Pictures from My Trip to the Mid-West for Christmas and New Year's!

We had a blast during our trip to Chicago, Madison and then back to Chicago over the holidays! Ben met many, many people and was really happy the whole time! He is such a good baby. There was hardly any crying on the plane. We discovered that he likes rhythmic noises. For instance, when we tapped the window on the plane he loved it! He seems to love music so we try and sing and dance as often as we can. The picture at the top of this posting is of our family reunited and in California after we returned from our trip. Well, Steve's taking the picture, but Buster, of course, couldn't come with us, so we missed him very much! We had a great time reuniting with him and it was fun to see Ben's reaction. He was trying to pet Buster as best he could which basically meant banging on his head. Buster doesn't seem to mind! The other dog in this set of pictures is Winnie, our newest doggie niece who resides in Washington, D.C. Winnie really liked Ben's carseat so he let her hang out in there. He didn't seem to mind. He's pretty easy going. There are so many pictures of people that it will take too long to describe them all. So, email or call me if you have any questions about people. We had so much fun seeing everyone and can't wait to do it again!