I'm back! (Where have I been?)

I'm sure you're all wondering where I've been for the last four months since we got back from China. Sorry I haven't been keeping up with my writing, but Mom & Dad and I have been traveling all over the country, and staying pretty darn busy. Travels, holidays, holidays during travels - we've been doing it all.


Where have I been?

- Late October trip to Chicago to visit my Great-Grandma Johnston (Mom's Grandma), since she wasn't feeling very well. I also got to meet my second cousin Will, who's just a month or so younger than I am. I showed him how to walk!
- Mid-November trip back to Chicago for G-G-ma Johnston's funeral. It was kind of sad, but I got to eat a lot of cookies, which was cool. And we got to meet Grammy Petrow's boyfriend Doug! He seemed very nice, though I wasn't feeling very well when I met him and didn't get to play with him much. And Cousin Will was doing very well with his walking.
- Right after that trip, we had Thanksgiving at home in San Diego with just a very small group, partly because just about everyone I know (including me!) had the flu. And Mom thought I was just throwing up because of too many cookies...
- Then Dad went back to Chicago (again!) for work in late November.
- Mom & Dad and I went to Washington D.C. in early December. Dad was going there for a work conference, but we also added in a trip up to Hershey, PA to visit my Great-Grandma Griffith (Dad's Grandma). We played with my cars - she held them for me and I'd come trade with her when I wanted a new car. Then we went to Washington D.C., where I met a cute little girl named Maddie (short for Madeleine), who is the daughter of some good friends of Mom & Dad - Rosemary & Terry. She was only four months old at the time, so I couldn't teach her how to walk. Mom & I spent the week touring Washington D.C.. We took lots of pictures and will get them online here sometime soon. And I'll include a link here, of course. The last item on the trip was to go visit the house that Dad grew up in in Manassas, VA. I slept through that, but the pictures look cool, and those are online already here.
- Phew! That was quite a trip!
- So we were home for a week, and then we went to Orlando, FL to visit Dad's parents for Christmas. That was a lot of fun - they have a cool house and a cool yard and even a pool! We also went and visited Ewan's house - his parent's are Joel and Jenn, and Dad has known Joel since they were my age! They both grew up in those houses you saw in Manassas. But enough about them. Ewan is a month younger than me - like my Cousin Will, so I was showing him how to walk too. He showed me how to eat! And I thought I ate a lot of food. We had a lot of fun playing, and Dad says he'll get those pictures online soon too.
- What's left? New Year's was at home again this year, and I put on my special outfit from our Christmas card. I was ready to party! Dad went to Chicago right after that for work again, and that pretty much brings us up-to-date!

Wow. That was supposed to be a quick recap! I didn't realize we'd been on the road so much. I don't think we have any trips planned here anytime soon - none that I'm going on, anyway. That means I'll have more time to keep up with my writing, so I'll be back here soon. (And Dad claims that he's going to do a better job of keeping the Sunday Spud pictures up-to-date. We still take them every week, but he hasn't been getting them posted online.)

See you soon!