November

I can't even remember what happened in November...except for Thanksgiving.  I was still pretty sick most of the month so I think that's why it is all a blur.  That's the nice thing about pictures, they help remind me of events.  Declan mastered this new trick...

He was quite proud of himself the first time he did it.  He started yelling, "See mom! See!"  

Zach took him to the park a few times so he could get out of the house.  The kid needs to run.  He also really likes to swing and go down the big slides!

We put up the Christmas tree early in November.  I know, I know....we didn't decorate it though until December.  Declan LOVES Christmas lights.  Every morning the first thing he wanted to do was "wake up the Christmas tree."  Every night before he went to bed we would turn off the lights and he would say, "night night tree."  It brought some cheeriness into our gloomy November. :)

 He also rediscovered how much he loves his shopping cart.  It had to eat breakfast with him every morning, watch cartoons next to him on the couch, and he pushed it everywhere!

 In nursery one Sunday they traced the kid's hands and made them into turkeys.  Declan asked everyday after that to make a "hand turkey."  Here he is with his favorite hand turkey.
For Thanksgiving we went to Idaho Falls and spent it with Zach's family.  My parents were in North Carolina visiting my brother and his family.  We missed seeing them but it was nice to be able to just stay in one place while we were home.  Declan had a lot of fun playing with Paige and all his aunts and uncles, and of course grandma and grandpa.  All the girls went to Breaking Dawn on Thanksgiving night and we all spent a lot of time shopping.  Zach and Lyndon put up Christmas lights on the house and Declan loved "helping."  He talked about the Christmas lights on Papa's house forever!

One night while we were in Idaho I was able to meet up with some high school friends for dinner and frozen yogurt.  It was so much fun!  It was the first time the five of us had been together in about 5 years.  Way too long!  It was awesome to catch up on each other's lives.  Also, it was really funny to show up and see who was pregnant since none of us had told each other yet.  Amber and I are due on the same day and Lisa is due in July.  

Zach's sister, Hilary, took some pictures of our family when we were home.  Declan was not cooperating at all though so this is the best one we got. :)  

 Hilary's "artistic" photo of Declan and me.

 Declan loved picking the apples off the tree in the backyard.  I lost track of how many he ate that trip!

One of the last days in November my friend, Kami, and I took our boys up to Bennington Lake to throw rocks in the lake.  Declan loves doing this.  He has a pretty good arm too!  He really likes to throw the big rocks - don't get in his way. :)

Whew, maybe I'll post about December before the end of February.  Don't count on it though.