Christmas adventures

I hope everyone had as great of a holiday season as we did.

We had a great trip to New York and Virginia for Christmas. We spent 4 days in New York, until Christmas eve. It was nice to relax for the first time in a month, when I get my video camera fixed, I'll upload some video of Bella. Isabella got to meet her Grandpa Frank and all her DeVito cousin's, aunts and uncles for the very first time. She loved all the attention. She was such a good girl, she never once cried when someone she didn't know would hold her. She started eating 3 meals a day while we were there. She's a GREAT eater, she's yet to refuse a food. She has two bottom teeth now.

After New York we went to Virginia to see Frank's Brother and his wife and kids. We got there on Christmas eve and went to their friends (might as well be family) house. Again, Isabella was great with everyone! When we came in Renee (SIL) and Paige (Friend) and I all started crying
(they started it, I just followed). The kids wondered what they were crying about and Paige said, "We never thought Frankie would get married, let alone have a kid!" It was fun for me to get to see Frankie with Bella and his family. We we got there Isabella had just started to be able to scoot backwards and was getting up on her hands and knees, by the day after Christmas she was crawling!! (Again, I'll post video when it's working). Christmas day was a day of family and relaxing. We had Christmas Dinner and Vinnie and Renee's house with just the family.

We went into D.C. the day after Christmas to see the Newseum. It was a very cool museum! They had a video of 9/11 from the reporter's point of view. I'm always amazed at how many times I've seen tributes or museums of what happened that tragic day, yet every time I see them I'm brought to tears. I feel like it was the day our country lost it's innocence. They had about 80 papers' front pages from that day and the day after. It was amazing to see how the different countries were affected by the event as well.

In the Newseum they had a 4d movie. It was a 3d movie that seats moved and blew air and water on you. It was VERY cool!

We also went to the Marine Corp. museum. It was a HUGE museum with the history of the marine corp. from when it began. They had artwork that Marine's had done that was very touching.

We had a great time seeing our family. It's hard for us to be so far away from them, but it's great when we do get to see them. Hopefully, now that Frank doesn't have vacation days to contend with we will be able to make trips back East to see them more often.