Decorating the tree at my parents house

It's been a long-standing tradition for all of us to gather at my parents house sometime over Thanksgiving weekend to decorate the family Christmas tree. We always get out all the fun Christmas music for festive background music and have a great time hanging all the memorable ornaments on the tree. Better watch out...seems that Jonathan is up to something suspicious!?!!

The Christmas season has officially been ushered in!

Cute Connor moments

I've been trying to find a way to upload videos for months because it seems that every time I try, it takes HOURS, or makes my computer shut down. So, I just figured out how to record in a "compact" mode and voila, these uploaded in no time. Hopefully the quality is at least reasonable. We'll see!? Connor is getting so smiley and talkative with the cute babbling baby talk, and these are a few sweet moments I caught on film 2 days ago. Hope you can see his sweet disposition thru these little clips!

Funny Maddy

Don't worry Madelyn, there's still a spotlight on you too. And although I've been talking a lot about Connor, we've also captured a lot of funny "Maddy Moments" in the past few weeks. Here's just a few!

Cute Connor - 1 month old!

Can he already be past the 1 month mark?!! He's growing so much already. We went for his 1 month checkup on Thursday and he's 12lbs. and 23" long. Wowee! Our pediatrician called him "Tiny" as a joke. But to me he still is so tiny, especially compared to my growing toddler who seems especially big next to him. I wanted to share a few highlight Kodak moments from the past week.

And he SMILES!

Connor and his doting father. The 2 boys I have a BIG crush on!

Sweet sleeping baby. He sleeps so well in his bouncy seat.

And here he is NOT sleeping in his bouncy seat. I love this photo.

Stoic (yet so darn cute) face.

My sweet boy.

A Visit from Nana Banana

My Nana came to Columbus this past weekend! It's a big deal when she comes to town because she and my Grandpa Bill live all the way down in Port Charlotte, Florida. She's one of my most favoritest people in the whole world (my dad's mother) and I don't get to see her nearly enough. Our last visit was last summer (2007) well over a year ago. Sigh. So, it was such a gift to have her here for the weekend. The visit was short, but oh-so-sweet. Here are some photos of my Nana Banana with her first great-grandson.

Last time Nana saw Madelyn in person, she was only about 9 months old. What a difference!
Four Generations.Connor looking very angelic surrounded by his doting family.

We love you Nana and already can't wait for our next visit. oxoxoxoxox

Cozy Brother and Sister

Madelyn absolutely loves snuggling with her new baby brother (if not too much!) Sometimes we have to pry her away from him because she wants to love on him a little too forcefully! But for the most part, she's super-sweet with him and just wants to be near him as much as possible.

Halloween Party

It was nice to have another excuse to wear the cute fairy costume. Here's a few photos from the fun annual Halloween party hosted by Jon, Janie and Maci Sammons.