Playing Catch Up

We went home for 10 days to see everyone for Thanksgiving and had so much fun! It used to be that we could pack our stuff, load the car and make the drive pretty quickly but now everything seems to take longer. (And gives me a greater respect for my own parents with 3 kids to get places!) But we made it and saw lots of people and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Now we're back home with lots of dirty laundry, a fussy baby and a doctors appointment, a sleep schedule to get back on track, Christmas decorations and shopping that need to get done and I'm playing catch up... I have a ton of great pictures from the week and a video that I'm so excited to share but it might take a couple of posts which just might take a couple of days... :)

Right before we left Dave gave Levi his first little hair cut! He had a little bit of a monk hair-do going on with this dark baby hair fuzz so Dave trimmed that up with his brand new hair cutters. Levi did great in his Bumbo seat and now he's looking good! 

Grandpa strapped him in the front seat after church in Modesto while Dave was buckling in the car seat. He looked so big and ready to go with his regular seat belt on! (I promise we didn't drive any where like this, it was just a joke!)

A big THANK YOU to cousin ("Auntie") Julie for letting us borrow some great baby gear when we go to Modesto. It is so helpful to have the swing and a bumbo and lots of other goodies that we don't have to bring with us. This time Levi was able to use her exersaucer for the first time and LOVED it! 

When Mom and Aunties and Grandma are away this is what the boys do.
Uncle Bryan's quote was "Apparently riding the dog like a horse is frowned upon in this establishment!" just like the eTrade commercial with the talking baby. And no, Levi doesn't have any stock tips for you. 

We also went to Fresno to hang out with Uncle Charlie and Auntie Christina. Uncle Charlie introduced Levi to his enormous fish tank and kept him entertained for the entire time we were at their house. He also did something else that was mighty funny that you'll have to wait to see the video of later...

This was just some of the excitement leading up to our awesome Thanksgiving. More on that later!