Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break!!!!  Mark & I worked a 1/2 day on Wednesday and made our drive up to Mark's parents.  The drive wasn't all that bad at all.  I was prepared for a lot of traffic since they say that it's one of the worst days to travel, but we really didn't hit all that much.

Enjoyed our time up at Mark's parents.  We went over to the Kushner's for Thanksgiving dinner, which was very yummy!!!  Jim enjoyed the applesauce the best, wasn't a big fan of the turkey at all.  I think he took a bite of it and spit it right back out.  Friday we helped them cut down a Christmas tree.  Jim wasn't quite sure what to think of it at first, but than had a great time running around.

We made our way up to Buffalo Friday night after the Syracuse basketball game.  We tried to take Jim to see Santa, but he wanted nothing to do with him.  There were no tears, but as he got closer he kept shaking his head no.  Maybe next year.  Enjoyed each others company on Saturday.  Rob & Dad smoked a brisket for dinner which turned out very yummy!!!

We decided to take Monday off of work, so we got to spend the day Sunday hanging out.  We really didn't do a whole lot.  It was fun watching Jim have a good time with his aunts/uncle/grandparents!  I think he had a lot of fun playing with them as well.

Our drive home Monday wasn't all that bad.  We turned around Jim's carseat, so he got to enjoy a new view!  He did pretty good in the car considering he was stuck in his seat for 8 hours!  It was gorgeous when we got home, so Jim helped Mark with raking the leaves and cleaning up the yard.  He must have enjoyed being able to run around outside after be trapped in the car!

Go Syracuse!!!

These pictures are from when we went up to Syracuse in September...A little behind, but they were too cute not to share.  It's a good thing Jim is happy to be there - because there will be many more trips up there in his future!  Go Syracuse!!!

19 Months...

Just a random list of what Jim is up to at 19 months...

- Still has 12 teeth.  Hasn't had any new ones come in in quite some time.  Am starting to wonder if his eye teeth are going to start coming in soon.

-  As you can tell by the picture above, he absolutely loves being outside!  I think I have said this many times before, but it's wonderful!

-  Another love of his is trucks.  He loves this truck video we found on you tube, and every time he sees us on the computer he asks for trucks...And he loves playing with all the trucks he has!

-  Still is a big fan of reading!  Think his favorite books at the moment are anything that has to do with trucks.  (See, he loves his trucks!!!)

-  Some of his new words as of late - stroller, steam roller, bulldozer, excavator (are you noticing a theme here?!), yellow...just to name a few...

-  He is very good at saying please when he wants something.  (Or if he forgets, we remind him and he says it!)

-  Loves to eat pretty much everything!  And loves drinking his milk!

I know I can go on and on...but we'll leave it at this for now...Looking forward to seeing what the next month brings us!!!!

Marathon Weekend

Last weekend the family came into town to cheer on Ashley & Allison running the Marine Corps Marathon.

They flew in Thursday evening, and got to spend Friday hanging out with Jim. He was a huge fan of the new trucks that he got!!!!

I left work early, and we stopped to get a pumpkin for Jim, and then made our way into D.C. so the girls could pick up their race packets. We grilled turkey burgers for dinner. Our house is great now that we have all the extra room! We had 10 people over and we didn't feel like we were on top of each other.

Saturday was more hanging out...A trip into Old Town to do some shopping at the Gap...We attempted to carve a pumpkin, which Jim didn't want anything to do with so we let him color it instead...Enjoyed some pizza for dinner...And just enjoyed hanging out with one another.

Sunday was the marathon. I dropped the girls off at 6AM, and then we made our way into the city at 9:00 to find a spot to watch them. We saw them at miles 18 & 19, both on the mall, both running together, and then again at mile 26. It was pretty crazy at the finish - but we found them, and made it home around 4:00. Enough time for them to shower, and then head to Southside for dinner. (It seems like we always end up there when they come to visit...)

We are so proud of the two of them for finishing the race!!!! Maybe I can convince them to do another one, and the three of us can run together :)

(It was really cold first thing in the AM, so we had Jim all bundled up...I had to take this picture of him in front to the Washington Monument. (Or the big stick as Ashley would say...))

Happy Halloween!!!

I've been a little slacker in updating this...

For now I'll leave you with a couple pictures of my trick-or-treater last night...

Happy Halloween!!!!!