Allie in the South of Spain

First off, we went back to the doctor this week and everything looks good with the girls. Vera is slightly larger than her sister but we were told that this is normal in fraternal twins since they are in reality not any more alike than any other siblings. Here are their latest ultrasound pictures: Here is probably the best picture we have gotten of Laura And here is Vera Jose and I have finally decided on the name for our second twin: Laura. I felt bad for a while since we had known from the beginning that if we were going to have a girl that we would name her Vera. It is a name that we both liked but it isn't a family name or one that has any special kind of meaning in reality. I just think it's beautiful and like that it is short and simple. When we found out we were going to have two girls we started to explore other names. For me it was important to chose names that would be easy for people to pronounce both in the U.S. and here in Spain. I didn't want to hav...

Here we are again with another Christmas card blog for everyone. These are actually some of my favorite to write. I just looked back at the last three years of card blogs and it's really nice to have a wrap-up of everything we did and enjoyed throughout the year (and I hope you enjoy them too). Plus the pictures are fun to compare as well. The last three years we have done the same pose in our apartment with Cooper and our tree. Next year with the twins here we might have to mix things up. Here you can read past card blogs and see how we have changed: Christmas 2012 Christmas 2013 Christmas 2014 Usually I do a top 10 countdown of wonderful things that we did or experienced over the year. I am going to follow that format again and here goes: 10. Having some very good friends, Erica and Ernie, visit us over our past Christmas vacation. We had an awesome time with them doing a lot of wine tasting and showing them the south of Spain. 9. After Erica and Ernie left we heade...