Happy Thanksgiving!

We're Back!

... And from the very edge of sanity, let me tell you! After two weeks of our family battling stomach bugs and the flu, we are finally all healthy and getting back into the regular swing of things. How we have missed getting outside into the fresh air and seeing friends!

November has had a few fun highlights. Hannah and I kicked it off with a road trip down from Virginia to test drive a minivan and visit family and friends along the way.  We missed Mark and Adam but we had a great time!

Catching our flight to Washington, DC

Hannah with her cousins Grace and Amelia in Virginia Beach

Having a blast with Sophia in Charlotte, NC

The Pregnant Mommies

Back in Atlanta, having fun with Grandmother

Hannah's imagination has taken off recently. She continues to enjoy dress-up and loves make-believe play.  I can see a compassionate and nurturing side to her personality in the way she takes care of her babies and "lambies".  Here she is tucking her baby doll into bed and saying prayers with her.

When she prays on her own it sounds something like this: "Jesus! I love you! And [help me] be polite... and loving others ... and polite ... and loving others ... and polite ... " (We did not teach her to pray this way, it truly comes from her heart!)

Fall Fun!

It's been fall party season and the kids have loved getting to play dress-up in public. Who cares that one of the parties we went to last weekend wasn't even a dress-up party? My kids didn't seem to notice they were the only ones. I love this age! Adam borrowed an adorable giraffe outfit from the Desnoyers and Hannah was a butterfly, wings courtesy of her friend Scarlotte.

Hannah kissing (biting?) Adam

I dressed up as a pregnant lady (not too convincing, I know!)

With friends Rachel and Gavin - also a giraffe!

Dana and Scarlotte