Christmas at Cici and Baba's

The kids had a great time - they just LOVE to play with each other, its awesome.
Megan is the one who always remembers to get family pics which is great but it's harder to do at the end of the night versus the beginning. We need to get our timing right - haha
It's like watching a flip book - trying to get 4 kids under the age of 4 to all smile and look at the camera at the same time is pretty much impossible but we tried...

Christmas

We all had a wonderful Christmas! Jackson and Nora both opened a ton of presents and Santa left some pretty cool things too. Mommy, Daddy and Jack decorated Christmas cookies for Santa and we left those and some reindeer food out so they could eat when they came to visit. Santa even left a note and Jack was so excited.
It was definetly the quickest Christmas we have ever had - Jackson opened all his gifts and then decided he wanted to open Nora's, and Mommy & Daddy's. He tore through everything in about 15 minutes :)

Jack's hat

Nora wanted to try on Jackson's new hat...

Happy 7 months Nora Ryan!

Nora is doing awesome! Still eating really well and now sleeping through the night. We did the same thing we did with Jack, took one weekend and just kept laying her back down to sleep. She was up for about 2 hours the first night and then 30 minutes the next. Sunday night came and she slept soundly from 7:30pm to 6am with a bedtime snack between 9-10pm. She weighs 18 lbs and wearing 6-9mo clothes.



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She did NOT like this hair piece...

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The Fort

Daddy built a cool fort for J & N and they were having fun hiding...

Thanksgiving

Well, I'm sorry to report no pictures from Thanksgiving this year. Ryan and I had everyone over from the Donahue and Allison clans so Ryan was busy frying the turkey and I was making a few dishes as well. Mom, Meg and Susie made some wonderful food and we all had a great time! We had Christmas lights and decorations up for everyone to see and the kids wore themselves out running around.

We are thankful for our family and friends and are very to lucky to be able to spend the holidays with them.

Nora is 6 months!

Nora is doing great - eating every baby food combo that exists and sleeping well. Jackson loves her and almost hugs and kisses her too much! Of course she hasn't started taking his toys yet so we'll see...
Nora is doing great - eating every baby food combo that exists and sleeping well. She is watching every move Jack makes and I know she is thinking how to get herself moving like he does.

Height: 26 inches (60th percentile)
Weight: 16 lbs 5 oz (50th percentile)


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A Birthday Party

Jack went to his friend Cameron's birthday where they visited a fire station. The boys thought it was pretty cool and the Daddy's loved the lounge room where they had recliners and a huge tv with college football on.

Happy Halloween!

This was Jackson's first Big Halloween where he went trick or treating with all his friends. He had a blast!! Daddy took them while I stayed and handed out candy. When Jack came home, he poured out his candy only to find out that Daddy kept emptying his little pumpkin into the stroller so he could get more. Needless to say we had enough candy to last us to next Halloween.
Jackson and Nora were 1920's gangsters but it was a little harder to tell what Jack was when Nora wasn't dressed up. Without her, he looked like a kid in a suit but adorable just the same.

The Pumpkin Parade at my office...