Thanksgivings, past.

Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the blessings in your life and appreciate all the gifts that have been bestowed upon you. My family is truly my most cherished gift! It doesn't take a holiday to make me realize how lucky I am to be married to my fabulous husband, nor does it take a holiday to make me thankful for the health and well being of my beautiful children. Thanksgiving merely highlights the many wonderful people and things I have in my world.

Thank-you to my friends, for being the lovely people that you are! You make me smile and laugh and sane(ish).

Thank-you to my mother for all the help and support she lends me, even when I don't deserve it.

Thank-you to my husband for loving and supporting our family! You are an amazing father, friend and husband!

Thank-you to my children for making me love with my entire being every second of every day! I'll never stop trying to be the best mother I can be so you'll grow up always knowing just how much I love and adore you.

Now, here are some pictures from Thanksgivings, past!

The beginning of the end of my girlish good-looks! Dan, Ben and me on our 1st Thanksgiving!

My sweet lil baby-turkey, only 2 months old!

Ben's 2nd Turkey Day, wearing the shirt
we made to announce Emily's imminent arrival!
I was 14 weeks pregnant with her.

Emily's 1st Thanksgiving, only 6 months old!

Ben's 3rd time gobble-gobblin' at our T-Day feast!

Two little pumpkins, enjoying his 4th and her 2nd "Happy Tanksgidding"

We hope you enjoy your feast of food, family and friends! We're also thankful that you read our blog:)

Clearly, she has a problem...

She managed to fit four in there at once! I don't know whether to be proud or horrified? Pacifiers Anonymous, anyone?

Pro Pics!

Miss C. had her very first photo-shoot last week and she really IS the Kate Moss of babies! Every.single.picture was completely adorable. We were limited to picking just one(for now) but I so wish you all could see the rest! Here she is in all her pink, fluffy glory!





And for funsies, here's Ben and Emily at 4 months, too!

4 Months Old!

It's official! Callie is no longer a newborn. My sweet little baby is now refered to as an infant. She is clearly getting cuter by the day and continues to be the apple of our eye. At her 4 month appointment, she weighed in at a slender 12 lbs, 10 oz. and a very long 25 1/4 inches long. She's the Kate Moss of babies, I guess! She has been laughing more and more, although I don't believe she'll be a real giggler, per se. It takes a lot to get her laughing and it seems to scare her once she does it. She'll be the stoic child in the family, perhaps. She thisclose to rolling over and continues to work on her sitting.


Four Months Old! Do you like her headband? I made this one:)
Before you get impressed, it came from a pre-fab kit, but I made it nonetheless!

Her eyes are changing. The final verdict is brown=) Sorry, Dan!
None of them got their daddy's baby-blues, although Emily had beautiful blue eyes until she turned 10 months old.

Big Sissy wanted in on the photo-shoot:)

Tootsies! Can you believe how tiny Callie's feet are compared to Milly's?

This is love: Part Two

Ok, so I thought Emily loved Callie because she has been huggin' and lovin' on her tons lately. Today, she confirmed it BIG TIME! Callie started fussing while I was in the other room and I could hear Emily talking to her. She said, "Ohh, don't cry, Callie!" in the cutest, high-pitched voice like I use when I talk to her=) That alone was pretty adorable, but when I came in to check on them, this is how I found Callie:

If giving your baby sister your beloved Tinkerbell doll isn't a testament to your deep love and adulation then I don't know what is! The second pic is of Callie gazing at Emmie with equal love and adulation...awwww!

This is love...

Someone has fallen majorly in love with her baby sister! I can't keep Milly away from Callie lately=) She seems to reciprocate Emily's affections, as well. I know things won't always be so peaceful in Sisterville(the trade-off seems to be that Ben and Emily now fight like rabid beasts all.the.freakin.time!) but we're enjoying the lovefest while it lasts!

Pumpkin Pounding

We all take turns coming up with a special project for the class at Ben's preschool. My work day is Monday, and there are 4 other parents that also work this day, so I have to come up with a new project every 5 weeks or so. This is not so easy but sometimes I manage to hit the nail on the head! Speaking of hitting the nail on the head, my project this time was pumpkin pounding. I brought in some small pumpkins and the kids got to pound golf-tees into them. Sounds pretty simple, but O.M.G. They flipped for this activity! Some of them spent more than 30 minutes at my table and we had a waiting list that had at least 4 kids on it at any given time. I knew Ben would love this activity because he is majorly into tools lately. He did not disappoint, and spent a lot of time woking on his pumpkin=) Phew! My project was a success, and now I have 5 more weeks to think of a new one!