Bringing in 2012 in Sun Valley

We arrived at the Sun Valley airport in Hailey on New Years Eve.  Here are some photos of our week long vacation.
From airport.

Flora all tucked away.

View of snow capped mountains from front of airport.

 At the condo, time to stretch and play!

 Playing with Sagey's Christmas gift, Megna-tiles (probably the coolest toy ever! we want some!)

 A fun structure Sage, Daddy, and Flora made.

 I think Flora was actually destroying it.

 Christmas gift time!

 Flora helping uncle Ben with his gift.

 Yup... she needs to taste the paper.

 Bald Mt (from condo deck).

Hello?

Where's the phone?

There it is!

Another fun toy.

Going for a walk...

 

 ...while Sagey rode his Christmas bike.

 In front of the Sun Valley Lodge.

 Uncle!

 Eating at the SV golf course lodge.

We went up to Galena Pass to go snowshoeing.

 Such beautiful weather to hike in Daddy's pack.

 Pioneer Cemetery Trail counterclockwise (4K).

Flora was loving it from the beginning.

 So much beautiful scenery.

 The top of the main climb.

Photo ops.

 All smiles.

 Flora's first time standing in snow.

CUTE!

 Less then 1/4 mile back to the lodge and Flora fell asleep...

 She tried to stay awake as long as possible and then just dozed off...

 She did an awesome job on her first snowshoeing outing.

 and she's awake for a photo.

 Enjoying a beer and some soup at Galena Lodge.

 Back at the Condo and playing "fort" with Sagey and Nana.

 Peek-a-boo!

 She was having so much fun!

Sagey giving hugs!

Where did Sage and Flora go?

There they are!

 Peek-a-boo!

 Still having fun!

 Cousin's playing more.

 Happy stroller.

Blazing fire at Baldy's River Run Lodge

 Enjoying a brew and watching the skiers slide down.

Daddy and Flora.

Crossing over the Big Wood river.

 Heading out for a little walk.

 At Mom/Dad's condo w/Baldy in the background.

 Daddy just finishing up his day on the Mountain.

Out for another walk.

At the new Starbucks in Ketchum.

 

 The grandkids.

Flora's first visit to Sun Valley was much fun!  Thanks to Nana, uncle Ben, tia Shawn, cousin Sage, and Daddy for a GREAT trip! We can't wait to go back!

Christmas with the De Donatos

Just a couple days after Christmas we gathered at Jim and Coleen's house for second Christmas!  Paul, Jennifer and Abigail were in town from Austin! 

Here are some photos...

Abigail opening her stocking.

 Flora opening her stocking.

 All of us (minus Bryan the camera man).

 Flora enjoying sucking on her fingers

 Family photo!

Papa and Flora having a good laugh.

 Very sweet photo.

 Gaga, Flora and Papa share smiles.

 And more smiles!

 Happy grandparents.

 Happy De Donatos! Cute photo!

 Look at these two brothers.

 Two brothers, their Spokane native wives, and cute brunette girls.

We had a wonderful De Donato Christmas!  Thank you Jim and Coleen for an amazing first Christmas for Flora.

Miss you already Paul, Jen and Abigail!

Flora is 7 months today!

7 months ago today Flora was born. Here's what we did today...

We started off the morning with a little yoga (downward dog is her favorite pose).

Then we went for a walk.

 Now time to smile for the camera....

 and eat the paper cause everything goes into the mouth.

 That's right, Flora is mobile!

 Crawling here,

 there,

 and everywhere.

 This is her trying to stand on her own... but almost looks like she's going into a side push-up

 On the move some more!

 She had tights on for the photo shoot, but I took them off.  It was hard for her to move with them on.

 And as you can see, she's a mover!

 Then she decided she wanted to play with Daddy's Ipad box.

And of course she wanted to pull herself up to a stand... this is just about her favorite thing to do.

 Then was the "I'm so tired" crawl to me while crying.

 Ok, naptime.

Flora has touched so many hearts.  Mommy loves you, darling daughter.  Happy 7 month birthday.