Vera Turns One!

Vera celebrated her first birthday with her Grandma Mary, Auntie Katie, Uncle Karl, and cousin Mason. She also helped Mary and Katie celebrate their own birthdays over an eventful birthday weekend, which was well documented with our new camera. Vera has learned some new tricks in her wise old age, which have also been well documented.

Vera is One!

Vera's First Christmas!

We spent close to 3 weeks in Iowa for Christmas with ALL the family. Of course, we were sick practically the whole time. But, we managed to have some fun despite the illnesses. Vera seemed to enjoy her first Christmas, but is just now really getting into the new toys she received. Thanks to all!

Not pictured are a few days of fun in Chicago (although still sick) - with Faith, Mark and the boys taking care of us, and some wedding dress shopping with Maria, as well as a fair amount of Anne of Green Gables watching. sigh.

Xmas 2008!

Thanksgiving with Mason

Thanksgiving

A Visit from the Grammas

Grammas Visit!

Happy 9 month birthday!

As of today, Vera has been out of the belly as long as she was in the belly. We have enjoyed the past 9 months significantly more than the previous, I must say. Here are a few pics from the past month. Highlights include a visit from Iona, a weekend of hiking (on my birthday), and Halloween.

Rocktober

Fall '08

The weather has been beautiful for the past couple weeks and we are trying to take advantage of it. We took the whole family down to visit George, Mary, and Diana, (and Dodger visited Kosmos, whom she terrorized the entire stay) in Connecticut last weekend. We had a great walk in their woods, a nice tour of the Yale campus and New Haven, apple picking and some terrific meals and visiting with the Richersons. Also this post, we took Vera on her first corn maze, county fair, and pumpkin patch.

In other news, we are thrilled to welcome another cousin for Vera into the family - William Higley Spencer was born on October 14th! We can't wait to meet him. Visit Dave's website for pics: http://www.dspencer.net

Fall '08

Real Quick...

I changed our You Tube to be a little more private - to keep out all the wackos. Here is our new account - sorry if you have to re-subscribe!

http://www.youtube.com/user/VeraVision1