Christmas in Florida!

This year, we spent Christmas in Naples at Grandma and Grandpa Dyer's house there. It was so much warmer than Boise! Santa Claus came and gave Sloane some wonderful gifts and there was so much to eat and do! The highlight was the beach on Christmas Day on the Gulf of Mexico. We went with Great Uncle Al and Pat McFall, who were visiting for the day. Sloane loved the sand and getting her feet wet in the waves that washed up on shore. Mom and Dad had a great time golfing!!

At the beach on Christmas Day

Getting my feet wet in the Gulf

Watching Baby Einstein with Grandpa Dyer

Santa brunch

If you remember last year's post, every year we attend a brunch at Crane Creek with Santa. Last year, Sloane was NOT impressed. You can see how she did this year again...





Well, maybe next year.

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving in Idaho Falls this year. It was nice to get away and see Grandma and Grandpa Suitter. We didn't do much but eat. We took Sloane down to the river to feed the ducks (since she is the grand duck mistress now) and she had a blast despite the cold weather. There are literally hundreds of ducks along the greenbelt that start waddling over to your car as soon as you park because they know what comes next. Sloane did great and loved seeing all of them and chasing them around!

Our family pictures

When Sloane finally turned one, we decided to have our family pictures taken. Dannie Frost of A Time to Remember Photography was the very talented lady who took our photos at beautiful Kathryn Albertson Park in Boise. The weather was gorgeous, the leaves were turning and Sloane was...well, she was pretty cooperative. Enjoy!

She's walking!

It happened just like that - last week, Sloane just walked all the way across the living room and into the hallway and she never looked back. She's been upright ever since!

Of course we captured her first steps on film!!

Happy birthday Sloane!

October 26th was Sloane's 1st happy birthday!! We had a big Baby Einstein themed party since it's Sloane's favorite. We had a caterpillar cake, balloons, party favors and lots and lots of friends. The party turned into a big bash and tons of fun was had by all!

Grandma and Grandpa Suitter got me a super cool airplane!!

My Auntie Julie got me my favorite stuffed pigeon and more pigeon books!

My Auntie Ashley got me a cool Elmo airplane!

Sloane's new airplane fleet! Mom and Dad need to build me a hangar!

Florida!

We had so much fun in Orlando! Phil had to go for a business trip so we all decided to go and have fun and have some Grandma and Grandpa Dyer time too. We stayed right in the middle of things in Orlando at the Hard Rock hotel which was great for Sloane! Our first trip was to Disney World (of course) and the Magic Kingdom!

That is Cinderella's castle in the background

We rode on the flying dumbos

It's a small world after all

The Mad Hatter's Tea Party!

It's the happiest place on Earth!

Back at the hotel, we played in the cool even though it was kinda cold.

Grandma and Grandpa Dyer threw me a birthday party at the Peabody Hotel!

Then I was the honorary Duckmaster at the world famous duck march!

If you can't get enough and want to see the duck march on video, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xPQKnFXPmQ