Catching Up

Wow, I haven't blogged in a long time.  Let's catch up!  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We went to my parents house in Missouri, although my mom was in Utah with my sister and her new baby.  It was kind of strange with mom gone, but we had a lot of fun with dad!  My sister Ronda and her family came down from Omaha and we had our big, delicious, awesome meal at my brother and sister-in-laws house.  It was so good!  The only disaster was a I took a pyrex out of the oven and set it on the stove.  I thought I turned the burner off that it was set on, but I guess I didn't.  A few minutes later, POP! that pan exploded.  Luckily, Cheryl had made an extra broccoli-cheese-and rice casserole.  We even went to see the Muppet Movie with the whole family.  It was Carolines first movie.  She just played the whole time. 

I made four pies: pumpkin, pecan, chocolate, and lemon.

Caroline liked playing at my parents house.

The nap schedule was totally off on Thanksgiving day.  She let her aunt Ronda lay down and read to her.  That hardly ever happens.  Sadly, after that I realized that my memory card was full.  No other Thanksgiving pictures for me!  It took a couple days for me to delete some pictures.

We finally go to meet little sweet Caden, my friend Joanna's one year old little boy.  He was so cute!  He and Caroline played a little bit, and by played I mean tried to touch each others eyes.  How weird that it seems like we were in high school just yesterday and now we have kids and our husbands are both in medical school?  Bizzare!  I do not feel old enough!

Joanna took this picture of Caroline with her super nice camera.  I love it!

Her first spaghetti

She really loves her pappy!  She liked to smile and play with him

On our drive home we ate dinner at Steak n' Shake.  Caroline didn't have any other their food, but Eli insisted on her wearing the hat.  In case you haven't noticed, Eli loves putting Caroline into things (boxes, baskets, etc.) and he loves putting things on her head (hats, diapers, etc.).  It is pretty funny.

We got the house decorated for Christmas.  Here's our little present under the tree in her Christmas pajamas.

She likes to give me kisses.  I love to get them.  She also hugs me too, after I pick her up from her naps.  It's the sweetest thing!

She also decided she loves blackberries.  They do make quite a mess though!

And she loves to take a bath.  Eli thinks of the best things.  We got a free beach ball this summer and he put it in as a bath toy.  She loves it!

Well, that is what we've been up to.  Eli has a test on Monday and then two on Thursday and he is done for the semester!  We'll have him all to ourselves with no studying for two whole weeks!  I can not wait for this!  Caroline had her first ear infection last week.  She is feeling better now though.  She had a checkup on Friday and she weighs 16.6 lbs (25 percentile) is 27 1/2 inches long (50 percentile) and is all around healthy.  She crawls all over the place and pulls herself up everywhere she goes.  She is usually very happy and smiling.  I was surprised to learn she didn't weigh more because she eats like nobody's business.  Her favorite foods right now are beans, bananas, and bread.  That's all.  Pray for Eli to do well on his finals.  Merry Christmas!