Holiday Portrait

My first Christmas!  Happy Holidays, Everyone!!

Time with Family at the Gardens

There were so many neat decorations!  When I'm bigger, my moms want to bring me back here, so I can really notice the lights and all the pretty displays.

With Aunt Linda...

Kestin, whispering some holiday secrets to me!  Sister Stuff!

Rob joined us too - he's one of my honorary uncles!

Wheeeee, Aunt Carol!  Look out, Aunt Linda!!

Kestin was impressed and took lots of pictures!

Pittsburgh Botanical Gardens

Got to meet Santa for the first time!  He said lots of sweet things to me and talked to Kestin a lot about Harvard.  :)

Walking the Cobblestones...

My mom and my sister were born in Pittsburgh, and LOTS of my extended family lives here.  So, we visit a lot.  Apparently, taking walks up and down the crazy hills is something my moms like to do... so...  here I go!

Me, being cute while I'm in the snugglie with Mommy...

Walking along behind Mamma, Kestin and Kopper

Uphill, downhill!!  And there are our long shadows!

Well, yeah, of course I fell asleep!  It was a long walk!

Kestin and Mamma didn't actually walk all the way in to the city.  They drove (though you can see the skyline from Aunt Linda's third floor windows, which is so neat-o...)

Mommy says she likes this photo b/c at the Point shown in the river in the background is a park... and that's actually where Mommy met Kestin for the very first time when she was still in her birthmom's tummy!

And visiting back at Aunt Linda's...

This is the rocking chair Grandma used to sit in to rock Mommy!  She also rocked my sister a few times when Kestin was little...  Now this special chair is at Aunt Linda's house, so Mamma took some time to be sure to rock me too.  Deep, sweet sleep!

Here I am, snuggling with Aunt Linda and Shadow :) :) :)

















And a staring contest with Aunt Carol!!

Back up on the third floor big bed for a nap.  This room is very special in our family, because it's where Kestin first came "home" from the hospital.  She slept in the Amish cradle here, beside my moms, and their doggie Duncan slept over in the corner by the windows.

Now, I'm here!  And Kopper is in her kennel nearby!  Tradition!

A visit to our favorite local restaurant with friends and my three aunts...

Snuggle time (again) in Aunt Linda's 'Despicable Me' blanket :)  ...Because her 'Steelers' blanket was taken at the moment....