Matthew at 2 months

Matthew is getting bigger every day! He was 13 1/2 lbs at his 2 month check up and is smiling and making a lot of cooing noises now. We are all enjoying him!

What a cute smile!

Ooh! Look at the pretty lights on my swing:)

I might smile for the camera...

Big stretch!

Santa Baby!

Real Snow!

We finally got a good snow for the kids to enjoy. You can see that they love the snow and just can't seem to get enough! There were snow angels, snow ball fights and lots of snow day fun!

O Christmas Tree!

On Saturday, December 1st, we set out to find a Christmas tree. We ended up just driving and found this cute little place. It was a very windy day!

Benjamin checks out the trees.

Evan and Jacob check out the tree that we are getting.

Ben getting the tree ready to take home.

Evan loves the twinkling lights.

Jacob, Benjamin, and Evan decorating the tree. Jacob mostly un-decorated the tree and it has been rearranged several times since then:) Hurray for shatterproof ornaments!

Evan puts a blue ornament on the tree. It's his current favorite color.

Benjamin thinks about where to put his ornaments.

Evan stands back and admires their work.

O Christmas Tree!

Now Ben puts the star on top!

First Snow!

We only got a little bit of snow but the kids sure were excited! This will be a fun winter for them living in a place where we will actually get snow. It snowed on Sunday morning and then more on Monday which was when is started to stick before warming up and melting. It was beautiful but they will be happy when they can make a snowman and some snowballs:) At least it was a good excuse to drink hot cocoa!

Orchard-Millard Thanksgiving

We were fortunate to have friends come visit for Thanksgiving this year. Matt, Megan, Sam and Luke Millard shared our Thanksgiving feast. Once we were sufficiently stuffed, we enjoyed some time at the park on an unusually warm day. We came back and vegged and ate some of Megan's yummy pie. Fun was had by all!

The Orchards

The Millards

Matt and Ben veg out!

Happy 1st Thanksgiving, Matthew!

Megan and Sam slide

Jenny and Evan in the tower

Matt with Luke and Ben with Jacob in the tower.

Matt and Luke on the slide.

Ben and Jacob's feet...

Here they are!

Another shot of the Kiddie Castle tower...this is such an awesome park!

Sam deciding what to do next.

Benjamin running around.

Evan making friends.

Matt and Luke

Evan decided to get comfortable for watching the Thanksgiving Day parade...

Only brothers would get this comfy!

Evan and Sam were so happy to see each other...

They are such buddies and really miss each other.
Happy Thanksgiving!