December

Lauren's past-time-rocking her babies in the cow rocking chair

Lauren and I had fun making this during Carter's nap and our first snow

Carter and one of his "Babies"

Children's Museum


Carter would tip his head back and sniff in and out

Any clothes are fair-game for dress up time

Carter helps sweep the floor by either spreading the whole pile around w/his hands or if he can get the broom-that works even better!

Another fun past-time

Thanksgiving and Jason's Birthday

Grampa Hall came out for Daddy's birthday and Thanksgiving


We put up the Christmas tree and decorations

Lauren exercised with Grampa Hall and Daddy

Lauren LOVES painting!

Reading Bible bed-time stories

Daddy's birthday meal at Bravo's

Lauren really likes to stand on the chair and help me cook

Carter LOVES balls and throwing them!

These two are hilarious!

"Hey Sis, look at this penguin!"

Chicago

Jason had an Ophthamology conference in Chicago that we got to tag along. We all got to spend a lot of time together, in between some of Jason's meetings/labs. The hotel was BEAUTIFUL!

Two exhausted kids-it turned dark around 4:30 p.m. in Chicago, so this is earlier than it looks.


It was sunny and about 65 degrees at the Navy Pier-We all got to walk the Miracle Mile and Navy Pier during one of Jason's breaks.

Aren't those the coolest buildings outside our hotel? See the cars parked under all the rooms?



View from our room, 16 stories up.

Good (early) Morning Carter!

The kids were up at 4:30 a.m. the first morning and 5:30 the second morning. Jason took them out for a bit the first morning, so I could sleep. They also spent time coloring, playing in the pack-n-play, and watching Miss Patty Cake.



Chicago pizza-kind-of ate and ran. By the time we got the pizza, the kids were DONE sitting around.

November Activites

Okay, I LOVE this picture. This is my life! Please notice the beautiful, clean counters that I worked hard to get that way....it came at a cost though...the kids had to be entertained somehow:-)

Carter meets his new friend Carter (and his Mommy Kara in the background)

We had a MOPS play date at our house. The kids played really well together.

Lauren put these on her face and asked me to take a picture

Carter can't figure out why he can't pull out the "grassy stuff" out of the tree anymore...Mommy figured out how to put an end to that!

Lauren comes around the corner in the park's nature center and says, "Mom! Mom! Look! See!" and proudly shows me a skunk hat on her head.(She calls me "Mom" and Jason "Dad" often now. Makes her seem so old! I jokingly tell her if she calls me "Mom" instead of "Mommy", I'll call her "Daughter" instead of "Lauren" :-)

Lauren "reading" and "teaching" Mitch at his birthday party.

Lauren and Daddy carved a pumpkin.

We got to meet Amy and Matt's new daughter Alaina.

Playing at the Children's Museum.

This is what I found when Lauren was crying in her crib late at night-a "little" bloody nose.


Aunt Julia came and worked on a little potty training with Lauren. She got to practice, although still a ways from catching on.

Look who's 32!

Jason made us breakfast.