Ho Ho Ho!

It was like something out of a movie. One started crying, then the other one started, then we parents laughed histerically until we realized that our kids got the other kids in line crying too. So we bought our picture and scurried away laughing. Bah, Humbug!

Thanksgiving

Grandma and Grandpa Wood, Aunt Jen, Uncle Allen, and Cousin Kylie all came to visit for Thanksgiving.

Audrey's first Thanksgiving turkey. She gobbled it up along with all the fixins.

Can she handle a turkey leg?

Naw, you can have it, Grandma!

The next day we took the kids to Kiddie Acres. They rode a pony for the first time. Kylie was all smiles.

...and Audrey wasn't!

Daddy, get me off!

Waiting to go on the carousel

Again, we see who the adventurous one is

Back at home on solid ground

Bookworm

It is insane how much this child loves board books. A few months ago she didn't really want us to read them to her. She would just climb under the end table with a bunch of books and spend about 15 minutes at a time flipping through them and looking intently at the pictures. Not anymore. Now whenever one of us is sitting on the floor she climbs into our lap, forcefully grabs one of our wrists and holds it with one hand while she shoves a book into our palm with the other. Then she impatiently grunts until we start to read. When the story is over she climbs down and goes to get another book. If there aren't any other books around we just have to reread the one we have....over...and over...and over again. A sitting usually covers 10-20 stories and we read at least 3 times a day. She never gets tired of it.

Yum!

I don't think we'll make spaghetti again for a while

Lounging and munching on Puffs

Why do all kids try to eat like dogs....even if they rarely ever see how dogs eat?

Yay for sippy cups!

I know...all the Coke pictures are getting a little ridiculous. It's just so funny how she pretends to drink out of the closed sodas. She even swallows and lets out a refreshing sigh afterwards. Chris always gets two out of the fridge so she can have one. If he forgets, she takes his and slobbers all over it so he has to get up for a second one anyway. She often keeps one in her toy box too.

Fairy Princess

Halloween this year was a bust. Audrey wouldn't go down for her nap at her regular time, then by the time she got up it was too late to do anything and she was cranky anyway. She had 4 teeth come in this month! So we just dressed her up in her costume for a few minutes and called it a day. It itched her and she couldn't wait to get it off. Maybe next year when she knows what candy is we'll have better luck.

Welcome Cousin Caleb!

My brother, Adam, and his wife, Erika, welcomed Caleb on October 14th. We were happy to visit them shortly after his arrival. He's a beautiful little boy!

Audrey and her new cousin

Me, my brother, Audrey, and Caleb

It's a little scary to see us holding two babies :-)