Getting ready for Thanksgiving

We had a great time at my Aunt Eileen's house on Thanksgiving day. Yummy turkey! We were in charge of desserts. Steve made a homemade pumpkin pie and I made cookies. Here are some pictures:

 

The 4th Trimester

In "The Happiest Baby on the Block", the author proposes that a baby would rather stay in the womb an extra three months but a human mother can not deliver a twelve month baby. But luckily (and I think most pregnant would agree) human mothers deliver their babies around nine or ten months gestation. So, the doctor proposes making those first three months of the babies life as womb like as possible.
Anna's "fourth trimester" is ending this week.
Here are some of her recent photos:

 

 

Daddy's Girl

Steve used to lament when Eden was a newborn that I was the only one who could calm her down and the only one she wanted to be with. I told him one day that would change and it has. Even when he is not around, she shouts "Daddy look at me" "Daddy, Daddy!!" She loves to be with him all the time and cries sometimes when he leaves.

Some park time

Steve and I are feeling a little under the weather but we wanted Eden to get outside some. Here are a few pics from our hour at the park today.

 

Better blogging

I thought staying at home with the girls the last two months would make me a better blogger but I don't update as much as I would like. I used to be a writer in the not so distant past and now that I have something really great to write about (a beautiful family!) I'm kind of slacking off.
Oprah interviewed Stephanie Meyer and I never knew she was a SAHM that had never written anything before and she has a dream about vampires, writes it down and then boom, her books are making millions.
So, I am going to take each day and write a game story about it, maybe with some opinions thrown in there too.

Low Key Halloween

 

On my own.....

Steve has been working a four day job in the city, so I was on my own with the girls a lot this weekend. It was quite a challenge taking them both to Mass yesterday, even though we were in the cry room!! The almost eighty degree weather here didn't make it easier. But it helped me realize a few things. First, I'm so glad I married an awesome Catholic guy. I know there are people that make mixed marriages work but I don't think I am one of them. Sharing Mass with my whole family is so special. Second, major props to Moms with several kids. I'm remembering a Mom in Jacksonville that would take all eight of her kids to daily Mass. Even then I didn't know how she did it and now with just two kids, I still don't know how she did it.

Eden is still a budding American Idol. Her two favorite things right now are a Kelly Clarkson karaoke app on my phone. During the instrumental part of "My Life Would Suck Without You" I told her to head bop, so she always says head bop and bops her head, too cute. She is also loving the Susan Boyle video. She hums along with the song and mimics her mannerisms. She still loves Julie Andrews and Do Re Mi of course.