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Here Comes Santa Claus

What a difference a year makes.  Last year, Maia was 11 months old.  We took her to a mall Santa and she freaked out.  She wouldn't even sit on his lap.  Andy had to sit next to Santa and put Maia on his knee.  Totally worth the $15 picture.

This year, Maia LOVES Santa.  We first saw him at the Anchorage tree lighting the weekend after Thanksgiving.  After the short program and lighting, it was announced that Santa would stick around for boys and girls to talk to.  Within seconds, Santa was swarmed.  We decided to let the crowd die down and grab some hot chocolate at the coffee place across the street.  Maia cried and cried for "Shasha" the whole time we were gone.  After enjoying our hot chocolate, we went back and Maia got to sit on Santa's lap.

Last weekend, the history museum had a Santa visit.  We went, expecting it to be swarmed.  There were about 6 kids there, and no line for Santa.  Maia got lots of time with him, and we got some great pictures.  She still doesn't get the concept of asking for presents from him, but we'll work on that for next year.

Happy Birthday Kay!

Happy birthday to Maia's godmother Kay!  We are looking forward to seeing you soon!

Winter Fun

Anchorage has some great parks and a great trail system.  We took advantage of the snow and got out sledding and skiing.  Maia loved the sledding, and had a great time being pulled in her pulk (think bike trailer on a sled).  She loved the pulk so much that she fell asleep and missed most of the ski.

Note the purple necklace in the sledding pictures.  She refused to take it off, even when it was hitting her in the face on the downhill run.

Waiting in Joyful Hope

Petting Rudolph at the Anchorage tree lighting

Seeing Santa at the tree lighting.  She is very into Santa this year and cried 

when she thought we were leaving without seeing him.

Decorating the tree in her holiday finery- footed pjs, a santa hat, and that holiday staple- a toddler life jacket.  She found it in the closet when we were getting out the decorations and wore it ALL night.

Exploring the Nativity with daddy.

Happy Advent!
We finally found the cable that connects the camera to the computer, so now we can share our recent antics. Advent is in full swing at the Puckett household. We put the tree up early so we could enjoy it before our big trip back to the Midwest. A big thank you to Maia's godparents John and Kay, who sent her a Fisher Price Little People Nativity set. She's loves it, although she thinks all the animals are moose!

Happy Anniversary!

Today we celebrate our 3rd anniversary.

Happy Birthday Gramma!!

Happy birthday to Gramma Ramsay! We hope you have a great day! Counting down the days until we see you!

Happy Birthday Daddy and Uncle Chris

Happy belated birthday to Andy and Uncle Chris! We got you a new administration for your birthday!

More Halloween

Checking out the loot

A frog, an astronaut, and a little red baby monster ready to go

Maia in her halloween bling from John and Kay

Playing dress up

Its cold out here!

Halloween

Maia with our finished Jack-O-Lantern

Want some pumpkin guts?

Frog in profile

Mad scientist and frog ready to trick or treat

Maia had a great Halloween. Last Saturday, our church had their annual "trunk or treat," which was a cross between tailgating and trick or treating in the church parking lot. They also had a carnival, where Maia learned the art of the cake walk. On Halloween night, we met up with our friends the Boysens, and trick or treated in their neighborhood.

Happy Birthday Becca!

Flowers for my lady!  (Better Gerbers than we can get in Alaska, I'm afraid.)

In the dugout at Wrigley.

The call to the pen (brought to you by Sears).

On a Caribbean catamaran.

Enjoying a drink in the Caymans.


Happy Birthday Becca!  Have a wonderful day!

How did Dr. Daddy get into the computer?

Daddy has some video clips up at Discovery.com! They were filmed back in March... I remember because that was when we went out to see the Iditarod, which was what the film crew had come up to cover. Anyway, here they are:

Andy Puckett, Astrophysicist

&

Survey Maps the Stars

You can also download these from the iTunes store, they're part of the free Discovery News (Video) podcast. One of Daddy's college friends pointed it out to him! He thinks there might be another clip coming at some point... he says there's a lot of footage they haven't used yet. Then again, maybe it ended up on the cutting room floor. Can't wait to see!

Halloween Comes Early

I'm pretty sure this was Maia's idea.

Happy Birthday Aunt Maggie!

The Ramsay women love birthdays

We hope you had a great birthday! Can't wait to see you and Uncle Chris in December!

Maia's thoughts on the Cubs

We took the Cubs loss pretty hard around here. We are just now able to talk about it. We still haven't watched much baseball. This picture taken the night of the 3rd game sums up our feelings. And yup, that's a rally cap on Andy's head.

Happy Birthday Gramps!

Happy Birthday Gramps!  We miss you!  Hope you have a good day!


I assume this was some kind of massage.

Out behind our cabins in mid-September in Homer, AK.

At the Aviation Heritage Museum.

At the Portage Glacier Visitor's Center.

On our own private boat tour of Portage Glacier.

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