Thanksgiving Memories

It feels just like yesterday that we were running around the house getting everything packed for our Thanksgiving vacation. Here we are, over a week later, and the vacation has disappeared before our eyes.

We have so much to be thankful for while remembering the past week...

...that everyone traveled safe

... that the Santa in the mall was extremely patient as Gianna was not thrilled to sit on his lap

...that the weather on Thanksgiving Day was the best I can remember, which allowed Gianna to play outside with Grandpa Ralph

...the "Please and Thank You Tea Set" (early Christmas gift) from Grandma Gertz

...all of the friends and family we were able to spend time with over the week

Let the official holiday season begin. Remember, eat, drink, and be merry!

Santa Came Early!

Last weekend we decided to have a little toga party with Gianna. We figure you can never be too prepared to know how to wear a toga (especially if she is going to St. Bonaventure like Mama and Dada). Lesson 1: Papertowels make a great toga when you are 15 months old.

Also, Gianna was lucky enough to have a Christmas preview this past week. Grandma Gertz and Grandpa Ralph had their Christmas gift shipped directly to the house and Pottery Barn was extremely fast in their delivery time! We were going to wait to put it up until we were closer to Christmas but figured Gianna would love playing with it now. Thank you Grandma Gertz and Grandpa Ralph!!!

Drum roll please............

Now we are just getting ready for Thanksgiving! Bring on the TURKEY (and stuffing, and pie's, and shrimp, and gravy, and cranberry sauce, and...)

Halloween 2009

We were so lucky to have Aunt Monica down for Gianna's first "official" Halloween and it was even better that it was on a weekend. The day started with a "Boo" cookie that dada got for her when he ran to the local bagel shop, continued onto lunch at The Cheesecake Factory, then onto a Halloween Party and finally - Trick or Treating!! The weather wasn't the best but we all had an amazing time. Enjoy the pictures below and thank you for all who voted for Gianna's Halloween costume - the strawberry outfit was priceless.

Fall Fun

For those of you picture lovers - this post is for you. Over the past week we have had a lot of fall fun. It started with picking pumpkins on the best fall day we have seen in a long time, then continued onto a local petting zoo where we were able to play with baby ducks, bunnies, goats, pigs and more, and then finished with an evening of pumpkin carving last night.

The weather has been amazing which allowed us to get a bunch of great pictures. Here are a few highlights but check out the rest on photoworks - I took upwards of 180 pictures over the past 5 days! Enjoy!