Our Growing Family: Many Thanks in November

We have so many things to give thanks for--and so many pictures to go with it!

Starting with our sweet Birthday Boy this month...

Mario having boppy time

Earlier this month we donated our preemie clothes to the NICU. We got to see several of our favorite nurses when we went in to drop everything off too. It was a nice feeling to be healthy and just visit the NICU now

Camryn loves her Sleep Giraffe almost as much as her and her brother love their Sleep Sheep. Cam and Giraffe were having quite a conversation lately.

...as well as some good snuggle time

Also this month we had our Newborn Pictures done. They turned out so cute! We can't wait to decorate their room with all their beautiful pictures soon.

I hope I don't jinx anything by typing this--but they are usually good about taking naps back in their bed (which is still their pack n play in the study off of our bedroom) afternoons into the evening. After 4 hours I was ready for them to wake up so I used the flash on the camera and caught this serious slumber taking place. It didn't wake them in the least by the way.

Dad let Cole sit in the sacred KU Chair for the first KU game this season.

Matt teaching Cole the ways of the iPad

And now onto Thanksgiving...

We loved having all kinds of family in town for Thanksgiving this year. It was the first time for all them to meet the babies. We had so much fun.

Here's Maya with Camryn. The two girl cousins definitely got in some good bonding time.

Maya and Cooper

Fisher loving on his boy cousin

Cole snoozing away on Grammy

Cole and Maggie made quite a love connection too

It's too bad Maya and Cooper don't really take to Matt...yeah right!

It's great to hang out on Matt Thanksgiving morning.

The weather started out great on Thanksgiving day here--but then turned really cold. (Cold for us down here, I mean!)

Back inside my Mom's house on Thanksgiving

Showing off their "Baby's 1st Thanksgiving" bibs

Some good photo ops with their Grammy

Grammy definitely had the magic touch with Cam

Matt made his always yummy Bourbon Corn. It was all gone. So gone that it looked like someone literally licked the serving bowl it was in. I think all of us had a third helping of it.

Maggie will fondly think of Jennifer whenever there is wine around. Just like she will think of my Mom and other Ericksons whenever there is a Moo Moo around.

The boys all posing in their dinosaur shirts

We got to see Nora and Tom while they were in town!

Grammy got her Christmas present early--a Nook! She loves it so much she continued to read it in quite a position while it fully charged later that day.