Finley Milligan: Happy New Year 2012

We have had a very busy few weeks with lots of holidays, travel and family visits. Finley spent her first Christmas in Park City with lots of gifts under the tree. On Christmas Eve we shared the holiday and dinner with the Brewer Family. It was wonderful to be surrounded by old family friends on my birthday; the Milligans and the Brewers have been sharing holiday memories for over forty years. It is really fun to see the new generation of friends – J.B., Elise, and Finley begin their very own friendships and holiday traditions.

Finley took her first road trip to St. George to visit Gigi and Papa. The car trip was just a little over 4 hours, which included a stop for fast food (Arbys is our guilty pleasure in Utah)! When we arrived in beautiful St. George Gigi let us know that she would like to watch Finley at night and we could sleep. Wow – What an amazing gesture and three very restful nights for Mom and Dad. When we were in St. George Gigi cooked wonderful meals for us and Finley got to watch her Papa fly model airplanes. On our last night Finley was treated to dinner at Entrada Country Club where she was the center of attention and loved every minute of it. We came home on New Years Eve and went over to the Cronley’s house to celebrate New Years (East Coast time) with lots of adults and children.

Finley is still very interested in the hands she discovered a few weeks ago. She is also becoming more vocal and loves to jabber all day long. She is working very hard to learn how to suck her thumb, we are probably just a few weeks away from a thumb sucker! Todd and I have taken to playing scrabble in the evenings – our quiet simple life in Park City. We both wish we could spend more time skiing, but there isn’t any snow on the ground yet. We are hoping for a white January.

We haven’t come very far on our resolutions for the new year. I think Todd would like to watch more football, Finley would like to learn more about football and I would like to make sure I get out of the house on my own when they are watching football. Maybe we will come up with something better before sundown.