Thanksgiving 2011

We were privileged enough to have both sides of our families with us for Thanksgiving. There were 14 of us total and it was a wonderful holiday! My parents came from Texas, Greg's parents came from California, Matt and Lea came from Boston, and Paige and Daryn came from South Africa!

The aunties and Sydney.

Uncle Matt and Connor.

Connor and Papa were in charge of the fried turkey, it was yummy again. This is the second year we have done one and I think it will continue as long as Connor and Papa are willing!

My family!

Mommy to be, Auntie Lea, enjoying some baby time with Sydney.

Paige and Daryn brought "crackers" for us to open at dinner. They are meant more for Christmas but we opened them early. It was a lot of fun for the big and little kids!

Sydney with her hat from the cracker!

and Connor with his!

Daryn was even introduced to the Wii by Connor!

The grandparents watched the kids one night so the big kids could go out and we had a great time at Dave and Busters. All the sister-in-laws!

Greg and Shannon were the big winners at the horse race game!

Finally, we managed to get pictures of each family, what a perfect ending to a great holiday!

Sydney's 8th Month

Our sweet girl is growing up way too fast. She is all over the place and keeping this mommy busy! Taking her monthly pictures is getting tougher as she would rather eat her monthly sticker. I did manage to capture this pretty smile though!

She is also liking the camera more so soon after she sees it she makes a move for the camera. Luckily in this picture you can see her 7 month picture and again her beautiful smile!

We introduced a cup and she seems to like it. I don't think she is getting much water as she would rather chew on the top than drink from it.

She also learned that she can stand in her crib, I think she is quite proud of herself here! Luckily Greg had already lowered her crib, one thing we learned from Connor!

Introducing new foods to her as been quite an adventure. I think this picture is priceless! She hasn't liked much nor is she eating much but we'll keep with it, she is bound to like it right?!

Loving on Guinney!

More Snow and Bath Time

Wednesday we got more snow, actually 10.5 inches and it was just beautiful!

Also this week, we gave a bath to Connor and Sydney together. Typically she is in a smaller tub within the bath, but she is sitting up so well that we gave it a try, she did great!

Connor making a house out of his letters.

And Sydney chewing on the letters! Sorry for the odd combination of posts but I wanted to get all caught up on what has been going on with our family!

Happy Halloween!

This was the first year we carved pumpkins with Connor. At first he was not very excited so taking a picture of him was not something he was happy with.

Auntie Shannon tried to help!

Once daddy and Connor started carving it was a lot more fun and someone got a lot happier!

The finished product!

Connor loves the show Jake and the Neverland Pirates so Connor wanted to be Jake the pirate this year. Greg calls Sydney "bug" so we decided she should be a ladybug!

Connor was very excited to go trick-or-treating. Greg said he said trick-or-treat at every door and said thank you after he got his candy, making mommy so proud! He got so much candy the handle of his bucket broke, so I would say it was a great Halloween!

Connor and his buddy Brayden, also a pirate, having a great time!

Sydney, Auntie Shannon, and I passed out candy while the boys were out, we had a good night.

Catch Up!

So I'll warn you ahead of time this is a long post because I was way behind on posts and it covers all sorts of things!

Sydney is growing by leaps and bounds, too fast for my liking but unfortunately I don't think I can do anything about it.

Sydney is sitting in Connor's high chair and Connor is in his booster seat, although when Sydney isn't in it he still likes to sit there.

Since she is crawling she doesn't sit well for her monthly pictures so I think from here on out you'll be getting action shots!

Silly Connor, plus he loves getting his picture taken!

We have started solid foods and she hasn't liked much thus far. She finally like sweet potatoes so I had to capture her enjoying something!

She is starting to pull herself up on things, including Cam (her favorite), and he is so good with her!

Tulo cut his paw on lawn edging last week so I had to take a picture of him all loopy after Greg fixed him all up!

She loves her Cam!

So proud of herself!

She too is starting to love the camera so the moment I get it out she starts crawling towards it, at least she smiles for her pictures!

Fall Fun

It is officially fall but the more you look at this post you will think it is winter!

Over the weekend we were raking leaves and enjoying a very nice day!

Even wearing sleeveless!

Connor even went topless!

Days later we got snow again! The slide is even more fun in the snow! The weather in Colorado changes daily and I love it!