Thursday, November 18, 2010

November

Yesterday was Nov. 17 which makes Joey 7 months! Also, last Friday was Nov. 12 which makes Lydia officially 2 1/2 years!

Joey is getting even bigger and stronger. He is standing a lot these days (when held of course - not on his own quite yet!) and loves the telephone. I have a feeling he is going to be a gadget lover, similar to someone else in this family. :) He loves to eat eat eat, and there never seems to be enough food! We are enjoying him very much and loving the way him and Lydia interact. Here are some pics of Joey:

In his Chicago Bears jersey



With Daddy ( I love these!)




Lydia is starting to talk in sentences and asking more questions. This age is so fun! She loves Elmo and still loves music as much as before. And she loves all of her stuffed animals, so much in fact, that at times she will drag about 5 at a time around the house!

Here is pic of Lydia loading up her shoebox for Operation Christmas Child. (We want to instill the importance of giving to those in need)



We are gearing up for the holidays, and looking forward to starting some new traditions as a family. One tradition we're starting this year for Thanksgiving is reading a book called Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember. It is about the pilgrims and their journey here to America, and the history of Thanksgiving. We'll read a little bit each day before Thanksgiving.

Since I probably won't blog again before Thanksgiving day, Happy Thanksgiving!

1 Chronicles 16:34 "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever."

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Bonfire time

Marc and I decided we were going to get a bonfire pit this fall. Though we've only had one bonfire so far, we look forward to many more with friends and family. Our first fire was interesting. Marc used an old cardboard box to help get the fire going, as well as a ton of newspaper. The cardboard box had some vegetable oil on it from a little spill. Check out my photo story.

The fire - way bigger than it probably is supposed to be....


Marc, frantically trying to get the hose ready in case we need it.


20 seconds later, all is well. :)


A very relieved Marc.

Trick or Treat

Marc's sister, Nicole, and I took the kiddos trick or treating this year. Lydia was our little elephant, while Joey was our little spider. We only went up and down one street, but surprisingly that took an hour, and we also collected a ton of candy!

Lydia didn't really get that into it, in fact I think her favorite part was handing out candy at Marc's mom's house. But we all had a good time.

Afterwards we had dinner with "Grandma" and "Papa".

Some pictures from the day:

Daddy & Joey

Grandma with her grandkids

Lydia with Aunt Nicki

Mommy and kids