigger & is loads of fun - when he isn't busy taking a quick snooze.

I turned 6 months old on Dec. 10th!

Mmmmm paper.

Noah's 1st Christmas present.

This picture was taken last winter - Jeff loves to decorate outdoors, but all these bushes have been ripped up for our new flower gardens. I'll have to try to get outside & get a recent picture of what he did this year.

The house is decorated for Christmas! I love it at night with all the still, white lights & a few candles lit!

The top of our entertainment unit has turned into my Peanuts-wonderland. (Chalk that up as another "interesting" thing about me.)

My ever-so-crafty, artistic-aunt Joan made this stocking for me when I was maybe 3 or 4 years old. I treasure it & still hang it up in our house.

I'm 5-months old today!

Another fact about me: I love to bake/cook.
I just finished 3 dozen homemade oatmeal raisin cookies... my grandpa & grandma are coming to visit tonight & dessert is done!

As some of you may know, Noah had to go up to the Buffalo-area to see an eye specialist. He has Congenital Nystagmos. The Dr's have told us not to research it too much on the web, for not everything is true, but what we do know is this: his eyes should strengthen over time, which will help that "wiggling" that goes on lessen. The Dr's examined his retinas and said they look good. Down the road, Noah may have to wear glasses. Thank you, for those of you who have prayed for us and Noah - and please continue to. Noah has a return-visit in March and we are praying that his eyes will be even better at that point.

God sure is faithful - and it's wonderful to know that He loves little Noah. He also gave us decent weather to travel in, as we returned Wednesday & got quite a bit of snow on Thursday.

Ooh, matching mittens!

Getting ready for church...