Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. I did most of the cooking myself with my mom, Jenny and Ellen as my sous chefs. We had a fresh, organic turkey that I ordered from a farm nearby and then the usual mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry chutney, corn pudding, peas and salad. Of course, we also had pumpkin and apple pie. We sat at our beautiful new dining room table with the new drapes my mom made for us up. It was great fun and very tasty!

We had a french family over for their first thanksgiving. They had a little girl named Mona who was Anais's age. The 3 girls got along very well and played with the couch cushions most of the afternoon - a game only allowed on Thanksgiving :-) Barbara, Mona's mother, is 9 months pregnant and actually due this week. Course, given that she is french, she looked the way I did at 4 months with the twins! It was nice to sit around the table and talk about the differences in the countries and cultures - health care being a big topic of discussion. Some day we'll figure it out here - I just hope it's in my lifetime!

Ellen was very excited about the Turkey and helped my do the basting. She couldn't wait to eat it and "gobbled" up the turkey leg as soon as she could get her hands on it. Then for the rest of the meal she couldn't wait for the pumpkin pie and promptly ate a piece of that as soon as she could.

Frigo!

I know it's a bit Stepford wife of me but I'm very excited about our new refrigerator! And given that I had to tear out molding and file down the side of the cabinet so it would fit, I'm a bit proud, too. Pretty sweet!

An early lesson

Poor Dylan learned an early lesson in sharing today - while Mommy and Grandma Sandy played paparazzi. You might want to turn the volume down - Dylan's quite the squealer!

California Dreamin'

I was out in the Bay Area last weekend for work meetings and brought Nicolas along for the ride. We stayed with Papa and Ghio so he got lots of love from relatives. My mom even came out for the meetings and got to help out with the adoring. Our nieces, Callie and Addie, helped feed him one night. Course I immediately invited them out for summer vacation to help at our house :-)

Dylan finally gets some chompers!

Remember with the first baby how you anxiously awaited their first teeth - with my nieces Callie and Addie the wait was over a year! Once # 3 and 4 come along, the arrival of chompers seems to be nothing more then a mark in the calendar :-) With both boys, we didn't seem to notice when their first teeth come in until they had arrived and our Au Pair told us! I came home from the grocery store this afternoon and Jenny told me that Dylan had 2 bottom teeth! So they finally arrived at 7 1/2 months for anyone keeping track.

Thanks Aunt Suzi!!!

My sister, Susan, stayed with us for 4+ weeks and was a HUGE help. We were sorry to see her go and wish her loads of luck with her latest adventures in Colorado. Thank you so much, Susan!!!!

Happy 70th!

Today is my dad's 70th birthday! Have a great day, Dad. We miss you!!!!

Splish Splash

Here's a little video of Dylan in the bath today. He managed to soak everyone in the room.

Trick or Treat

Jenny and I went out with the Ellen, Anais and Nicolas while Susan manned the door with Dylan. I think a few of the neighbors were a bit confused by the appearance of 2 tiggers in different places throughout the evening. Unfortunately, Shawn spent the evening driving home from Long Island where he has a project that is starting-up and managed to make it home just in time for the mad sugar rush before bedtime.