Rebecca and I went to Orlando for a few days. We stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Studios and were just a short water taxi away from City Walk. We had lunch at the world’s largest Hard Rock Café and Rebecca got to do lots of shopping.

We had an absolute blast and it was a great time with 60-70 degree weather, dinner at Bice (they hand make their own pasta in house), and finished our weekend with a 3D showing of Avatar in the IMAX theatre. We can’t wait to get back to Florida and it was nice to get away from the Ohio weather. We were both happy to get back to Katalina too. She missed Bec soo much, she just wanted Bec to hold her when we got home.

These are some pictures from our Year End Party we hosted for our clients here in Columbus. Rebecca and Joanna came to join us for dinner and we had an absolute blast. We didn’t get Joanna on the dance floor but Josh cut a rug for the both of them.
The evening included live jazz music from my brother-in-law (Ryan Craycroft), a living statue (Charles Dickens’s character), al live band and we even got a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. We held it a the Athenaeum in downtown Columbus.
Thank you Aunt Signe and Uncle Jerry for taking such good care of Katalina. She asks for Co-Co all the time- or at least every time she sees a dog.

The first three pictures here are from Christmas Eve. Katalina had her dress on and even had one to match for her baby doll.

She was so excited to open gifts on Christmas morning. Bec fixed an awesome breakfast and Katalina got to ride her new scooter (Barbie of course). She also got a vacuum so she can help mommy with the cleaning. Okay so it doesn’t actually sweep the carpet- but don’t tell Kat that- she thinks otherwise.

Bec was not feeling well when we had “Christmas with the Conley’s” so Katalina and I drove up and had a blast. She had some good bonding time with her cousins. I think she has a crush on Mason! All she said on the way home was “Mase-Mase”

Just as we did last year- we headed out to the zoo to see the lights. We took Katalina last year and it was even colder this year. A blistering 19 degrees and as you can see we were all bundled up. One of Katalina’s favorite things at the zoo is the aquarium. We were surprised to see Santa in the tank feeding the fish. Katalina just kept pointing to Santa saying “Ho-Ho daddy, Ho-Ho”.

Hard to believe Katalina is 2 already. Rebecca really out did herself and created a Hello Kitty theme. She made the cake, had all the balloons even down to the very last detail with a Hello Kitty piñata. Katalina got so many gifts but one of her favorites was the nice coat and matching hat from grandma and grandpa Craycroft. We had so much fun watching her open all of her presents, it was perfect.