Happy Monday

There's nothing cuter...

...than a baby in elf ears.


Poor Coop wasn't quite as thrilled with the setup, but she was a good sport. I LOVE the interaction between these two lately. Sloane always reaches out to touch her whenever Coop comes within reach. Coop loves the attention and we are just working on stopping her from licking to say hello back.


And a huge shout out to John who is never too cool for my kooky ideas. He just smiles as I proudly present the Christmas headbands I found at Fred Meyer and explain my plans for a family photo. You are the best, Juan.

Happy Birthday Mayson!

We celebrated Mayson's 3rd birthday this weekend at her Curious George themed party. Everything was so cute...from the invitations (bananas), to the decorations, to the photo station...Nikka put together a fantastic party. Happy Birthday May May - we love you!

I only managed to get a couple of photos of the birthday girl. Talk about a whirling dervish - that girl was constantly on the move.




Mimi & Sloane


Bobba was ready to party


Uncle JJ & Sloane

Gobble Gobble

We are chalk full of thankfulness in this family. It's been a big year. And what better way to celebrate that than with a day of family & food. Lots of family and lots of food. We started Thanksgiving with the Poort lunch. Don't let "lunch" fool you...it's a full, delicious Thanksgiving feast. We had to sneak out of trivia early to head over to my folks for another amazing Thanksgiving spread. Uncle JJ was in town and we were joined by Jon, Judy and Kay Manchester. After a very fun day, we waddled home and finally succumbed to the tryptophan.

Papa Leo and Sloane


Auntie Amy & miss S




Max thinks Uncle JJ is pretty funny


Sweet Mayson


Jon & Judy have been part of our Thanksgiving festivities for ~15 years


Nikka made these DARLING little candy turkeys. Seriously, how cute are these?


Mimi, Kay (in from Nebraska), Bobba, and Judy


Max & Sloane are totally diggin' each other. Hey cous!

Winter Wonderland

We are LOVING the Seattle snow! After a brief trip into work yesterday, I picked the girl up from daycare early so we wouldn't get stuck in the afternoon storm and we snuggled in for the night. How wonderful to get a text at 9:15 last night from work announcing that we'd be closed today. Oh how I love working for a school! John decided to stay home today and work on our kitchen so we all got to sleep in, snuggle in bed with our smiley gal for a bit this morning, and then bundle everyone up for a walk to the (very busy) local coffee shop. Sloane wasn't quite sure what was going on with all the white stuff and spent our whole walk wide eyed, checking everything out. Cooper, on the other hand, knew exactly what was in store and couldn't have been a happier pup.







Sloane's taking a long afternoon nap, John headed out to Home Depot for some supplies, Coop is exhausted from her very exciting morning and won't likely move from her bed for the rest of the afternoon, and I'm trying to decide if I should tackle a project around the house or snuggle up for a bit with my book. Yes indeed, I love snow days.

Happy Tuesday!

What happens when you let dad dress the girl?

She comes out looking like Axl Rose. There is a guitar with wings on the onesie underneath to really round out the outfit.