After almost a week of Grandma Bev and Papa Ike visiting and I almost have a version of "grandma" down... it's more of a "mema" or something, but it's getting closer. Of the many fun things we've done this week, getting our house ready for Christmas is one of them. Here are some pics of our unearthing of Christmas bins...as well as the rest of our week together . Man I'm going to be sad when they leave.
Today Papa, Daddy and I braved the Wisconsin winter weather and hunted down our very own Christmas tree. I can't believe it - we get to have a real tree in our house!
Mommy had to stay in the car with Hannah - it was too cold and wet for such a little girl. Next year we'll do it all as a family. This is one of mommy's favorite traditions.
If you look real closely (double click on this picture) - you'll see that I no longer have a bridge to my nose. Last night I took a head-first (mommy and daddy can only guess) digger as I fell out of my bed. I woke up this morning with a deformed-looking face :-( It's now turning into a nice bruise. Good thing mommy got my Christmas pictures taken before last night!
Daddy and I have created a new fun bath past-time.... sud make-overs. The best part is that I get to get daddy all sudded-up too!
Bath-time is one of my FAVORITE times... every night at the end of dinner I try to persuade mom and dad that I need a bath. Can you blame me - doesn't this look like fun to you?
We had an absolutely fantastic Thanksgiving! Here are some of the memories captured from the day. Goes down in record as one of the sweetest Noah days ever - lots of hugs and kisses for everyone. We're starting to realize he likes the crowd :-) And of course, had to have the camera out and ready to capture some of Hannah's open-eyed moments. 
Ok, so this entry was a lot more Hannah than Noah but it's hard to get a still shot of Noah - he's just on the go at ALL TIMES :-)
Having a new sister has really been fun (so far), especially because I have made Noni my own personal playmate :-) She has helped my mommy and daddy out SOoooooooooooo very much, and it's been great to have her play with me because we do so many fun things and projects. Today I got to put on my "paint shirt" and we painted some canvases for my big boy room. And then we got out the roller and made sugar cookies. My favorite part was to squish the dough between my fingers.... who says it can't be "play" dough?
And I really liked exploring everything on the counter.... falling off the stool once, almost putting the cordless phone under the running water and getting into mommy's face wash... 
But in the end... we conquered our first bath without any disasters! My sister got to come home from the hospital yesterday... mommy and daddy really enjoyed a "quiet" afternoon/evening at home while I got to have a play-date with my cousin Andrew and Auntie Sharon at Noni and Papa's house... two totally different levels of energy!
Daddy worked on Hannah's crib - raising it up from when I was sleeping in it...
cuddles with mommy and daddy
Today I introduced my sister to my auntie's and cousin.... Noni and Papa had a sleep over with me last night, so they were here too. Hannah got to stay in the nursery last night with the nurses while mommy recovered from an allergic reaction to the medication - whew, glad that is over!
I have fun with my sister, but there are just too many other new things in this surrounding that capture my attention... but it was sure great to see my mommy. Daddy came home for a little while this morning and played football with me too. 
I'll write again tomorrow - more pictures to come from today (just have to get them from Auntie's camera). Good night!
This is a big file and a long clip (about 5 minutes), but it is pretty stinkin hilarious, all the way to the very end!
(probably the last time she can "comfortably" hold both me and baby at the same time :-)
