Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving!

TRYTOPHANTASTIC!!!

To our Canadian friends, we hope you enjoyed yours last month; to our Australian friends, according to Wikipedia, you don't have a holiday in November (what's up with that?), so I hope you're able to get a long weekend before the summer holidays; the same goes to our friends in the U.K. but change that to "winter" holidays; and lastly to our Indian friends (we hope you had a happy Diwali earlier this month).

Today is a day for giving thanks, so in our hearts we thank our surrogate, egg donor, and everyone who helped us become a family and to those cheering us along from the sidelines!  In the U.S. we celebrate by eating (overeating) a turkey dinner and watching American football (although  we watch movies instead of sports in this house).  So without further adieu...

GOBBLE-GOBBLE!

9 Months!

Time goes by so quickly!  Our little girl is already beginning to stand on her own: no couch or toys to assist her!  I feel that she may be walking (or at least taking a few steps here and there) by Thanksgiving (Nov. 28th).  Not much is new since Halloween.  This daddy got a cold, then gave it to Saffy - but we're both on the mend.  Till next time...

Happy Halloween Witches!

And for you "Walking Dead" fans, this is what I see every day...

8 Months & Ready for Halloween!

Not a big update: tooth #2 is just starting to poke through; Saffron's able to stand on her own (well, for 5 seconds); and crawling so fast - blink, and you'll miss her!  We've also started the task of baby-proofing the house.  Gates & locks galore!

I'm so excited for Halloween.  We live in a pretty rural area, with no immediate neighbors to trick or treat at.  Plus, she's a baby, so the candy would be for daddies anyway.  So Halloween is all about dressing up.  I've gone a little overboard and have bought waaaay more Halloween pajamas than any child needs, but so what?  Fall is in full-force in New England, so when the weather permits, we'll take a picture of her in her costume.  For now, I leave you with pajamas:

Two punkins!

Chillin' with Violet

Lost in a corn maze...

After bathtime

Watchin' baseball

7 Months!

Hard to believe that at six months old, Saffron was sitting up, pulling herself up to standing, and (very recently) crawling!  Oh, and we have a tooth!  Today marks her seven month birthday: time to really get on the baby-proofing.  Little miss has started to open cabinets and drawers and reach for, well, pretty much everything.  What does month seven have in store?

Last month we took a trip to California to see family and go to Disneyland.

It's Chip! (or Dale)

Silhouette time!

                                                                 It's a Small World...

OMG, you were born there!

           

Sox Pride!

Back home from a red-eye & jet-lagged...

Saffy was an angel on both flights; never cried once!

Fall has come a bit early in New England, and there's a chill in the air.  That means no more dresses - time to bundle up.  And it also means Halloween is coming soon!

Big enough to ride in the carts now.

And lastly, some videos:

Don't worry, we've lowered the mattress.

Crawl, baby, crawl!

Until next time...