christmas vacation part ... kazillion (last part, i swear)

after san diego we went to stay at courtney's house in san clemente for a night. and not just any night, but new year's eve!  courtney and pete put on a great party and we got to stay in their guest room.  so perfect with the baby!

this was piper's chance to meet coutney, peter, alex, sidonia, slyman, smac and dave!  and on new year's day, alex crowned her 'baby hyper.' 

scripps girls and sunshine, such a perfect start to the new year!  thanks to the wucetich clan for having us, and to everyone (incl. other guests) for letting us use the guest suite!

for the record, i tried to steal pics from katherine's album, but the files won't save to my computer. bah humbug.

laura, shay, me, piper (5 mos), melissa, brook (7 mos), meghan, myles (9 mos)

back in orange county, i met up with some friends from high school.  my friend emily on the right didn't bring her kids, so she held lil' pipes for me.

and after two nights back at my dad's it was time to go back home.  as we were making our descent back into chicago, piper was mesmerized by the view.  i mean, look at this girl.  glued to the window. or maybe just holding on for dear life?

bye bye orange county, hello chicago!