The Hughes are in Virginia! Due to the crazy schedule that we have had for what seems like months now (hence my absence on the blog!) we made the trip up to VA a little before Christmas in order to miss the hectic Holiday traffic and to better fit our crazy schedules! So on Tuesday we packed it up and headed to the airport to fly to VA! Never mind that it is FREEZING in FL and even colder in VA! What were we thinking?! It was 43 degrees when we reached the Orlando airport and Katherine kept saying "Mommy, it's FREEZING! It's too cold to be outside!" HA! Definitely a FL girl at heart. :)
We made it through security without any hitches and were at our gate with an hour to spare! We let the girls run around and wear themselves out and got juice for the girls to drink while on the plane. We scored a major victory when Chris's seatmate didn't show up for the flight! Score! So I took the harness thing we have used on Katherine in the past and we put it on Caroline in her very own big girl seat! She was SO good! As long as she had something to look at/play with or had food and drink she was a happy little girl. She got a little fussy about 30 minutes from Richmond, but after about 2 minutes of fussing she conked out and snoozed until we pulled up to the gate in Richmond. Major victory since she is still getting over an ear infection!
We ran into rush hour traffic in Richmond which delayed our arrival at the Hughes house a bit, but both girls were conked out, so it wasn't that bad! Last night we visited for a bit and then we all hit the sack around 9pm. We were tired!
Katherine woke up around 7:30 this morning (super late for her!!) and was ready to go play outside...until we opened the front door at 17 degrees! HOLY COW! I forgot how cold that feels! BBBRRR! Good thing I purchased hats, gloves and a scarf for the girls before we left! Katherine decided she would play inside until the sun had a chance to warm things up a bit...to 37 degrees. Another interesting thing that happened is that Katherine's hair has straightened out considerably! I guess the humidity really makes her hair curly! She looks a little funny without the wild and crazy curls everywhere! :)
Caroline slept for 13 hours last night! I was super excited as I was able to sleep in a little bit and get showered and completely ready before she graced us with her presence this morning! What a treat! I don't think she is feeling completely well, but she has been so good the whole time. She is quite intent on climbing up the stairs, but other than that has been one happy little girl!
Today we hung around the house and didn't do much as we were catching up with everyone here. Katherine did manage to get out and swing in PaPa's swing set, but she wasn't out for long! She came in with bright rosy cheeks and said "It's COLD out there Mom!" I guess so! Tonight she baked cookies with CiCi in their matching aprons. It was quite cute!
Everyone has conked out for the night, so I think I shall do the same! Can't wait to see what is in store for tomorrow...and hopefully warmer temperatures! :)
Katherine cheesing it up for the camera.
Katherine with semi-straight hair!
Forget toys...just give me a suitcase!
Katherine and two of her favorites...Dagny and Ms. Lisay.
Caroline flying!
Katherine found Rudolf!
Mommy and the girls on Christmas Eve.
Katherine making chocolate milk for Santa.
Katherine putting out Santa's cookies!
Cookies and Milk all ready for Santa...Katherine is safe?!
Santa, Stop here! Katherine wrote out the card with a little help from Mom.
Looks like Santa came!
Merry Christmas!! We love our new kitchen!
What can we cook?
Look what Santa left in our stockings!
Katherine dug right into opening presents.
Caroline wasn't quite as interested...
Somebody got some presents at Grammy and Gray Gray's!
Katherine as Snow White!
Sweet little Caroline with a double ear infection on Christmas Day! :(
Giving Daddy Kisses!
Silly Katherine!
Hi, Caroline!
Christmas was fun!
Katherine and Mommy made homemade playdough! Pink of course...is there any other color?
The girls test driving Caroline's new Big Wheel!
