Thanksgiving in Houston

 Addison, Sarah and Summer with MaMa

 Going on a hay ride at PaPa's house

 MaMa with Emery and Emily

 We took Sarah to Disney on Ice.  She loved it, but it sure was cold in there!

After eating her "treat" (M&Ms) at Disney on Ice

Play Time!

 Emily is really starting to enjoy playing/batting at her toys, and she also likes to "goo" and kick her feet. She is extremely intrigued by the turtle that hangs from her floor gym.

 Tummy time is getting to be a bigger hit now too!

 Silly girl!

 Emily isn't a "fan" of Sophie the giraffe yet, but I know she will be!  Sarah didn't have one, but so many other people spoke so highly of this little giraffe and its abilities to soothe a teething baby, that I had to make sure to get one this go round.

 Sweet Sarah!  The picture below is blurry, but I had to include it so you could get the whole ensemble.  She's looking pretty cute!  She found some black boots in her closet and insisted on wearing them.  After I put them on her, she told me she was "stylin".  I asked her why, and she said, "because of my boots, Mom!" 

Sarah is growing so much, and she absolutely LOVES school.  One day last week while reading books before bedtime, she told us she wanted to read about God.  So, we got her Bible down from the bookshelf.  Pretty much every night since then, she tells us she wants to read about God.  At school, they go to chapel once a week, so Sarah's being exposed to God there.  I still need to ask her teachers exactly what they talk about, but I'm pretty impressed that it has made that much of an impact in a two year old's head already!  

Mickey Mouse!

 Many of you know that Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is Sarah's absolute favorite show.  At the Toys R Us near our house, there is a Mickey Mouse "ride" as you leave.  Sarah would always talk about wanting to ride it, but she'd always chicken out.  She went from just walking past it, to being scared of it, to sitting on it and not wanting to leave! 

 Too cute!

 As I've already mentioned, Sarah really loves Emily.  She likes to play with her, and my, how overwhelmed Emily must have felt here...!

Cute little Sweet Pea!

Happy Halloween!

 Over the weekend, we took the girls to a pumpkin patch.  Sarah enjoyed looking at the cows and goats, and she really liked the hay ride.  Also, Emily is two months old today!

A picture of Sarah after trick-or-treating last night.  She didn't want us to take her picture until later in the evening.  Sarah's first experience trick-or-treating went well.  She did a pretty good job at saying thank you to the people too.  We look forward to going with her again next year!

That's More Like It!

 Sweet pea is doing SO MUCH better!  Last week had to have been the longest week of our lives.  We still aren't in the clear, but Emily is feeling better and the infection is definitely under control.  We will now work on the other "issue" gradually.

 It's so wonderful to see her smiling for us and in a better mood!!

 Tummy time, with big sister's help

 Sarah LOVES to play with Emily.  She is super excited to read to her, play with her toys with her, pretty much to do anything with her.  It's super sweet!  What a great Big Sister!

 At Sarah's school today, they had a costume parade.  It was quite entertaining to see so many little kiddos dressed up!  Not sure why Sarah had her thumb in her mouth the entire time, I guess it was a little overwhelming...

Ms. Lynnette is one of Sarah's teachers, and Sarah loves her and calls her "my friend."

Sarah and School

I've been meaning to update on how Sarah has been doing at school.  She absolutely LOVES it!  She asks to go there frequently, she talks about her friends she's met there (which of course include her teachers Ms. Lynnette and Ms. Lisa!), and she has definitely shown more openness to socializing with kids she randomly sees places.  We are so happy and blessed that she enjoys school so much!

Strike a Pose!

 At times while napping, Emily will raise her hands up like this.  This time though, she kept them up in the air for at least two or three minutes.

 Not really wanting her picture taken...

 Over the weekend, we took the girls to the Dallas Zoo.  Sarah, as always, had a lot of fun.

 We fed the giraffes.  This is actually a picture of someone else feeding a giraffe though because when we did it, he ate ALL of the lettuce at once...

 This time, we rode the monorail around parts of the zoo.  Sarah enjoyed it!

Enjoying some lunch; Sarah loves her some raisins!