Thanksgiving 2011

What?!  A blog post on the day of the actual event?  It happens every once in a while plus I need to do something to distract myself from the poor performance from the Texas Longhorn football team tonight.  ***Disclaimer: I wrote this blog post during the first half of the Texas v. A&M game at which point the Longhorns weren't doing well.  We came back to win in the last few seconds, Hook 'Em!!***  We had Thanksgiving at our house this year with my parents and my sister, Nina.  It was a great family day filled with cooking (not me!), eating (definitely me!), and lots of football.  Holidays have a different meaning now that we have Olivia.  They have always been a special time for my family and for Mike's, but now it is our job as parents to make them special for our sweet Olivia as well.  Lots of pictures . . .

My Auntie Nina has pretty good taste in clothes

Look!  A picture of my Mommy in a blog post.

There are a couple of pictures of me in this one.  For once I wasn't the only person behind the camera

Milk break with my Paw Paw

Well the bow is in her hair, it's just not on the headband!

Here is my special Thanksgiving day turkey shirt.  It's a bit big so you might see it again next year!

Taking a paci break with my Mr. Rabby.  For those of you who don't know, Olivia sniffs her Mr. Rabby and rubs his arm across her nose when she's sleepy.

Time to get out the Christmas decorations

Hmmm, what's in here??

I'm so sweet for sharing my toys with Paw Paw.

We had to put up a toddler-proof tree this year.  Notice at what point on the tree the ornaments start.

Me and Mommy making funny faces

Miss Claus just chillin . . . see what I did there?  Miss Claus, North Pole, ice, chillin?  Never mind :-)

Yup, that's a good spot for that ornament

ANOTHER picture of my Mommy!  Must be a record.

Happy baby!

Look at my belly, just like Santa!

We gave Olivia a little slice of pumpkin pie with some whipped cream on top.  Whipped cream - success.  Pie - not so much.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Halloween

Yes, I know that it's mid-November, I've been busy.  Olivia and I went over to the Damuth's on Halloween night - unfortunately, Mike had to work.  Katy and I spent most of the evening chasing the kids around trying to get decent a decent picture, of which there are not many!

Here's my little cupcake with her friend Mazzy - a geisha.  You can see Katy in the background waiting for Mazzy to turn around to try and take a picture :-)

Mommy, let me go!  There is playin to be done!

Mazzy with huggy Beth who was a demented sock puppet monkey or something like that

Sonnie as Dorothy.  I didn't get a picture but her parents were the wicked witch and the scarecrow.

This is the ONLY picture that I got of the boys and it was blurry!  Miles, Hayden, and Mazzy

Olivia doesn't eat candy and therefore did not trick-or-treat.  Well that and the fact that she is not in love with holding my hand when we walk on the sidewalk so I made a great investment and bought this wagon that Olivia and Mazzy cruised around in.  I did give Olivia a dum-dum lollipop as a treat that she sucked on for a while before she got bored with it and started chewing on the stick.  All in all, a successful Halloween!