Noah Shakes It!

Noah is really close to crawling!  And, he's perfecting his dance moves.  Check him out below...

Thanksgiving 2012

We spent Thanksgiving with the Krafve family this year.  We drove up to the farm and arrived in time for Thanksgiving dinner (or lunch) and returned home on Friday evening right at bedtime.  It was a nice visit with mom and dad, Christi and Bart, Nancy and Ralph.  Jenni and Aaron were with Aaron's family and we are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of their little girl, who is due December 6!!  We ended up getting about 1 in of snow on Thanksgiving Eve too.  And, of course, we have a video to share of Joy and Noah...

Halloween

Halloween was so much fun for us this year!  Joy came up with a family costume idea we couldn't say NO to.  She wanted us to be the 3 little pigs and dad to be the big bad wolf.  I have to say, I think we were a hit.  It will be a challenge to top this idea in years to come.  We were blessed with 3 occasions to dress up for: Grandma Rainbow's Childcare party, trick-or-treating, and a belated birthday/Halloween party for little friend of ours.  We made some great memories together!

October Fun

Well, October came and went in the blink of an eye, like this whole year so far.  Joy continues to talk constantly and her sense of humor is developing more.  She says and does some pretty funny things these days.  Like, she will insert an animal noise at any random point in the day, timing it perfect, and making everyone in the room crack up laughing.  She has been working hard on learning to hopscotch, as you'll see in the video below.  She was a little unsteady the day I took this video, but it gives you the idea anyway.  Noah started giving us high 5s at the beginning of October.  He also loves to knock over towers that we build for him.  Lastly, he really likes music evident by him bouncing when music is on, whether it's Danny's guitar, music from a toy, or on the radio.  He continues to be a happy and snugly guy.
Business has slowed at Danny's golf courses.  The course in Watertown is now closed for the season but the course in Waunakee is still open.  It will remain open until the weather stays cold for a period of time or the snow flies.  Though we are thankful for a successful golf season, we are ready for Danny to be home both days of the weekend, for a few months anyway.  Since he really didn't take any paternity time off at the time of Noah's birth, he might take Fridays off this winter, which will give us 3 day weekends!!
Enjoy the video that captures some of the joy our kids bring us.