I'm stuffed...

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend - spent Thanksgiving Day with my family at Grandpa Carlson's. Grandpa turned 97 this year - still lives at home and enjoys hosting dinners. Heather and Jake drove home from Denver as well, so it was great to celebrate with them. Saturday night we had dinner with Matt's family. Noah had a great time playing with his cousins. Its a little chaotic with a 6 year old, 2 - 3 year olds, an 11 month old and a 6 month old to keep track of, but its fun. Once again I ate way too much, but I can't hold back on Thanksgiving! I did join the gym again, and ran my first mile yesterday without stopping... yes - a mile is a huge deal to me! Hopefully I can get these Thanksgiving pounds to go away as fast as they came on!

Here comes Santa!!!

Santa came to town yesterday! It was a huge day for Noah - he started asking when we'd get to go see him as soon as he woke up! Its funny how many excuses you can make... No, we can't go see Santa yet because he's still sleeping - he was up late last night working on presents for Christmas... No, we can't go see Santa yet, because he is taking a bath to get ready to see all the kids... I never knew how much fun Christmas could be with a 3 year old. I was able to get a picture of Noah watching Santa, and to me it was priceless. He just stood there with the most innocent look on his face! Santa even knew his name as he walked up to him, so that made the moment even better for him!

Lauren growing up...

I've realized that Lauren's first birthday is just around the corner. I know I've posted this before, but I cannot believe how fast time has gone. She is now a very accomplished crawler, and pulls herself up on most things. I'm not sure if she'll walk as soon as Noah did, because he never crawled, but I do know that when she does start walking life will change a lot! She loves to follow Noah around and do anything to be like him! Its great to see how well they get along so far. They both enjoy being around each other! Noah and I went to run some errands today and when we were leaving a store he asked if we could go home because he missed War-ien! (His pronunciation of Lauren) That made my heart swell a little :) Anyway, here are some updated pictures of Lauren. You'll notice still not much hair, and still very blue eyes! I love the guilty look on her face when I caught her after she unloaded a full basked of folded clothes!

Catch Up!

Its been too long since I've blogged! Thought I'd share pictures from our trip to the orchard as well as the kiddos in their halloween costumes!