Happy New Year!!

Well, we have survived the holidays. December turned out to be a very busy month for us with the holidays, our Disney Cruise, and a few days in DisneyWorld. It feels like it has been non-stop since I returned from Hawaii. I am looking forward to taking it easy for the next few weeks.

Hawaii was wonderful. I really enjoyed spending time with my family. Maddie and Taylor are so wonderful. They are just non-stop! There was no resting! But that was okay. We had a fabulous time together. And it was great to see Jenn and Francis and spend some quality time with them.

Blake celebrated his 8th birthday on the 2nd of December. They had a magician and Blake got to wave the wand and make a rabbit appear! They also got their faces painted and ate lots of pizza.

On December 12th we flew to Orlando and boarded the Disney cruiseship for a 3 day cruise. We were with Peter's mom, dad, and grandma. And of course, Blake. We also met up with Peter's aunt and uncle on the cruise. We visited the island of Nassau and the Disney owned island, Castaway Cay. The weather was gorgeous while we were at the ports of call and while Peter and Blake snorkeled I laid in the sun and got a tan. Peter and Blake and I also did the Stingray Adventure where we were able to feed the stingrays and snorkel with them.

We returned from the cruise on Sunday morning and headed for Orlando. We spent time with more family there and then headed to our hotel on Disney property. We visited Animal Kingdom on Monday, where we all ended up buying gloves and sweatshirts because it was about 50 degrees outside...and shaded! We were sooooo cold! The next day Peter and I took Blake to Magic Kingdom. It was much warmer and so much fun! I actually got to ride everything except Splash Mountain (which Peter and Blake rode twice). We all had a really great time.

We returned to Denver just in time for last minute holiday shopping. We spent Christmas morning with Blake and the afternoon with my parents. It was very nice.






As most of you know, we had our ultrasound on December 10th and found out we are having a girl!! I must say, I was one of those women who just "had a feeling" that it was girl, so I was elated!

Peter and I are looking forward to the new year and all of the changes it will bring for us. Although Peter says that I'm "taking too long" to have this baby, I can hardly believe that I am about to start my third trimester.

We hope every one is doing well and wish the best to everyone in the coming year.

With love,

Brittany and Peter