Wake Up, Daddy!

I used Meredith to wake up Erik a few weeks ago when his afternoon nap lasted a bit too long...

She really relished her job!

He was happy to see her, as always. :-)

This photo below is a month late - from October - Halloween, in fact. We dressed up for the Chipotle deal $2 for a burrito if you dress up as "junk food." So....can you guess what we are as a family?
hint: MJ does look like a tomato...but she's a 'form' of tomato to go along with us. :-)

Thanksgiving 2010

We had a lovely, simple Thanksgiving celebration at home this year. Erik's sister, Aleksa, visited us from Chicago - yay! She helped with the food preparations on Wednesday and gave excellent moral support with the cooking of the turkey on Thursday. :-) We are really enjoying her time with us and all the time she's spending with MJ.

Meredith had a bit of a rough day of teething on Thanksgiving (Aleksa is her kind sympathizer in this photo)...but, it was worth it because a tooth popped through this morning!

The festive table!
Ah...the spread!

I think the sweet potato-pear puree was a favorite for everyone - it definitely had MJ's vote!

Reading with Granna

Meredith loves reading time!

Family Photos

Here's our favorite family photo so far. :-) A quick preview for Christmas cards to come....

And...many more photos of family while Mom visited and Jonny, Bria and Lila were here a few weekends ago.

What a good looking trio!

So...yes, I made Meredith and Lila matching onesies. :-) Too fun! Wee autumn/harvest girlies! (the table is blocking it, but the bottom of the onesies have ruffles - blue check.)

Cousins at 7 months

This post is a week late....but I wanted to get these photos out anyway. More fun times with family!! Last weekend cousin Lila Mae came to visit with her parents, Jonny and Bria. We had a lovely visit with them. Meredith and Lila were so cute together and were very interested in each other!


A few family members even managed to catch a nap here and there. We had Lila sneak in and wake up her Daddy after a while... :-)

Cousins reunited!

Working on standing up! Although, with a slippery wood floor it was pretty tough...but they kept persevering. I love how Lila has her hand on Meredith's shoulder. :-)

Lots of giggles and squeals while they were chillin' together....

Meredith at 7 months

Meredith has special Daddy time when Erik gets home from work each day.

Lots of snuggling time this past week when Granna visited!

a bit fuzzy...but I love this one. Isn't it cute that MJ is doing the same arm motion as Granna?! As if she needs to pull back her wispy hair. :-)

sweet smiles and a favorite blue sweater

This past week, Grandma McKinzie ("Granna") came for a visit. So, MJ had lots of special time with her Granna and a whole lot of fun. They read many stories together and played all sorts of games. Giggling and wee shrieks of glee were re-accuring parts of each day while Granna was here. :-)


My favorite sweater on Meredith right now is a light blue cardigan sent from Grandma Petersons. Her eyes sparkle in it and she's just too cute!