Black Friday Poll

Do you shop Black Friday? Unfortunately, I got stuck working a full shift today. Ugh. But, another Black Friday is in the books and time to gear up for the Christmas season and shopping (which I'm pretty much dreading this year). Cyber Monday, here I come. Oh, but first we get to partake in another Thanksgiving dinner over the weekend! We're finishing with the seasonal decorating in the house tomorrow. I'm also working a making a tree skirt since we had to throw the old one out last year. Should be interesting... Note: It has been one week that the tree has been assembled, and I'm happy to report that the cat and baby are doing a fairly nice job leaving it alone!!! This is my first poll, so please vote! (I want to see if it works!)

Happy Thanksgiving

Shortly, we are headed out of the city on this crisp morning to my parents in the country for the traditional Thanksgiving noon dinner. Looking forward to seeing the family again! E is excited about her first holidays especially since she turns 10 months today and 11 months on Christmas Day. :) What a special time! Safe travels and Happy Turkey Day to all of you!!

Wordless Wednesday

TGIF!!

What a big girl we have!

The time change has been kicking us in the behind this week! We’ve all been dragging in the darkness of the evenings, and the girls have been in bed before 8 and we have rarely seen 10! Little A ate a HUGE supper last night, plus two pieces of halloween candy (still lots left), then she sobbed for an hour about her tummy hurting. I felt so bad for her and told Chris to never give her an entire meatball sub for fear that she might actually eat it all again. I was almost sure she would get sick from the looks of her sad, pale face. Chris took her into bed about 7 and told her she might feel better if she lay down, which she completely agreed to do. They read books for about an hour, and I heard her perking up by then. E was asleep by 7:30. We normally see bedtime fits from A, but not this week! Gotta love that time change!

Welcome to the chilly weather… **Update - we are getting our first snow of the season this evening! An inch of snow = no Dish satellite signal...what?! Hope everyone’s November is treating them well! We have plans to drag out the Christmas tree and totes next weekend. Gosh, did I just write that?!?

Halloween in Pictures!

We headed back "home" to spend the festive evening with other family. It's fun for the grandparents to see the girls dressed up and a chance to be a part of the annual fall festival at my parent's church. Complete with games, balloon hats, food, bounce houses, oh and candy, this free event can't get any better being indoors out of the chilly weather. The girls had a blast too!

Trick or treating at grandparents house

The girls with Grandma R

Our strawberry

Our friendly ghost

Camp director?? - hahaha , too funny



E with Papa G

Boo!

My favorite was the last minute hair creation!

Niece M

Mom, what the heck?!

Niece R - 3 months

My sister and niece

A loved the bounce house!

Checking out the delicious goods!

Hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween!!

E's Doctor Visit

Today we headed off for another well child check up for E!
9 month stats:

• Weight: 21 pounds, 9 ounces (89th percentile)
• Length: 27.5 inches (46th percentile)
• Received 2 immunizations: Hep B and influenza
• Currently has cut 4 teeth and working on 3-4 more!
• Crawling everywhere

E pulled herself up to standing position in her crib for the first time on Halloween morning and was very proud of herself! So we raised the side rail...