North Carolina Christmas

We had a lot of fun having our family Christmas before our "FAMILY CHRISTMAS". It was exciting to watch the kids open gift after gift, their amazement and excitement increasing with each ripped package. It was a special morning ;-) Here are the pictures to show the fun we had!

No. We didn't burn the house down...

Thanksgiving. Yes, we fried a turkey. No, we didn't burn the house down. And when I say "we" fried a turkey I meant Nick and Rob brined and fried the turkey while Andrea and I made the sides, tended to the children, and looked pretty ;-) We all had a pretty good time watching a 26lb bird get zapped in about 45min...it was delicious! Pics, pics and more pics of the filling holiday.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

To say that Halloween was busy would be the understatement of the year...but we all had so much fun. Carving pumpkins, getting dressed up and scouring the neighborhood for candy are just a few things we did. Siena was her usual 'ham' self and would say 'trick or treat' in her most adorable voice. She'd wait patiently for the neighbors to fawn over her fairy costume and slowly lower their candy basket to within her reach. They never saw her coming...the flash of her hand grabbing as much candy as her tiny fist could muster, stuffing it into her overflowing candy basket, and saying thank you before the surprise had registered on their faces.

She was a pro.

We are so proud.

Poor Jack was just along for the ride. He rode around in his stroller, drinking his milk, and completely oblivious to the fact that we were riding around the neighborhood at an unusual hour. He stayed his normal, happy self for most of the way (until we ran out of milk...and I smashed his little hand in the stroller by accident...that could've had a *little* something to do with it... oops). We let him run around the streets and chased after him...his favorite game...so he was a happy little hotdog in no time ;-)

It was a great day and night. Check out the pics of our little fairy and hotdog ;-)

Halloween Cookies

While Daddy and Jack were in MA, Siena and I decided to be festive and make Halloween cookies. Here are some pictures from that day ;-)

Jack's One Year Appt

Jack turned ONE on the 17th and we had his one year app't a little while ago. He had a great time in the office before the doctor came in ;-) Here are some pictures of his playtime...remember to read the captions! They're pretty cute. And stay tuned for the ONE YEAR STATS below!!


So here goes....drumroll, please.................

Jack is:
30" long (75th percentile)
19lbs 9ozs (20th percentile)

SOOO we still have a tall, skinny kid. HAHAHAHA!!

Early Birthday Party for Jack

Before Jack left for MA with Daddy we had a very *small* (as in only us 4) birthday party for him. It was cute, fun and we all had a great time. Check out the pics ;-)



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Pumpkin Pickin'

We had a great time at the pumkpin farm this year! They had tons of things to do and the rain held off all morning until we left. It was perfect ;-) Check out the slide show to see all the fun that was had. Remember you can double click to see it larger in picasa photo's.