Sunday, February 14, 2010

Orlando Vacation!!!

The Swanson's finally took a vacation...our first since Nov 2008 it seems that didn't involve work and was longer than a few days.  We made it to Orlando to visit Mickey, Minnie and the rest of the crew for a week. Dad is now at a review course studying for his upcoming test in March while Mom and the girls are safely back home.

We had an excellent time and the weather cooperated...for the most part.  Although it was a bit cold at times, the rain stayed away when we were at the parks.  Annalise had a wonderful time meeting Mickey, Goofy and the rest of the crew, and even got to meet Elmo at Sea World.  However, if you ask her, her favorite part of the trip was "running, jumping, and hopping" her way across the parks.  As for the adults, I think we can all say the best part was watching Shamu at Seaworld.  Here are a few pics and if you want to view all of Dad's 300+ pictures, click HERE.

Annalise either looked like this (like the new haircut?)....












or this (watching Shamu) all week.








She met Mickey, Minnie, Daisy & Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Winnie the Pooh, and Tigger but probably her favorite (based on no screaming or running from the large & loud character which was the typical most of the week) was Elmo.  Still not sure what he was doing at SeaWorld.








Of course, she loved everything about Nemo at Epcot as well...we had to go through the ride multiple times.
Clara had fun too...in fact she started to take her first solids...carrots and apples...and did great with them.
Okay, maybe she doesn't look like she's having fun...here's a better one!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

The End of January

WOW...time flies.  It appears that the calendar has switched over to February.  We've done a few things, but not too much.  Mid-January we took an uneventful (thankfully!) flight to MN...Who flies to MN in the dead of winter for a long weekend???  Probably crazy people.  But Clara got to meet her cousins Ryan and Aaron for the first time and Annalise had fun getting reacquainted again with everyone.  Here are a few pictures...

First flight for Clara...and all went well.










Clara and Pop-Pop spent alot of time resting in the recliner!










Grandma loving every minute of the weekend!












The cousins meet (again, at least for Annalise!)
At the end of January, our good friends from Charlottesville (Chris, Brooke, & Austin) came up for a visit.  We went to the Crayola Factory for the kids but spent most of the time just hanging out!



And lastly...do they look alike now?  I think so...


Annalise (5 months)                                        Clara (5 months)