Thanksgiving Fun!

We spent our first Thanksgiving with Mommy's family in Michigan. We had so much fun with all our cousins, Aunts and Uncles, Papa Nick and Grandma, and doggies! Here are some photos of our exciting visit!

Coloring our Thanksgiving dinner placemats

Papa Nick and Grandma carving the turkey (we had our own Gerber Gourmet - Turkey and Rice)

Room service please ... mmmm - bottles!

Followed by swimming in the hotel pool

We also celebrated an early Christmas and exchanged presents. Our family really spoiled us and we got such cool stuff.

Claire makes a pretty good gift on her own!

Emily loved to eat the wrapping paper!

The big girls get spa stuff - can't wait until they can do our make-up and nails.

Papa Nick and Katarina also celebrated their birthdays

We love you all! Thanks for helping to make our first Thanksgiving so memorable!

THE PEN!

Well ... we have been locked up! We are getting into everything these days. We are very brave and crawl everywhere trying out all sorts of fun things. We are even courageous enough to pull ourselves up unto anything (stairs, floor lamps, couches, etc.) and let go thinking we can stand alone. We have taken a few tumbles, but are pretty tough and shed few tears. Mommy and Daddy think we have to get a little bigger before we can roam free on our own again. I guess this place will be ok - it is full of all our favorite toys!

What a mess!

Oh boy ... mommy came home with the coolest treat. She let us have a teething biscuit which we loved and got ALL over the place. Hopefully our top teeth will make it through soon. We have been working on them for awhile now!

A DAY AT THE PARK

We went for a walk through Forest Park the other day and had fun looking at all the colorful trees and munching on a few leaves. We love to be outside!

Sisters are fun!

We have found that having a sister can be lots of fun! At times we go our separate ways ... but recently we have really started playing together. We climb on one another, steal each other's toys, smile and giggle together, and even stay awake at night standing in our cribs talking. We are really giving Mommy and Daddy a workout trying to keep up with us :)

In loving memory...

Our Grandma Patti passed away on November 1st 2007. We didn't get to know her as well as we would have liked but the times we had with her were so much fun. We especially loved snuggling with her like in this picture. Our mommy and daddy will tell us stories so that we will keep her in our memory. We have lots of pictures of her and daddy growing up to look at when we get older. Grandma Patti had lots of fun costume jewlery and hats that we will love playing dress up with. Daddy wishes that she would have stayed longer because the short time that we knew her she gave us so much love. She will be greatly missed.