9 months. . .

So my baby is only 3 months away from being a year old- are you kidding me??

Here's whats new in Qunicys world. . .

• eating a TON of food and will eat anything
• crawling
• 5 teeth
• loves music- anytime it comes on she bops her heard to the beat
• first words- ba ba (for ball) and da da. Still waiting on mama
• favorite toy is any ball she can get her hands on
• she hates us in hats. If we wear them she stares at us with a scared look until we take it off
• she loves Kalem. He can wrestle her down and she's still smiling
• she loves her binki and rubs her ear when she has it like Kalem did- isn't that wierd??
• shes getting a little attitude but we still love her

p.s. her hat and scarf are courtesy of her aunt Ger. So cute!!!!

White Dirt. . .

So this is how our first snowfall of the year went a few weeks ago. . .

Our neighbor had some yard maintenance going on one morning and it was a bit noisy. Kalem looked out our bedroom window to see what was making such a loud noise and he said mom hurry and come see. They are blowing WHITE DIRT all over our yard - in his very dramatic Kalem way. It was TOO FUNNY . . . It had snowed the night before.!!!

Well, It has snowed a ton since that first little sprinkle of white on our grass- Check out what Kalem and daddy made today with this special white dirt. Seriously I was so impressed!!

Our Thanksgiving Adventure. . .

It feels a bit strange posting about Thanksgiving because it seems like it was so long ago and that Christmas is in full swing but we had such a great time I had to document it. We took off to Galena IL with our friends the Rays to celebrate this year. We stayed in a cozy cabin in the 'sneaky woods' as Kalem kept calling it. It was the perfect setting for our little getaway. It had a little bit of something to offer for all of us. The guys went golfing and scouting for deer, the ladies went to the spa for a pedicure and then we all shopped the cutest Main Street you have ever seen. Back at the cabin we cooked up a storm on Thanksgiving day- it just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without eating and cooking all day long. We brought up all the fixin's to make sure we had a nice Turkey dinner- and we did. The perfect ending to our little getaway was a visit from Santa and the Polar express parade!! It's always a good time when the Rays are around and we were happy to hang with them for a few days in Galena.