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Ok - a little too much "weirdness" is making us move this to a "private" blog... all that means is that you'll need to log in to access it now. We don't want this to stop any of you very well-meaning visitors from checking in us, so PLEASE email us to let us know that you want to continue to access the site - We need your email address! We'll be making the move soon, so please email us ASAP. Please use the email address: bradandstacie1@gmail.com

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Noraese

Click here for a video of Nora speaking her own language! She starts out saying "Elmo" and then starts laughing at her seahorse and then talking about something on TV (there was nothing on TV)...

Happy New Year!!

Christmas pictures

No time to write much now, but we wanted to share some pictures from Christmas! Here's a slideshow! We'll post again soon!

Athens Weekend!

We had a great time in Athens this weekend. We went down for Brad's official graduation, which was very nice... here's a video of the actual hooding ceremony:

Brad's parents and Aunt Kathy were there too and it was nice to see them, as always. We also had a great time catching up with our friends in Athens and eating all the food we've been missing so much! (i.e., Mama's Boy for breakfast (yes, all 3 days, so what?!), Transmet for pizza, Agua Linda (yes, twice, but K-Bob's wasn't open early enough on Sunday!), and sushi at Utage!), as well as drinks at Trappeze!
Nora was a trooper through the whole ordeal, including flights, hotel room, and all of the craziness. The trade-off was the paci, so excuse that in many of the pictures. She seemed to enjoy seeing old friends too (and we even stopped by her old day care to see her old friends there too!)
Here are some photographic highlights...
Nora eating some bread before the graduation (in her first outfit - didn't make it through lunch!)

Not quite heavy enough for the folding chairs!

Yey, Daddy!


Dr. Binder and Dr. Blythe



Ok... there are too many pictures, I'm tired of posting them! ;) ... click here instead!

What's cookin', good lookin'?

Nora keeps pulling this pot out of the cupboard and getting in!

Early Christmas!

We had a great time in CT this weekend celebrating Christmas with the Sanford side of the family... 17 people in one house, yikes! Amy and Trevor were very gracious hosts and Amy prepared amazing food, as usual! Here are some of the 150+ pictures that were taken!

SANTA!!!

Nora hasn't visited with Santa yet this year, but we went to the tree-lighting at Reston Town Center on Friday and we got to see him drive right in front of us with Mrs. Claus in a horse-drawn carriage!