Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!! 

December

Here are a few pictures from December so far....

Picking out a Christmas tree w/ Dad.... 

Playing with an empty coffee cup - my favorite new toy..... 

Getting ready to head outside to play in the snow after our first big snowstorm of the season...

Not sure what I think of this snow....

Riding in the sled is okay.... 

Snow...

We had a dusting of the white stuff on Sunday and Hannah thoroughly enjoyed checking it out a bit. We can't wait for real snow - I think someone's going to have fun playing outside in it! 

Walking...

My brother put together another video of Hannah this weekend ..... 

Happy Thanksgiving

Despite an ear infection and a trip to the Falmouth Hospital emergency room for medicine, we've been having a wonderful time visiting with Nana and Grandy and enjoying Thanksgiving. Hannah wasn't interested in turkey but she LOVED cranberry sauce and was eating it by the spoonful yesterday. Maybe she'll enjoy the turkey next year! 

Playing peek-a-boo with Nana.....

Showing off my ballerina pajamas for aunt Kate.... 
Enjoying the playground on Thanksgiving day.... 
Climbing everywhere! 
Down the slide! 

This brown paper shopping bag has provided hours of entertainment this weekend. Hannah's used it as a purse and carried her toys all over the house in it and we enjoyed playing peek-a-boo with it this afternoon. 

Teeth

Finally some top teeth!! And she loves showing them off.....

Peek-a-boo

Hannah's gotten the hang of "peek-a-boo" and loves playing it behind the loveseat in the living room after dinner. She races back and forth trying to "find" you and laughs the whole time. 

Cruising...

My new favorite activity- walking with some help (tonight I walked from Bertucci's all the way through the parking lot to the car with just a little help from Mom and Dad)..... 

Cruising with my cart... 
Getting crazy! 
Poor Elmo got run over! 
Time for bed (and showing off my Baby Legs for Nita & Harper) ..... 

Happy Halloween!!

Hannah thoroughly enjoyed her second Halloween. We spent the day going to several different events in town - a party at the local nursing home, a "parade" in downtown Needham to all the different shops and then a party at a friends house. She had the most fun passing out candy though - and loved having everyone come to the door in their costumes. She did not enjoy her costume - and despite several attempts to get a picture in her witch hat we had to settle for an "action shot" as she refused to keep it on for long enough for us to get one of her sitting still. Oh well!

Seconds before the witch hat was ripped off.....

Helping to mix up the candy so all the good stuff wasn't on top (we wanted some of those Butterfingers for later!).....
Hhmm.... maybe I'll try this one.... 
Sneaking it upstairs to my bedroom where Mom and Dad won't find it.... 
Enjoying a Halloween cookie treat - and waiting for more trick or treaters.... 

Pumpkins!

We visited a pumpkin patch at a local church in town today and Hannah got to pick out her very first pumpkin. She thoroughly enjoyed it ..... 

Kellogg Reunion

We had a mini-Kellogg reunion this past weekend. Our good friends the Farvers flew in from Houston, the Sherrards flew in from Dallas and the Wijaya's (minus Ian who we missed all weekend!) drove up from NYC. We gathered at the Cape for a fun fall weekend of playing, eating and catching up. We had a wonderful time seeing everyone, it's amazing that it's been over a year since we were all together in Evanston and there are now four kids in the mix, but we pick up right where we left off when we get together. Thanks to everyone for making the trip, we're looking forward to our next reunion!

Taking diapers in and out of the box provided hours of entertainment for Hannah and Will.

Harper did a fabulous job on her first plane flight. She's the cutest little peanut and we were so thrilled to finally get to meet her!

Evan was a great traveler on his first long car trip (with just his Mom no less!) and showed us all how much he loves tummy time (he spends hours on his tummy playing!).

Will and Hannah loved eating in their dueling high chairs - and we even managed to find a bib that Will couldn't get off (yet!).

Coasters - who knew they were such a fun toy!?

Fish!

A couple weeks ago we spent a Wednesday afternoon at the New England Aquarium with Molly and Melissa. We had lunch and then spent some time looking in the big tank - the girls thought it was pretty neat for about 20 minutes and then were more interested in each other. It was a fun day though - and we look forward to more adventures w/ the Doyle ladies!

Happy 1st Birthday!

Hannah's first birthday was yesterday. It's hard to believe a year has passed since the day she was born. The time has flown by. But when we looked back at pictures of her in those first few weeks, then watched her playing with her birthday balloons and eating cupcakes yesterday, we realized our infant is suddenly turning into a toddler! For comparison, this is Hannah on day 3 of her life.... 

And here she is on the morning of her 1st birthday enjoying a pancake breakfast prepared by Dad.... 

We had a little party for her yesterday afternoon. Family and some close friends came to celebrate and Hannah started the party in a fun party dress complete with "squeaker" shoes compliments of Grandma. Thanks to everyone for making the trip to Needham to help us celebrate Hannah's big day! 
She wasn't entirely sure to make of opening presents.... it seemed like playing with Molly would have been more fun than sitting in Mom's lap (and eventually that's what she did!). 
All that playing made for a very warm little girl - and those tights were getting really uncomfortable so Hannah switched into her Halloween gear mid-party. She loved having everyone sing Happy Birthday to her - and Auntie Sarah helped her blow out her birthday candles. 
At first Hannah wasn't sure she liked cupcakes..... 
Molly on the other hand, liked them from the moment one was placed in front of her. And she showed Hannah how you're supposed to eat your first birthday cake (can't wait to see her on her first birthday!)... 
Umaree couldn't eat a cupcake yet but she was taking notes for when it's her turn..... 
Hannah did eventually warm up to the cupcakes.... 
And in the end managed to eat/mash/smush 4 cupcakes (we think she probably ate about 1/2 of 1 and put the rest on the floor)!!!!!! 
Birthday's are tiring!!!!!! Time for a bath and a nap!