Christmas 2008

Here are some photos from our somewhat courageous Christmas roadtrip to St. Petersburg, FL and Augusta, GA. We spent many, many hours on the road, and learned a lot about traveling with a newborn. Like, don't change a baby while she's sitting on your lap.

It was all worth it - we had beautiful weather in FL, and enjoyed being with my parents, sister Andrea, her husband Martin and their two kids, Javier and Sara. We even got to visit my grandfather, who is in his nineties, and my Aunt Judy in Orlando. Then, we drove to Augusta, and spent a week chilling out with Doug's dad, Gene and his wife, Margie. Margie's son Sean was there, as well as their friend, Ji-Hoon. Doug's brother, Donald, drove in from Atlanta, and came back after a few days to visit some more.

Here is just a sampling of photos from the trip.


This is Merritt's first trip to the beach. My sister Andrea loved holding her!


Santa made a special visit to mom and dad's house.

We opened presents outside on Christmas morning. Christmas in Florida can be awesome.

At Gene and Margie's house in Augusta, GA. That's not just my hair... there's a little dog behind my head - Margie's yorkie, named Claiborne.

Grandmo (Margie) with Merritt.