Thanksgiving

Everyone came to our house for Thanksgiving. Nonna cooked of course. We had a great time and a DELICIOUS dinner!

Grandma & the girls

Napkin rings - made by Juli & Nonna.

Pies & Cakes by Juli & Nonna

Birthday cake for Uncle Frankie & Aunt Jenn

Karen helping!

Uncle Frankie taught the girls how much fun a leaf pile could be. He went out and raked up a pile for them to jump and play in!

"I don't want to sit next to the big ugly thing!!!"

Karen & Donna

Mmm Mmmm, Dig in!

Happy First Thanksgiving, Mashed Potato Face!

Happy Birthday Uncle Frankie & Aunt Jenn! And Happy Anniversary to Nonna & Pop!!

Here's to many many more!!

Livi's Playdate - November 18th

Livi had a playdate with some new friends from one of my mommy groups. Jula has some older sisters that are Juli's age. Juli had a great time and didn't want to leave her new friends. She keeps asking me when we are going to play with them again. Here are the pictures:

Ping & Bryan, Jen & Jula, Sandy & Livi

Jula & Livi

Bryan, Jula & Livi

Bryan, Jada, Jula, Janea, Juli & Livi

Amy's Bridal Shower - November 17th

My cousin Amy is getting married in February. Juli is going to be in the wedding as her flower girl. As of right now, Olivia is going to be in it too (Livi, START WALKING!!). LOL Her shower was on the 17th. Here are some pictures:

Juli in her Light-Up Lei waiting for Amy to get there.

YUMMY cake!

Loads of presents!

The Bride (Amy) & Groom (Joe).

Opening the gifts.

Juli "helping."

Party people!

Juli & Amy (in her beautiful bow hat).

The Bride and her "maids".

Hey, no one told me Holly Hobbie was coming to the party!

Oh wait, it's just Juli!!

We can't wait until February for the wedding!!

Time To Go Home - November 10th and 11th

Goodbye Florida Toes and Warm Sunny Days

On Saturday morning we packed everything up and got settled in the car to come home. Livi kept her "Florida Toes" for a while into the drive. Juli settled in with some toys and we were on our way.

We stopped for the night in North Carolina. Juli and I did not have a good night. She woke up shivering and feverish and we were up most of the night. Her fever broke by the morning, but she stayed in her PJs all day on Sunday to stay as comfy as she could.

We drove through DC on our way home. Here's a few pictures of that:

Wordless Wednesday Will Return Eventually

Yes, I know it is Wednesday. Yes, I will eventually do Wordless Wednesday again. For right now, you will have to enjoy what I can post from James' laptop or from my work computer since my laptop isn't working AGAIN! Yes, that's right it's not working again. I won't go into the how or why, just that it isn't working AT ALL right now. :-(

I have a ton more pictures from FL and the last few weeks that I need to get up and hopefully I can do it from James' laptop over the next few days...

For now for your viewing pleasure, Denise has put up some pictures from Florida on their blog. Looks like she is still working on posting pictures too, so if she updates, I'll link to those too.

Check them out by clicking on the link below:

Magic Kingdom

Downtown Disney - Take 2

On Friday we were going to go back to the Magic Kingdom, but Juli wasn't really feeling good, so we thought we would hang around the resort. We hung out all morning. Here's James and his monkeys:


By lunchtime Juli was feeling much better, but we didn't want to get stuck in the Magic Kingdom and have to take a train or boat and then a tram car back to our car if Juli started feeling crappy again. We decided to go to the clubhouse at the resort for lunch. We ate on the veranda overlooking the driving range. The view was pretty and the lunch was delicious. We got some really great pictures of Juli and her daddy! Here's one:

Livi enjoying her lunch, er I mean her link-a-doo.

After lunch we played a little mini-golf and stopped by the playground at the resort and Juli was feeling much better so we decided to take one last ride over to Downtown Disney before we headed out the next day. We rented a boat and took a ride through the Disney waterways.

Here's Juli in her lifejacket. She wasn't really scared, I don't know why she looks that way!

James passing on his trade to Juli.

Checking the water for fish.

Sandy & Livi (buried in her lifejacket).

Juli the explorer.

After we docked the boat, Juli went for a train ride. The other kids filled up the engine and the caboose, so Juli got stuck in the middle all by herself.

Apparently she didn't mind being alone in the middle. She seemed to be in full princess mode as she rode around the track waving to everyone and anyone for 3 full laps! LOL

After the train ride, we found Pooh.

Pooh and Friends, looks like they added a new character!

To Grandmother's House We Go

On Thursday, November 8th, we went to visit Mom Mom & Rudy. Juli was excited to go, even though she was having a really hard time saying Mom Mom's last name, lol. We had a great time and enjoyed a nice dinner. Livi even let Mom Mom hold her!

Mom Mom showing Juli how to play the piano.

Juli's turn!

Wow Mom Mom, you really know how to play!

Playing together.

Livi & Mom Mom.

Mom Mom & Juli.

Juli took this picture of Rudy. She also took about a dozen other pictures of Mom Mom's shoes and bed and lamp and.... well I'll spare you those! LOL