Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Thanksgiving 2012

 
As always, we enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast at my parent's house this year. We also got the girls dressed up in Christmas red and tried to take a few pictures while we were at it. I mean, how likely are we to all be dressed up at the same time again before Christmas?! Here are some photos taken that day.
 
 
 
Each of us with our girls
 
 
 
 
All of the Lebow grandkids together

 
 
 
 
Pops holding Eleanor...I knew I had better get this shot while I had the opportunity!  He suffers from infant-phobia and it may be a while before you catch him toting another newborn!

 
 
 
Jeff holding Eleanor.  Yes, she is wearing a little boy outfit with a turkey on the bottom, but I knew there would only be one chance to wear a newborn Thanksgiving outfit, and this was the one we had!

 


Alice at Thanksgiving dinner like it was her last meal.  It was nice to enjoy some time off from toddler picky-ness.  You would think she had never seen corn on the cob before!
 
 
 
One shot of all of us after we were thoroughly stuffed!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

November News 2012

November really flew by here at the Merrell house.  It's amazing how a little sleep deprivation can make the days run into weeks in  flash.  Here are a few of the highlights from this month...
 
 
 
Mimi came to visit our girls when Eleanor was 2 weeks old.  Alice really enjoyed spending time with her and having Mimi "sleep over" in her big girl rom, and it made us feel great that she was getting a little more attention than we had been able to give her the last couple of weeks while we were adjusting to the new little member of out family.
 
 
 
 
 
So peaceful when she sleeps.  It's amazing what a big miracle a tiny little baby is!

 
 
 
The weather around here this year has been anything but "fall like" with daily tempratures reaching 80 degrees.  Alice had her cousin Kendall over to play in all of the leaves that have invaded our backyard, and they had a blast!
 
 
 

 
 
Alice spends about half of her time these days playing dress up.  Here area a few of her latest costumes...
 
The princess ballerina
 
 
The...errr... fairy princess/super-hero is what she likes to call this one.  She says the purse is her helmet.  I guess safety comes first when your dad is the regional safety coordinator!

 
 
 
 
The Veterans Day Parade
 I am so proud to be raising little patriots, and Alice takes her flag waving job very seriously!



 
 
 
 
 
A big thumbs up to Thanksgiving Feast at Children's Day Out.  Alice said the best part was the macaroni and cheese.  So easy to please...

 
 
 
 
Sweet sisters...Alice really likes her new baby sister except when her crying interrupts Sesame Street.  Once this happend and she said "Mom, I can't like Eleanor.  Can you take her back to the hospital?"  I told her the window on the return policy had closed!





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