Noah 8 Months

On November 15 Noah turned 8 months.  He is getting closer and closer to dropping that early morning feeding.  Some days it's close enough to the morning we are able to skip it.  I see a light at the end of a tunnel.

The biggest difference this month is he's getting in his 2 bottom teeth.  He is also talking a lot more. He can say Dada very well.  I'm working on Mama.  He's still very much a mama's boy, which I'm loving.

Basketball & Christmas Pictures

Bob & Janice had the family over for Jon's birthday, so we took advantage of this time and took pictures for Bob & Janice's Christmas Cards.  While we were together the boys played some basketball.  As always, Uncle Jon was running late, so Beau sent him a 'trash talkin' picture to get him hyped up for the game.

 Bella's all ready to be photographed.

The horses weren't phased by all the commotion.

Organizing 7 kids is nearly impossible, but I think they succeeded.

Thanksgiving 2012

This year for Thanksgiving we were with my family.  Joel and I hosted, but since our house is so small Bob & Janice opened up their home to us.  As always it was a great day filled with family.

I made 2 different turkeys.  1) Brined and Smoked 2) Baked in the oven.

We started our day by watching the Thanksgiving Parade.

I love my cousins!

We played a few games.

The real highlight of the day was Bella who put on a show.  Cousin Pat was nice enough to induldge her.  

Translation:  "Counting, 2 counting and 3 counting okay? and 10 counting" (then she counts to 10) and says "Okay, I'll get candy for you." Then she proceeds to walk over to the pretend candy.

Cousin Adventures

Kate's on the ranch every Friday, so sometimes we get to play with her.  This particular day she led Beau and Bella on an adventure in the fields.

November Cutie Pies

November really was the month of Bella happenings (especially with the hair cut and marker incident), but Beau and Noah had a few moments of their own.

When I checked on Bella before going to bed, I found her with Beau's umbrella.  On 2 separate occasions.

 Beau spent some quality time with Joel outside by the firepit.

 Bella is the puzzle master.  She put this one together all by herself.

 Beau and Bella spent some time outside playing King of the Mountain.

Noah took over Uncle Jon's new Gians bag, or is it a cooler?  Then Leah took him on the ride of his life.

So proud to be wearing Beau's shoes...

...And Daddy's flip flops.

The Marker Incident

We have 1, that ONE, permanent marker in the house.  Bella is know for marking herself so the marker is put away in a drawer that only Beau can access.  Once day, while a movie was on and I was trying to rest...key word trying, the following happened.  As if the haircut wasn't bad enough.

The culprit.

It took hours, a hot milk bath, rubbing alcohol, harsh soap and tons of scrubbing to get it of their visible area.  Which resulted in a slight rash.   I left the hidden areas.  And for you Melaleuca fans that believe their products gets permanent marker out of things, my -still to this day- stained pillow would disagree.

Bella's Haircut

Bella decided she wanted a new hairstyle for our upcoming Christmas Pictures.  Luckily Joel left the scissors out and she was able to succeed at giving herself a haircut.  Later we also noticed that days before she had taken the scissors to our drapes.  Now we're going for the ruffled look.  I'm just not so sure we're pulling it off.

As shocked and we were, it was also quite funny.  Only Bella!!!