Here we are, sunburnt but happy to be in warm weather in December. We spent a week in Florida with friends and enjoyed every minute of it.
Here we are, our first family picture, just days after bringing Amelia home from the hospital.
Our wedding day in Jekyll Island, Georgia. What a celebration! Most of our friends and family were able to make it down for the weekend.
Here we are on our honeymoon in Rome, Italy, posing in front of Vatican City. For two weeks, we traveled around Italy and Umbria. Italy is another country we'd love to travel to with kids in the future.
Amelia and her birthmommy, Kristin, during a visit to Kristin's house. Amelia was just a couple of weeks old at this time.
This was at the wedding of our niece, Heather, when Amelia was only 3 months old. This was when we realized that Amelia was going to be Daddy's little girl.
Amelia and her Gamma, John's mom. She lives in Michigan and loves buying books for Amelia.
Amelia and Grandma pick out pumpkins in the mountains of Georgia. Who knew pumpkins could grow that large?!?
During a visit to Michigan, cousin Kendra took Amelia to the park. It was so hot that day, so we made sure to have lots of ice cream to keep ourselves cool.
John and Amelia in Milwaukee during a 3-day weekend getaway.
Dawn and Amelia swimming during a vacation in Florida. Amelia really liked swimming with her floaties and was improving each day.
Kristin, her mom, and her grandparents. Kristin's grandparents moved to Arizona soon after this photo was taken. We stay in touch with emails and photos.
Amelia loves playing outside, despite the cold weather. Dawn took these photos for our Christmas card.
Now this is the way to eat birthday cake! Amelia's 2nd birthday party was a Winnie The Pooh themed party, complete with homemade cake and a bouncing castle!
Here we are on the beach in Michigan during our summer vacation. This was the only cloudy day of our trip.
Amelia and her best bud, Logan. They played so well together! We think they'll get married someday, but who knows?
Here's a picture of four generations: Great-Grandma, Papa, Dawn and Amelia. Great-Grandma is known as Nana to Amelia, and she loves hanging out with her in Georgia.
Hanging out with the Maori in New Zealand! We took a trip to New Zealand for a friend's wedding and was able to spend a couple of weeks traveling around the county. We'd love to go back with the kids one day.
Dawn's mom, Diane, and her aunts Frankie and Martha with cousin Shawn
Dawn and Shara attend a University of Georgia game. Go Dawgs!
Guess who got to go to Disney World? Amelia had a such a good time meeting the princesses.
We rented a house in Virgin Gorda (in the British Virgin Islands) and spent the week with family and friends for Thanksgiving. It was probably the best Thanksgiving meal we've had!