It's Almost Christmas

I know it's been a while since I've blogged. SO much has happened in our lives.
Thanksgiving was another fun weekend. Papa Don came over and we had turkey, potatoes, veggies, rolls and lots of assorted sweets. He watched our puppies (again) while we went to the beach to visit the other half of the family for the traditional turkey-stuffing-potatoes dinner.
Around that time, Pippa started crawling. You'll have to trust me because every time I try to get it on video she stops to stare at the camera. I do have a video of her standing (she pulls herself up now) and cruising - albeit slowly. I also have another video of her and Margeaux. I met Maggie's mom, Amber, in my "new mom's" group through Kaiser. We have done some mommy/baby yoga together but we recently met for brunch at one of my favorite places, Laurelwood Brew Pub. In the video you can see that Margeaux and Pippa are having a good time talking to each other.

Dan started day shift last week so I am now working in the office for the first half of the week while he is home with Pippa and then I'm home the last half of the week while he works. I can't say yet whether or not it's better, we have both been very sick this week with colds. Pippa had a bit of a stuffy nose on Monday but has been fine since.
Liam is still doing well in school and scouts. He's been the driving force for us getting our decorations up for Christmas and he is the first one to plug in the tree in the morning. Pippa just loves her big brother and is all smiles whenever he is around. We are reading "39 Clues" right now. I'm interested in the book so he's reading it aloud to me and I'm sure it's slowing him down but I think Pippa likes it when he reads too.

Christmas is coming up and we are hosting the whole family over several days.I need to start cleaning soon. :-) Happy Holidays!