Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday. We had a short week. We took Wednesday off and went to a Thanksgiving lunch at the school for the girls. We had a good time and then hit the road for Brownsville. The ride down was pretty rough. Emma did not like being in the car for very long so our normal 4.5 hour drive turned into a 5.5 hour drive. We had a nice visit with everyone and the girls seemed to enjoy themselves. Caitlin had fun playing with all of the kids and was especially interested in all of the different pets that people had. She enjoyed playing with several cats and dogs. :-) Thanksgiving was nice and on Friday Toni got up early and went to Burlington Coat Factory and got Emma a new car seat for my car at a nearly 50% savings which was awesome. I surfed the web looking for deals but didn't find too much. Overall we had a good trip and I think the girls enjoyed themselves. Caitlin didn't want to leave Papa's house and was very upset when we left. We ended up coming back on Saturday to avoid all of the holiday traffic.

Today we spent the day decorating for Christmas. We'll probably go buy our tree one night during the week. The only other news to report is that Caitlin is becoming quite the photographer. We gave her Toni's old digital camera and she loves running around the house taking pictures. While we certainly get our fair share of pictures of the floor or her hand covering the lens, she's actually taken some pretty good ones. The picture of Emma is actually one that she took!

This week should be pretty busy. We need to go get our tree and then I have some prep work to do for a crown molding job on Saturday. Sunday we're hoping to take the girls to have their pictures taken with Santa. Hope everyone has a great week!

Early Thanksgiving

This week went pretty smooth. This weekend we had an early Thanksgiving dinner here with my family which was nice. Emma is doing great with eating and is enjoying trying new foods. She especially likes graham crackers which seem to be her favorite. :-) She's also started standing up on her own without holding onto anything! She's able to stand by herself pretty well but still hasn't taken that first step. I think it'll be any day now though. Caitlin is also doing good. As you can see in the picture, she's practicing putting on makeup. This weekend at church she also enjoyed riding on the toy horse.

This week should be pretty quick. We're off on Wednesday and are heading to Brownsville to spend Thanksgiving with her family. I'm going to keep this post short this week but we want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Slow week

This week there wasn't much to report for a change which was nice. :) The girls are both doing great! Caitlin is starting to get excited about Santa coming next month and Emma seems like she's going to start walking any day now. Last night we went to church with a friend of mine from work and then went out for pizza. We had a good time getting out of the house. Today Toni went and got her spa treatment done. I had bought it for her several months ago on Groupon. She said it was relaxing and really enjoyed it. The only other news this week is that we've started looking at mini-vans for Toni. I don't know when we'll get one but we've started looking to see what's out there. With both of the girls, it's become pretty apparent that a mini-van would definitely make things easier. Hopefully this next week is as slow as this week was. I'll be on call and usually my on call weeks are pretty rough. Hopefully this one will be nice and quiet. :-)

"Don't I look pretty?"

This was a mixed week for us. On Monday morning (Halloween) I woke up very sick and ended up staying home from work. I spent the entire day sleeping and by the time Toni and the girls got home, I wasn't feeling much better. Nana Bev, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Dan and cousins Maddie and Ryan came over to go trick or treating. We had a good time and Caitlin and Maddie seemed to really enjoy themselves. I didn't last long walking around and unfortunately could only walk a couple of streets before I was worn out. Caitlin was extremely proud of all her candy she was able to get and I think she had fun having so many people join us. Besides being sick, it was a good time.

Caitlin has started wanting to wear makeup already. As you can see in her first picture she's applying it herself already. :-) She was very proud of herself and came running over to me saying, "Look at me Daddy! Don't I look pretty?" Emma's doing great too, she's starting standing on her own for several seconds without holding onto anything. She's doing really good and I think she's going to start walking on her own very soon.

This weekend we stayed around the house for the most part. Toni has been sewing and is making a tree skirt for our Christmas tree this year and spent the day working with my mom on a dress for Caitlin. It's coming out really nice and once it's done I'll put some pics when she's done. Hope everyone has a great week!