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.

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween! We had a great one and we hope everyone else did too. Will dressed up as the cutest little pea in the pod and he thought it was a ton of fun!

And the girls were busy little bees. Here they are after trying on their costumes for the first time, Amanda first then Natalie.

The girls practiced "flying" in their costumes and Natalie was about ready to take off here.

And here they are with mom at a fun Halloween party; thanks Dawn and Randy we all had a great time!

Finally, here we all are trick-or-treating with the little busy bees.

Amanda the Fashionista

The girls are really starting to develop their own personalities and individual likes and dislikes these days. In the "like" category for Amanda are pretty purses and shoes. We're in trouble! She picked these shoes and this bag out of mommy's closet and did a remarkable job of walking around in those shoes for the next several hours!

Will is Two Months Old

Will celebrated his two-month old birthday on October 19th. We will have his official stats on Monday after his doctor's visit, but you can see he has gotten a lot bigger (and chubbier!) in the last several weeks. He continues to be a very happy and easy going baby. He is also incredibly tolerant of the kisses, hugs, pokes and prods he receives from his adoring sisters -- thank goodness, because they are incessant!

Here are a few photos taken on his two-month old birthday.

*Edited to add Will's stats following his doctor appointment. He weighs 10 lbs 15.4 oz (25th percentile) and is 23 inches long (45th percentile).