Monday, December 21, 2009

The Interview Trail

Caleb was doing interviews all over the west for two weeks this month. He had six interviews in 13 days. He liked all the programs, some more than others. He has had nine interviews ans twelve total so we are almost done! The hard part is going to be ranking them. While he was gone we tried to stay busy. We got our first snow storm.

Joshua wanted to make a snow man. So we went out during one of Abigail's naps and attempted to make one out of the icey snow. It turned out funny but Joshua loved it. We made a baby Abigail one so of course we had to make a Joshua, mommy and daddy one too.

Joshua likes to hold Abigail several times a day.



I was taking a shower and kept hearing Joshua running back and forth from the playroom to the bathroom laughing. So i peeked out of the curtain to find Abigail covered with blocks and little people. He said he was building a big house with "Abidail" she didn't seem to mind. Although she had more blocks on her that Joshua obediently took off and who knows how many more he would have got. I always get some surprises when I get out of the shower.


Trying to kill all our indoor time with really bubbley bubble baths.


Abigail is getting really big and strong. She is starting to push up on her elbows.


About two weeks ago she started to smile at me and coo. I love having her responding.


Joshua still loves her and holding her. He is very loving and concerned for her when she is sad.


Overall we did good while Caleb was gone but we are all very glad to have him home.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Giving Thanks

We were on our own again for Thanksgiving this year. We spent the day together cooking and baking. Joshua had a lot of fun helping out at EVERY step.


Here are the two kids after the big meal. I get the whole turkey-stupor thing, but why Abigail?


Of course for Caleb, it's no tough dilemma...


In keeping with our day-after-thanksgiving family tradition we went to Home Depot for a Christmas tree. Decorating it was a bit more of a protracted process than in past years, but at least we finished in time for pictures after church on Sunday.

Of note, this was Abigail's first Sunday going to church. Yes, I had WAAAAAYYYYYY to much fun dressing her up.