a long post for a long couple of weeks.

so this is what we've been up to...

1. saturday, nov. 17 cousin's birthday party. the birthday boy loves cookies.

i thought this was so funny, ashleigh learned the sign for "fish" last month at the aquarium, now she's obsessed with fish.
2. our first thanksgiving dinner at grandma pat's house, sorry no pictures but that was sunday the 18th.

3. tueday the 20th my baby girl turned 1!!! we went to the zoo, elijah always wants me to take his picture in this tiled throne thing, i have to make it more interesting for me.

our cousins from utah came to vist, laney is elijah's age (just a few months younger) and chloe is ashleigh's age just a few months older. lijah loves laney and keeps asking for her even though they left saturday morning :(.

happy birthday ash!!!
4. tuesday night we did ashleigh's birthday party. there were a lot of people there. let's see, 2 grandmas, 1 grandpa, 7 aunts, 6 uncles, 11 cousins, and another family of friends (a family of 8!!!) it was madness, we loved it.

and as scheduled one very groochy birthday girl

5. thanksgiving dinner at grandma's. everyone was there. we finally got some pics of all he cousins. and in february this picture will be out dated, my sister is due with another girl!! so excited.

finally some dinner!

i made the rolls, from scratch!

elijah got new jeans for the pictures, aren't they just adorable, and he wanted to pose for me! it was so much fun. we went all around the yard and he just kept saying "mom take my picture on the trampoline, and the swing, and in the wagon, and on the slide." i wish he was like that more often.

he's getting so big i can't believe he'll be 4 in march!!!
some hot tubing, one of our many favorite things to do at grandmas.

6. our last thanksgiving dinner at grandma cortez's. ashleigh such a stinker she loves pulling the books from the bookcase.
the rest of the week was filled with family and fun, then sunday night ashleigh got sick and is finally feeling like herself today, whining and pulling ornaments off the tree. is it bad to say i liked it better when she slept all day?!

i hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving also. i'm so grateful for all my family and everything they do for us. thanks for all the turkey and ham and potatoes and everything else you do.