Stuff

Gianna's new activity is trying on my shoes and walking around in them.

She likes to help me make the bed by hiding in the sheets.

When I was little, my sisters and I would help my mom make Christmas candy every year. I decided to try and start this tradition with Gianna. Here she is helping us make butterscotch crunch.

Chopping the nuts.

We attempted to take pictures with Santa last weekend. This was the best one of Nick. Gianna wouldn't even get close enough to Santa for a picture. Even though, she had told me earlier, "I wanna touch him".

Decorating the tree.

It's been a while!!

So - for the last 6 weeks we have had computer problems. Those darn PCs. Apparently I also purchased the cheapest model with Windows Vista - not a good combo. So here are all the cute photos that I've taken recently. Although Nick no longer really likes his bouncer, this was at the beginning of October after a vigorous bouncing session.

Gianna's first carousel ride at Matt's company picnic.

Gianna is saying, "cheese" in this photo. It makes her mouth into a little circle of teeth.

Posing in the pumpkin patch.

More pumpkin pictures on Halloween.

Many people thought Nick was a bunny or lamb, but he was supposed to be a dog. Gianna was a black cat (scary).

I can still manage to get a cute sleeping picture occasionally.

Matt and I went to the Greater Houston Restaurant Association gala a couple of weeks ago. It was kind of fun to dress all fancy-obviously this is a rare thing nowdays!

Weekend without Daddy

Let us in!!

I bought these pajamas for Nick for Halloween, but it appears he will have grown out of them by that time. I forget how fast they grow during the first year!

Dancing Nick

He will stand by this toy for 30 minutes at a time! I'm so impressed.

Weekend with the kiddos

Gianna went to her friend Reese's birthday party on Saturday. They were having a tea party.


Nick was showing off his punk mohawk look.

Gianna was performing for us. She would stand on the end of the slide and then jump off, mostly backwards.

Nick had his 6-month checkup on Friday. Here are the stats:

Height: 29 inches (> 95th percentile)

Weight: 16lbs 13.5 ounces (40th percentile)

His new skills are crawling (although he is still working on perfecting this) and standing while holding onto something. He is definitely on the move!

Nick thinks he's already grown

Yeah...Nick is already pulling himself up and standing. Scared of how early he could be walking!

Gianna is breastfeeding Tigger in this photo.

Early morning swinging.

Pics from yesterday

Gianna and her great-grandparents.

In mid-swing.

Nick had his first swing experience yesterday and really seemed to enjoy it!

Problems with Blogger

I am having issues uploading photos today - keep getting error messages. So, here is Nick looking somewhat somber. I hope to post the rest of the photos tomorrow, so stay tuned!

Nick is 6 months old today!

For labor day weekend we spent some time at Grandma Debbie's house. This would have been an amazing photo had I just managed to get a little more in the shot. As you can tell, Gianna has gotten over her fear of water.

Gianna loves watching the cows. Here are Gianna, Nick, Wyatt (Matt's cousin) and Trudi (Matt's Aunt).

More cow watching.

Gianna loves when I wrap her up in her towel after her bath and pretend that I can't find her body.

Nick has just discovered this toy and already has become quite masterful playing. Does this mean we have a musical genius on our hands?