Tuesday, November 30, 2010

A New kind of Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving was the first time that we have not spent the holiday with either Fisher's or my parents. We stayed home... for the most part. We did get to eat the big turkey dinner with my uncles and a few cousins, but mostly we did our own thing. It was quiet but nice... We went to the zoo, watched movies, decorated for Christmas and played games. Curly's class gave a Thanksgiving program that was darling. As you see, Curly was a pilgrim woman and her line was "Mercy Me".

In other news, life with a newborn has been busy because even though I want to sit and hold her all day, we have other commitments. Curly finished her first season of soccer. She had a great coach and lots of friends on her team. I won't say that she loved it. Most weeks were a huge battle to get her to put on those darn shin guards and two feet long socks. But now that's it over she's saying she wants to play again... we will see.


My mom came to help for two weeks and it was wonderful. It was very hard when she left and I had to be the "mom" again. She fed us, kept the house clean, filled the freezer, played with the girls, finished projects, got up with the baby... I could go on and on. Hopefully I can be like my mom when I grow up :) And as always, she took pictures of all the cute things my kids do that I never think to capture. This is from a walk to the park with the girls and their neighborhood friends.


Curly and Lou having a picnic in the garage. I am not sure why they chose this location, but they had fun.

Lou playing with "Moon sand" that grandma brought. That stuff is cool!

Okay, I did think to take one picture. Snuggled up in Grandma's bed. It was a sad morning when Curly and Lou ran to the "guest room/front room" to see Grandma and discovered that she was gone.

Who knew a box could be so entertaining? We saved this big freezer box and Curly and Lou really wanted to sleep in it. We told them they had to wait until Thanksgiving. It was a great motivator, "If you want to sleep in the box, you need to..."
It's been a little chilly here. And by chilly I mean in the high-50s during the day. We are quickly becoming Arizona wimps and the girls have been layering on snow clothes at bedtime to stay warm.
Curly and Lou still love, love, love their new little sister!


Sunday, November 14, 2010

So Sweet


Time is passing too quickly and I can't believe our sweet little baby is already 10 days old! We all adore her and can't get enough time holding her, touching her little toes and fingers, feeling her soft hair, smelling her sweet baby scent, and watching her funny face expressions. We marvel at the miracle in this new little person

Sunday, November 7, 2010

We have a baby!

And it looks like pink is going to be in for a long time around our house! She arrived Thursday night and we are very glad that this sweet little girl is here.



Saturday, October 30, 2010

It's Halloween!

A few pictures from our Halloween festivities.

Fisher and Lou carving our pumpkin.

The finished product.

Curly as Ariel and Lou as a Ladybug. Lou even won a prize in the costume parade - I think she won on account of cuteness (the costume was nothing special) but she sure is!

And there is the pumpkin baby belly - my friend joked that I should have given the Jack-O-Lantern a growling face to show how unhappy we are that the baby is not here yet.

For the Trunk or Treat we decorated our car as a shark. Fisher did a great job!


Happy Halloween!

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Guess what...

We are counting down the days until this baby arrives and hoping it is in the next week. As tradition in our families, now is the time to make your best guess and we will award the winner with a sweet prize :)
In the comments or via email - Guess the gender, birth date, name, and weight.