POST THANKSGIVING

Caroline and daddy decorating the Christmas Tree
Sweet Gabby after the ear piercing

Our Girls

Mommy, that hurt!

This looks a lot worse than it was. They did both ears at the same time.

Abuela and her grandaughters minus Marceline.

Abuela and her girls minues Caroline & Marceline.

Our Thanksgiving turkeys!

Thanksgiving Eve - out with friends.

Caroline in her big girl bed

We had a great trip to KC for Thanksgiving. It was so great to be with Junior's family and have all the girls together. With our 2 it makes for 8 girls. Poor Abuela - will she ever have a grandson.........

We felt so at home being there - our 5 year goal is to be back in KC. We miss it so much - even Junior felt a little homesick this past trip. I think having daughters makes him miss his family and friends more - he thinks about raising them all together. We will see where life takes us.

We are getting ready for Abuela to come to Arizona. She arrives on Dec 16th and will stay for several months - we can't wait to have her here. We will have a lot more fun this year since last year I was so pregnant that we couldn't do much. This year I am ready to go. I already have some things in mind - maybe a day trip to Mexico (minus the kiddos), a day trip to Flagstaff for some snow and sledding (Caroline would have a blast) and Junior and I plan to take a weekend trip to San Francisco for a much needed mini honeymoom that we never took.

We are gearing up for Christmas - tree is up and presents will soon be under the tree. I am almost done with all of my shopping - what a relief. We are really promoting the Santa thing this year - Caroline is excited to leave cookies and milk out for Santa and we will be sure to have new presents under the tree Christmas morning. I have been reading The Night Before Christmas to her each night before she goes to bed. I'm getting a little sick of it and there are still a lot of days until Christmas but she wants this book every night. The coming Friday I am taking her to Barnes and Noble for a special reading of The Polar Express. The kids are to wear their pj's for storytime. It is a Caroline and mommy date - daddy will stay home with Gabby - I think we will go out for pizza first and then to Barnes and Noble. I'm really looking forward to it - Christmas time will be more exciting each year as they get into it. Caroline loved helping decorate the tree.

Enjoy the pics.

Oh, I almost forgot - Gabriella got her ears pierced when we were home in KC for Thanksgiving. Abuela and daddy held her while mommy covered her eyes. She did great and they look SO cute. Don't worry - the pics look worse than it really was.

xoxo