Picking out a tree

This year Juliette was quite excited about picking out our tree. She was running in between all of them and trying to help us find the perfect tree. We did find just that.

A wonderful Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. This was the first time that Don and I hosted the party. We had twelve people here of my family and his family. It would be unfair to say that I cooked the food though. I did make a pumpkin cheesecake but the rest of the credit goes to my Mom and Mother-in-law. Thank you for wonderful food. Mom, your turkey was amazing!

A great visit with the Pedracine's

We were so excited that Georgia and Al Pedracine were in town. They are some of my parents bets friends who have known me since birth. They all had a ball with Juliette! She kept them on their toes for sure! Uncle Al and Juliette have the same birthday so we did a August in November birthday party today.

Wow! All the changes going on

It is just incredible to me all the changes that are going on right now with Juliette. So last night she pronounced her first real word besides "mama" and "dada" - "ap-ple". I was changing her diaper and was so shocked when she kept on saying it. She has goes ... "ugh..." which is what Don and I say to her when we are picking up doggy poop. She has a bag and insists on pretending that she is picking the poop up as well. It is so darn cute.

She now amazes me how much she understands. You can tell her "bring daddy his shoe" and she will do just that. We are just so amazed at her and all of her progress! Nothing could seem more exciting than these special days.

Juliette LOVES her dogs. She could run around and play wiht them all day. She hugs them and pets them. Now she actually will get on their bed and try to sit right with them. We are so lucky that they are SO good and so very patient with her. She can get a little bit rough sometimes and they just look at us...

An afternoon at the park

Juliette had her first real experience on the swings. She was not sure what to think at first but enjoyed a few more pushes before she wanted down. Thank you to big boy Thomas to show her just how much fun the swings really are - especially when there are "underdoggies" involved.

Our anniversary celebration

My honey and I celebrated a few days shy of our 3rd anniversary! Time sure flies when you are having fun. We went for an escape for an evening to the Sanctuary at Kiawah! Thank you for such a special evening. To this anniversary and many more - cheers!

Meeting Benjamin Patrick

What a wonderful meeting of baby Benjamin Patrick! We met Susan and Benjamin for a wonderful lunch. Juliette thought that was the baby was her baby! She was VERY interested in him. Congratulations again Susan such a handsome baby boy!

The fair and Halloween

I love this time of the year! There are so many fun activities going on. Juliette had a wonderful day yesterday. We took her to the fair for the first time yesterday. She had a great time. She loved petting all of the animals at the petting zoo. I think I love it too because I have so many great memories there when I was young as well. Halloween was great too. We went to about six houses and the little Indian never really had to leave her car. She loved Halloween! This morning was daylight savings time and she slept until 9:00 AM.

A very nice catch by Daddy

I had to post a very nice trout catch by Daddy and Doh although Daddy did catch it. Juliette has become quite interested and excited about touching fish and shrimp. I see a lot of fishing in this Carolina girl's future.