Peach's Baby Blessing

We decided to take advantage of our trip for Thanksgiving and bless Peach at a ward in Massachusetts so Jay's family could take part. Jay's mom generously let us have a brunch at her house after and it was SOOO nice to get to talk to some of my friends who live in New England- many of which I haven't seen in years. Thanks to all who came! I was so busy catching up, I forgot to take photos of us together. (sometimes it's probably better to live in the moment anyway, right?) I did manage to get a couple shots of our family though.

Boston Aquarium

The first movie we ever let The Frog watch (all the way through) was Finding Nemo, and ever since, he's loved all ocean life. We saw a lot of really neat things, though I was nursing Peach and walking around for half the time, so I didn't get very many good pictures. It's also pretty dark inside, so that you can see through the glass to see all the animals, so it's not the best place to get good photos, but we got a couple.I think The Frog's favorite things were probably the clown fish (Nemo) and the seals, and maybe the shark. I thought the sea turtles were amazing and I wish I could have taken a better photo of them. One of them was SOOO BIG- probably the size of a small-ish coffee table.
Above is a manta ray.
One of the sea turtles is poking its head out the surface, but it was much cooler to watch them swim from down below.
Of course, an aquarium wouldn't be an aquarium without penguins :)

Thanksgiving 2010

Happy Thanksgiving! This year Jay's parents paid for us to join them for Thanksgiving, which is especially fun because his mom takes this holiday VERY seriously (as most good cooks do...) Jay's older sister brought this AWESOME fruit and veggie "turkey" appetizer.Isn't it so cute?! Jay's other relatives took care of other appetizers, and they looked so beautiful, I had to take a picture.

Here's a glimpse of the spread (pre-food). Once the food was on, I forgot to get the after shot- too distracted with getting The Frog's food prepped and making sure he ate it without making a complete mess. I've found that mealtimes are always the craziest time of day when you have young children.
Because you can't really tell from the above shot, every serving dish has a label so that when food is ready, everyone can help put it into the serving dishes without bothering the master chef.
After our delicious array of desserts, the cousins wanted to try holding baby Peach.


I think she didn't like getting passed around so much.
Peach with her great Auntie P.

Christmas Card Photo Shoot FAIL

This morning was perfectly overcast and not too cold, so I thought I should hurry and try to get some "Christmas card worthy" photographs. It did NOT go so well. These are the best I could get. The rest of them involve a blurry The Frog (with some kind of upset look on his face, or pushing Peach away) or a crying Peach. I guess the cat's out of the bag. My family isn't perfect.

I wonder if this will fit up her nose...

"Mom, just give up already, ok?"

"Ewww, he's BREATHING on me!"

"Moooom, ENOUGH already!"

The Frog: "I'm sorry for whacking you a second ago."

Peach: *silent treatment*

ENOUGH!

Peach "hair" accessories

These are the latest home-made additions:

This one is all felt, made to match a cream velvet dress she wears to church. Turns out, felt stretches after a few wears and I should have put interfacing on the band. (luckily her head grows pretty fast, eh?)
I bought this black headband in a set from Target (I think it looks too wide, and may have to make my own after all...) but the flower is mine on a clip.