A Lot To Be Thankful For

Will is Three Months Old!

Will turned 3 months old on the 19th of November. He is getting bigger and stronger every day. He is still a very smiley boy and he chats up a storm to anyone who will listen (but of course is extremely quiet whenever we attempt to capture it because he is so enamored with the video camera). He started making raspberry noises this week and also started laughing about a week or so ago and it is the cutest sound ever. Here is a video of Will enjoying life, followed by a few recent photos.

Just Do It!

Natalie and Amanda are very independent these days and have seemingly adopted the Nike slogan "Just Do It" with great gusto! It sounds more like "DO IT!!!!" when they say it and we hear it repeatedly throughout the day....along with their other favorite new word: "NO!"

Here are the girls showing how they "do it" at one of our recent outings at ArtBeast, a wonderful place for young children to express their creativity. They painted.


And Amanda played with puzzle blocks.


Outside on the terrace the girls spent a long time washing babies. Who knew such an activity could be so entertaining! Here is Natalie scrubbing away.

A clean baby is the result of all of her hard work!

Here is Amanda with her squeaky clean baby.

And, here is mommy helping the girls make some fun masks.

Finally, in yet another display of their "Just Do It" attitude here is a shot of the girls walking the dog, Sable. Of course, Sable is big enough to take both of them for a walk and then some, but Sable is a good girl and let the girls walk her around the park.

This is the way we go to school......

The girls started pre-school this week. They were very excited to go on Monday morning....until they realized that mommy and daddy don't stay at school with them! It will definitely take some time for them to adjust to their new environment, but I'm sure they will get there over time.

Here is Amanda heading out the door with her new backpack, which was a great gift from Grandma T.




Natalie and Amanda all smiles in the car on the way to school.

Playing with new toys and sitting at a Natalie-and-Amanda-sized table. Yay!

And, of course, sliding, which is probably their favorite thing to do these days.