thanksgivings

care group thanksgiving

pie night pics

 cousins all watching charlie brown thanksgiving

 thanksgiving day at mimi & grampy's

he makes a nice pilgrim lady doesn't he?

 there's nothing like mama's cooking!

thoughts running through my mind...

our little boy is due in just 15 days...that is simply amazing and mind boggling to me.  i put that countdown up over 150 days ago.  i'm hoping he comes early but was reminded yesterday not to set myself up.  i think i may try acupuncture.  we'll see.  if he's as big as they tell me he is...well...we'll just wait and see.

justin has been sick since yesterday.  it's just no fun watching your strong husband go down for the count.  i pray it's short lived (and that the rest of us don't get it).

it's officially ok to be in the christmas spirit (though i have been since halloween).  i've had the music playing, decorations going up, and christmas shopping nearly finished.  i LOVE christmas.  can't say it enough.  and this year we get to celebrate with another baby!  another "baby's first christmas" everything...love that stuff!

and lastly in my brain this morning...we had a great time last night with the baloches.  since justin was sick, the kids and i went solo.  it was a great way to give justin some quiet rest time while also allowing the kids awesome time to run and play with their cousins and family members we haven't seen in a while!  elise can now play "angry birds" on the ipod, thanks to aunt rita.  that was so sweet watching them sit and play that.  isaac got to run around with his same age second cousin, clayton.  david read the girl cousins books, cherie was caught red handed wearing a princess crown and cooking in the kitchen with elise...and uncle paul got engaged in more than one lengthy conversation with our little girl.  everyone was asking when little boy was due and seemed surprised it was "so soon already!"  i'm so glad we have these opportunities to all get together.  thanks oma and papa for hosting :)

christmas cards, etc.

i cannot get over how stinkin' cute this picture is.  getting the two of them to smile is nearly impossible!  way to go, oma!!  if i made christmas cards, this would be the picture!

this about sums him up...

my baby is getting so big...

halloween fun

my little monkey...this outfit could not have been more fitting more our little boy who loves to climb

can you tell she didn't want her picture taken..."oh, mom..."

this would have been an awesome family pic, but elise had just woken up from a nap in the car, and did not want her picture taken...it's still so sweet...

waiting for the parade to start

she was finally ready to smile for me, as she held on tightly to her catches from the parade

 and then...daddy accidentally knocked over my water glass...right into my lap!!  it was so cold...and so funny...i got to use the line, "no my water didn't break..."

after dinner, we went visiting at aunt margie's house...we finally got a pic of the two of them...he's such a ham!  and i forgot the cool pumpkin bag oma had made for them to collect their candy...so elise was collecting candy in oma's travel mug (until it got to be too much and we starting using my extra bag)

twins!!  what will little brother look like compared to these two...i wonder...

jonas' birthday/costume party

we celebrated jonas' 3rd birthday with the cousins and the rest of the fam via a costume party this past weekend.  here's daddy with jael.  (getting ready to hold another little one!)

 oma and papa may very well be the only grandparents i know who can fit into their high school (yes, i said HIGH SCHOOL) cheerleading and football uniforms!!)...and some may argue they look exactly like then did then too!  if i can age like them, that'd be awesome!

i love this monkey suit on him!

the sells.  happy birthday jojo!

i think joel was actually milking himself in this one...

who else gets to play recorders with their great-grandmother!?

 izie and jael...too sweet.