Crawling

Kate learned to crawl forward today! It was quite a fun day watching her wobbling as she crawled toward Jeff and I. I don't have pictures yet, but soon...maybe I'll get the video thing figured out. Have a wonderful week everyone!

A Fun Holiday Weekend

We had a great start to the Christmas Season this past weekend. Friday night, Jeff and I had a night out attending a lovely Christmas party and then Saturday my whole family came up for the day. Grannie took all of her granddaughters, husbands and boyfriends, along with Uncle Jim and Aunt Margaret, to see Raleigh's version of A Christmas Carol at Memorial Auditorium. Mom and Dad stayed at our house to play with Kate and Scarlett. We had a wonderful time. Our cousin and her father were in the play. She was part of the Cratchet family and her dad was the Lamplighter, who had a major part in narrating the entire play. They were both fantastic! We then celebrated Heather's 22nd birthday. On Sunday Jeff, Kate and I traveled to Greenville for the annual Cookie Baking Day hosted this year by Jennifer and Dan. Their house is beautifully decorated and Jennifer was a great host.


The girls had fun playing too!

Happy Birthday Aunt Heather!

Meet the newest member of the family! My parents gave Heather a puppy for her birthday. A "Pugle"-a pug and beagle mix. He is so cute! She named him Baxter.

Cookie Baking Day

Grannie-the judge-is hard at work picking the winners.


And the winners are...Heather and Jason! What an awesome trophy!!!

Happy Thanksgiving (a little late)

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving Holiday and had so much for which to be thankful. (Do you like the proper English? Like I tell my students, who have a major paper due on Tuesday, you should not end a sentence with a preposition... but I have to wonder if that rule applies to blogs?)


Jeff and I are especially thankful for our little pumpkin. We spent a lot of time with both sides of the family and were able to visit with many friends that we had not seen in a while. It was wonderful and Kate did a great job traveling around and being flexible as every day seemed to be a new adventure.


We spent Thanksgiving Day in BC with my family. Kate and Scarlett said the Thanksgiving prayer with a little help from their Mommies. Uncle David was here and we spent a lot of time hanging out with him as well. Kate had so much fun playing with him and you can see from the picture below how much she loves her Uncle Dave!