Thanksgiving week

Thanksgiving week was a busy time for us. We decorated the house for Christmas early in the week and then traveled to Manhattan to spend Thanksgiving with the Hardys and then came back to Lawrence to spend the Thanksgiving evening with the Manginos. It was a very nice holiday for all of us.

Gabriella loved putting the bulbs on the tree. She is really into Christmas this year and keeps telling us what she wants Santa to bring her. Each time she passes the Nativity scene she says, "That's baby Jesus in a manger. I love baby Jesus." So precious.

The angel on top!

The final trimmings - Gabby wanted ALL of the bulbs on the tree.

Friday night with Grandpa Hardy. They fell asleep while we watched a movie.

Helping Nana, Aunt Megan and Aunt Bridget take the foil off of Hershey kisses for the kiss cookies.

Sisters.

Our family.

With Aunt Megan and Aunt Bridget.

Friday night we went to downtown Lawrence to watch Santa appear on the roof of Weaver's. Gabriella also got a chance to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what she wants for Christmas this year. She loved it!

With Nonna as she watched Santa appear.

With Mr. Claus. We think Adriana had a really good time meeting Santa for the first time!

Sip 'n See for Adriana

Today Nonna hosted a Sip 'n See meet and greet for Adriana so her friends could meet our family's newest addition. It was a lot of fun and we think Adriana enjoyed being held and loved on by several different women. Below are some photos we took before guests arrived.

Mommy and Adriana

Adriana and Nonna

Gabby's first haircut!

Today Gabby received her first haircut! Mommy has waited some time to have this done because she is rather protective of those precious curls! But, we knew it was time and that a good trim would help the curls even more. Gabby was such a good girl and sat nicely for the stylist. She actually enjoyed the experience a lot.

The first snip!

Our curl to keep.

All done!

She is such a big girl!

Later in the afternoon, Nonna, Gabby, Adriana and Mommy went to Target. It was our big outing for the day. Of course all of the Christmas decorations are on display now that Halloween is over. Nonna bought the girls their own Christmas tree and ornaments. Here they are decorating it - Gabby was so excited! So I guess you could say that we have already started decorating for Christmas!?!?

ONE MONTH OLD!

At Adriana's one month appointment, she weighed 8 lb, 2 oz. She is 22 inches long. She is getting bigger each day. Here she is taking a snooze with her KU binky.

A spooktacular week!

It was a fun week full of Halloween festivities. On Wednesday evening, Gabriella's pre-school had their annual Halloween carnival. The four of us and Nonna went to the party and we all had a really good time. We had dinner in their cafeteria and then there were games in each classroom for the children. What a great time for all of the children and their families! On Friday, Gabby's classroom at their own party and the school at a costume parade. What a busy and fun week! Also, today Adriana is one month old! Where did the time go?! She is getting bigger each day!

Adriana in her Halloween onesie and bib before the carnival.

Gabby getting a witch tattoo from her teacher.

Trying to knock down the ghost pins.

Strolling down the hallways of her school.

We spent Saturday hanging out at the house and watching the KU football game on TV.

Making Play Doh hamburgers and fries with Daddy.

Tummy time for Adriana.

Our little monkey before trick-or-treating.

Aren't they darling?!

Before hitting the trail.

Trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. Gabby lasted for about 3 blocks and then she said she was tired. It was a lot of walking and she was spent after a busy week. We took a break and drove around the neighborhoods. A little later she decided she wanted to trick-or-treat a little more. Overall, I think she had a really good time. Plus she got to wear her Dorothy costume 4 times this week!

Lots of candy!