First Thanksgiving...

We are wrapping up our time in Kansas City with the Thanksgiving season, as we will move to Louisville this Wednesday. We couldn't have had more gratefulness welling up in our hearts as we joined in celebrating with three branches of family. My mom's table looked so pretty, as it does every year...
And this Thanksgiving was a special one, with two new lives at the table. Naomi and Lillian were the pride of the house this year, as we all surrounded them, taking pictures and watching them show off their skills. Lillie is amazingly brilliant, as we all already knew - she is turning over! She must have flipped over from belly to back six times in just a few minutes! Likewise, Naomi is quite adept at grunting next to her cousin and not moving anywhere. We couldn't be more proud.
My little chunker just wasn't quite full enough after her own turkey - she thought Lillie's hand tasted quite good! These are just the few pictures that will start out hundreds I'm sure we'll collect over the years. And we're all anxiously awaiting the arrival of girl cousin #4 in March to get in on the action!
In the evening on Thursday, we hung out with Grant's dad's side of the family. Sweet Hanna, our niece, held Naomi much of the night - she's a pro with that baby! Wish we could steal her and her sister, Aly, away to Kentucky for some live-in babysitting!
And, yes. My four-month old baby girl has had her first pedicure. How do you get around that with older girl cousins?! So fun.
It was a great day. On to Christmas... :)

Blog Slackin'...

We've just been chilling lately. Went to Louisville for a week and got excited about the big move coming up next Monday. And we're getting excited about Thanksgiving with our families here in another day... what a wonderful holiday to celebrate with Naomi for the first time. Needless to say, we are so thankful this year. :)
On a wall at my mom's house she has four framed pictures of all of her children as babies. The baby in the photo above is my little brother, Drew. I sit in a chair often with Naomi and she sits and smiles at "Baby Drew" for impressively long times. It's absolutely precious. This was a cell phone pic, so it's not the greatest. I just had to try and capture the moment...
Speaking of capturing moments...

First Big Family Pic

Last Friday night was "Senior" night at Will's football game. All the families go out onto the field in support of their player. This is the first full family picture with both of the new grandbaby girls! We are expanding!!!!!! Almost don't fit in a cell phone pic! :)

Trick or Treat!

Naomi had a lot of fun Sunday night on her first Halloween! I'm not really much for this holiday... our costume choices as children were always monitored at my house, typically nothing too spooky or evil. With safety issues anymore, we might be candy getters with Naomi at malls and with family and close friends. But I always had such fond memories of this night as a kid - my brothers and I would pour out our stash after getting home and trade loot. My sweet tooth couldn't wait for Halloween every year. And I don't want our kids to miss out on the fun side that can be had with trick or treating! It's just kind of sad that we live in a world where we'll have to be so much more careful than we had to be when we were kids. With all that said, it sure was a fun excuse to stick my baby in a lamb outfit and give her a black eyeliner nose. And what a fun excuse for Grant to think he should dress up as a shepherd to coordinate!
Naomi with Aunt MeganA lamb and a ballerina!Hanging out with all the Steen cousins after the costumes had lost their appeal. We had a great night driving around and seeing grandparents and friends. Can't wait till next year when the baby will be toddling around with her candy bucket. :)