it's beginning to look a lot like christmas

i'm so excited for this christmas.  graham is old enough that he finally, somewhat, gets what christmas is all about.  normally we get a real tree, but i'm usually the one in charge of lighting, decorating, watering and taking down.  wasn't feeling it this year with little miss and all.  so we got a pre-lit one that is PERFECT!  the perfect size for little people to help mommy decorate!!  i'm so happy to have a helper this year!

he did a really good job helping at that too!  somewhat heavily concentrated ornaments in one spot (see top right photo), but we were able to disperse them when he wasn't looking.  :)  he definitely had a technique of his own though.  instead of hanging the ornaments on an actual branch, he would look for a light and hang the string on that.  too funny!

the tree turned out great, and someone loves helping me plug the tree in!

christmas is coming!!!

give thanks

grammie was oh so gracious and hosted thanksgiving at her house this year.  and what a fun time we all had!

we did a little exploring outside with mojo.

attempted some KEY-YUTE finger painted cards with grammie (we only got one done before graham became uninterested).

played a little piano and guitar.

caught up with the fam: grammie, bruce, kim, sam, justina and garrett.

and most importantly.....ATE!  :)

and oh my...for dessert we had three, yes three, different kinds of pies.  so of course i had to try all of them!  they were all delicious, along with dinner of course.

i'm so thankful to have this special time with our family.

25 weeks

well, gained another two pounds since last month.  not too shabby! (especially with halloween candy being consumed over the past month!)

the doctor is very happy with how i'm progressing.  crazy to think i'll start going to the doctor every two weeks soon!  how time flies!

the ultrasound doctor hasn't moved my due date, but let's say with recent measurements...i'm not so positive if i'll make it to my due date!

 she's still a little busy body in my tummy though.  especially after that tasty lime/mint sparkling water i'm in love with.  so much that grady has now felt her kick and graham has SEEN her kick in my belly!  i didn't even have to ask graham if he saw her.  he pointed to my belly and was like....was that it!

i'll often times have graham say good morning to the baby and i love you.  i will permanently burn the image into my brain when he was saying good morning to little miss, lifted my shirt a bit, and kissed my belly.  he truly is a sweet sweet little boy.

old and new

someone has started to become very attached to his bears!  

what makes me so happy is how dink, my bear when i was little, loves to cuddle with the dude and his panda! usually black bear makes a cuddle appearance as well...just so happened he was left in bed for this shot.

playing around

we're taking advantage of the unusually pleasant november weather.

haircut and dinosaur playground here we come!

playoffs

no, not NFL...flag football!  :)

croistoir's team, the chargers, started their playoffs this morning at 10am.  the weather was beautiful, so we headed down to algonkian park to cheer him on.  we were a couple minutes late, but even when we got there, the chargers were up!  and it wasn't long that we were there when who receives the ball and runs right by us for a touchdown....criostoir!!!  chargers win the game and go to game two.

(even though graham did some cheering for criostoir, the tall grass was just too enticing!)

chargers win game to and head to the finals!!!

we weren't able to get to the final game since graham was wiped from playing at the other two games and taking a nap.  but when we heard from colleen, it was a close game, but unfortunately the chargers lost the final game.  bummer.

but the good news out of all of it....criostoir got MVP for his team for scoring FIVE, yes FIVE touchdowns!!!  pretty proud of him.