Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful trip to Illinois and Switzerland this season. Charlotte was absolutely wonderful on all of our flights - estimated at about 45 hours of flight time - so it made our traveling much easier. She endured incredibly cold weather for the first time (a huge difference from 85 F/30C weather she is used to in Sydney!), saw lots of snow, went for her first hike in the hills in Switzerland, and met Santa Clause - the highlight of her trip as you will see! We were very sad to leave everyone so soon after arriving...it is very difficult to leave our family and friends behind, especially after bringing Charlotte into all of our lives. It is difficult for us not to have the support of our families around us every day, and even more difficult for us to take such a precious little thing away from all of you. But our distance will not be forever, and one of these days we will be closer to everyone!