Winter in Merrill

I have feet!

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Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving has long been my favorite holiday. There are no religious observances, or gift expectations, its all about family and good food. Our family tradition is to spend the holiday in Medford and G-ma Eunice's house. All the relatives and friends are invited. This year there were 40 of us, including five little tykes under 2. It was lots of fun to watch them and Percival play with the toys my dad grew up with!

To Grandma's

Percival is always eager to head up to Merrill for some quality time. This time he we was extra excited sense he was going up for Grammy the Great's 80th birthday party. He even packed his own suitcase.

Percy's Room

TEETH!

Well all that drooling paid off! Last week two bottom teeth broke out (thank goodness for Grandma who sat up at night while he worked on them). Its almost impossible to get a picture of, so you'll have to take my word for it, they're really there (come feel for yourself, his favorite thing now is biting fingers).

What does Percy think of the whole thing? He's out of here! He headed up to Merrill with Grandma for Grammy's 80th birthday party. Happy Birthday Grammy!

Chickens

This past spring we got three one-day-old chicks; Mohawk, Einstein and CarmelBob. Every night we would take them out of the cardboard box on the kitchen floor and watch them walk around the table. They were so cute! However, it wasn't long before they outgrew their box and their cute stage (teenage chickens are really ugly - but you're safe since we didn't take any pictures). This summer two of them started laying and we had blue and green eggs, which compensated some for them eating the lettuce and green beans from our garden. Mohawk is actually still laying for us (which we greatly appreciate, thank you Mohawk). The other two are also safe from the stew pot as we get great entertainment out of watching them peck around our backyard and watching Percy play with them (honest, if the wanted to, they could just run away from him, but they don't). I hope they don't learn how to use the dog door!

Cutest Baby Ever!

Its official, we have the cutest baby on the planet! I know some of you with you own cutie pies out there might disagree, but sorry -

Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year! Percy was a "Fire Breathing Mama Dragon with a Sir Douglas Baby Dragon." He also had fun trying on his dad's wig and Hadrian loved the ghost that vibrates while it giggles.

Godparents

These pictures are a bit old, but I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the families that have agreed to 'godparent' our sons.

Percival has the hugest crush on both Jenna and Claire; he can't stop talking about them. And he loves the mini-magazines Irene and Vince send him.

And despite the fact that Gabe and Erin have their hands full with their own little munchkins, they always seem to find the time to play with mine. Gabe has actually taken up the roll of Hadrian holder, and gets him to sleep before our drive home.

While I'm happy for my sons that they'll have these great influences in their lives, its also a great blessing to have such good roll models as parents. Thank you!

Happy 3rd Birthday Percy!

In some ways its hard to believe that Percival has only been with us for three year; I can hardly remember not loving him! Yet at the same time, I can't believe he's three already. He's no longer a baby or even a toddler. He's a little boy!

When I look back to the day of his birth and all the time we've had since, I can't believe how blessed we have been. Thank you all for sharing it with us.

cheers!

Pumpkin Patch

Percival hasn't stopped talking about the pumpkin patch since Grandpa Paul and Grandma Carol took him last year. When we visited over the spring and summer, the lack of hey, pigs, and pumpkins was almost heartbreaking. He was so excited to get back this fall and see that things have returned to 'normal'!