Thankful

We have a lot to be thankful for this year -- our family, friends, health, jobs, home, fun celebrations in the past and ones we look forward to this coming year. The 2 things I am most thankful for today: my daughter Shay and how much she makes me smile (see picture :), and baby Carroll number 2 arriving sometime in April 2010.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Another Playdate

Catharine and I decided it would be good to have the kiddos get together. Usually we moms get together for lunch at work or a quick shopping trip, but Shay and Patrick hadn't seen each other for a while-- so here comes a playdate! This one included warm chocolate chip cookies.

Late Birthday Celebration

My parents came down to just hang out with us for a couple of days; my dad had a work conference in Rochester and my mom was able to be with Shay. One of the nights we headed to one of our favorite restaurants (Chesters) to celebrate Brett's birthday. It was a late 30th bday celebration since I had H1N1 on his actual birthday, but still fun!

Happy Halloween

Millie (7mo), Olive (2 yrs), Shay (19mo) and Owen (13mo)

Pengelly's

We were able to celebrate Halloween in many ways. Last weekend we had a halloween party at our friends Rodd and Kristina's which included eating (of course), pumpkin carving, a bonfire and scary movie. See pic below for our pumpkin creations. On Halloween, Angie, Evan and Owen came down to visit. We dressed the kids up for a couple of pictures, and headed to Grandma's house for another picture with cousins Olive and Millie. Afterwards, we all headed out for Mexican. Yum!

We Have a Talker (Finally)

Well, Shay has decided it is time to use words. She is trying to repeat a lot of things being said, and seems to be having a new w0rd everyday. Brett is currently working on having her say "I know" when he says "Oh, Shay you are so cute!". So far she will say it, but the timing is off. One of my favorities is "hidi and osh" for our friends Heidi and Josh. It is so much fun to just be playing and hear her try out new words.

Daycare Outing

This month at daycare the theme is "Apples and Pumpkins". The kids have spent a lot of time learning about these through books, songs and play. To wrap up the theme, Shay and her daycare friends headed to the pumpkin patch and apple orchard yesterday. Apparently she loved looking at the animals, but wasn't a big fan of petting them. Thanks to Shay's 2 Awesome providers-- Tracie and Shell-- for the wonderful fieldtrip!

This is TIRED

How many of us can say we have fallen asleep-- while eating?

Brett snagged this picture a couple of days ago, around 5pm