Mila's 1st plane ride

Yesterday we flew home and took Mila on her 1st plane trip. She fell asleep before the plane took off and woke up as we were landing. Didn't even cry once - though I'm sure nursing the whole time helped a bit. Jacob is our seasoned flyer, and so enjoyed watching a cat in the hat during the flight.

Even more adventures...

Grammy & Jacob playing at the Market Place - it was really cold!

Mila cuddling with her Auntie Sarah

Mila sleeps a lot - and loves snoozing in the babyhawk. This time it was on Grammy :)

Where's my thanksgiving turkey?

Kelly cat

Mila showing off her new knit dress from Grammy

Grammy has spent the last year making this beautiful dress for Mila and it turned out amazing! Mila looked adorable at Thanksgiving dinner all dressed up.

Thank you Grammy!

Hitting the beach on Thanksgiving Day

While Grammy was busy cooking at the beach house, we took the kiddos to the Belmont Shore beach to play a bit. Daddy met us there on his paddle board.

Jacob, Mila, Sarah, Mama, & Daddy

Jacob & Mila with their Auntie Sarah

Mila again bundled up - it was cold this year at the beach house!



Mila with our good friend Eve (a sailing buddy from college)

More adventures...

Last Wednesday we took Jacob & Mila to South Coast Plaza to do some Xmas shopping.
Jacob decided he wanted to try out the carousel with Grammy & loved it!

Mila all bundled up for our dinner out with friends

Mila & her Grandpa Chuck

Grandpa Chuck quickly bonded with our little Mila. This was his 1st time meeting her and she loved staring at him and listening to his voice.



Introducing Mila to the buzz bomb

Playing at the Beach & Tot Lot

Jacob & Grammy playing in the sand in Belmont Shores

Grammy, Mila, & Jacob

Mila hanging out with Grandpa Chuck at the Tot Lot

Mila & her Great Aunt Mary - maker of the beautiful pink sweater, bonnet, and booties!

Thanksgiving Week at the Beach House

We spent the last 10 days playing in Long Beach for the Thanksgiving break. Daddy had a conference at the Convention Center in Long Beach, so we got to spend some great quality time with Grammy & Grandpa at the Beach House. Auntie Sarah drove down from Mammoth, and Great Aunt Mary & Uncle Dave drove down from Reno too, so we got to visit with lots of family & friends.

On the way to LB, we stopped in to visit with Great Grandma Chana in Desert Hot Springs. She got to meet Mila for the 1st time and see how much Jacob has grown. Unfortunately those pictures are all on another camera that we left at the beach house...so those won't be added to the blog until January sometime :(

This was Mila's 1st big car trip and luckily she did great. It was a slow start at first, but after a half hour of crying and some nursing, she slept the rest of the way to Great Grandma's house....then slept the rest of the way to Long Beach. Couldn't have asked for a better car ride. And of course Jacob is great in the car now too.



Jacob watching some Cat in the Hat on the ipad on the way to the beach house

Ice Cream with Friends

The Friday before Thanksgiving week Jacob went to see "The Little Red Hen" with his preschool class at the AZ Puppet Theater. Afterwards we went out for pizza and ice cream with some of his buddies. Mama & Mila were feeling a bit under the weather, so I didn't get a lot of pictures, but here are a few from the ice cream part.



Jacob, Max, & Owen enjoying her cups of ice cream

Mila wishing she could have some too :)

Visiting the Chandler Race Track with Daddy

Our Trapeze Artist

Here's a video of Jacob on the trapeze from his My Gym class this week. We are so proud of how much improvement he has made in the last 2 months. He had some setbacks the week Mila was born, and so was very afraid to go back. But we didn't want him to quit, so we took him to some free play classes so he could remember how much fun My Gym is. And it didn't take long! Now he looks forward to going back each week and to tell Daddy what he accomplishes!

Veterans Day Parade

Yesterday we took the light rail down to downtown Phoenix to watch the Veterans Day Parade. We enjoyed watching the marching bands & balloon floats. This was the 1st year Mama could go bc last year I was in school. It was quite an adventure.



Daddy & Jacob on the light rail

Mama & Mila on the light rail

Jacob watching the parade from Daddy's shoulders - there were a lot of people at the parade.

the whole family - Mila didn't see much as she spent most of the time napping in the babyhawk

Grammy visits Tempe

Last Saturday Grammy flew in from California to visit for 5 days. We greatly enjoyed hanging out with her and were so grateful for all her help while Daddy was away at a conference for a few days.

Here are some pictures from the week...



Mila cuddling with Grammy

some ergo time at Daly Park

Grammy & the grandkids during quiet time - watching Jacob's favorite show "Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that"

our smiley girl :)


Grammy & Jacob riding the train at the Chandler Mall



Mila taking a snooze on Grammy at Barnes & Noble