Where do I even begin? Life is busy. Last month was pretty slow and now December is practically here. To catch you up...

Zander turned two on November 17. I can't believe that! We had a blast at his Sesame Street party and the kids seemed to love the bounce house. He got way too many gifts... enough in fact that we put half of them away to bust out during the summer. He is an active lil guy...
-wearing 2T clothes, size 6 shoes, size 4 diapers
-fave foods: waffles with peanut butter, veggie sticks, ice, coconut water, bananas, eggs, any kind of chips, granola bars
-fave words/sayings: cool truck, car, airplane, choo choo, Elmo, sissy, auntie, quad, hot, fire, wheels
-likes: the Wiggles, Thomas the Train, Elmo, Toy Story, Cars, e-i-e-i-o (Old McDonald), Itsy Bitsy spider, being outside, pushing sissy in the stroller

Maecyn is doing the army crawl, but also trying to pull her petite little self up on things. She will be one at the end of December. Where does the time go?
at 11 months:
-size 6-9 month clothes (some small sized bottoms), size 2 shoes, size 3 diapers
-really loves any kind of food, but LOVES the little clementine oranges right now!
-super smiley!
-only two teeth still
-starting to wave bye bye
-very active with toys and likes to play with her brother's trucks :)
-loves dogs!!!
-says "ma ma"

We had a great, but busy Thanksgiving. Jon has played football the past few Thanksgiving mornings, so that's how we started our day. Zander apparently woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day because he was a little terror at the park where the football game was played. Oh, the joys of an emotional 2 year old.

We went home after the game, the kids napped for 40 minutes, then we were off to a friend's for lunch. We got home from lunch, then had 8 people over for dinner. After food and wine, I wanted nothing to do BUT lay on the couch. I was tired, but it was a great day. I also did my traditional scan of the Black Friday newspaper ads, but didn't get out to shop much. I made a stop at Michael's on Saturday morning, but none of the crazy midnight shopping :)

The Christmas decorations are up, which makes me so happy! Jon got the tree out and even "fluffed" the branches, and no I didn't ask him to do it! He is just THAT kind of man :) The Christmas season is def my favorite time of year. I love decorating, wrapping gifts, shopping, looking at Christmas lights, and creating family traditions with my kids. First visit to Santa will be this weekend with some good friends :)

Jon and I are busy too. Jon just took a coaching job at a high school AND a marketing position at a baseball facility. These two jobs are on top of the 2 little league teams that he is coaching and his lessons. Yup, I will probably only see him on Sundays! Baseball is his passion and he's doing what he loves :)

I started coaching cheerleading at a middle school a few weeks ago. We practice Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings at 6:30am. WHEW! We also cheer at the basketball games starting this week. Tis the season...

I hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving! We have family pics next week, so I can't wait to share them with you!