Christmas Trees

This weekend we went and got Roxie's first Christmas Tree. It was a beautiful day and we went to Sunrise Farms and selected our tree and cut it down. Even though Roxie missed most of it sleeping, she is still there in pictures.

We found our tree-- 8ft. Douglas Fir.



















Dave carried our tree out for us after Mike cut it down.













This was the "sleigh" that drove us around on the farm.

Thanksgiving Visitors

Roxy has had some visitors for Thanksgiving. Mike's sisters, Maria and Maggie, and Maria's husband Dave. It has been great to spend some time together. Within the first 24 hours of being here we put Dave and Maria to work repairing our sidewalk.













Family Pictures

































We also invited some friends, Jenny and Robel Vina, with their son Julian who is one month older than Roxy. They have met before, but Roxy wasn't too excited to see Julian and he wasn't sure what to think.

OOOO.. and Date Night

Since Roxy was born we have been making faces at her (sticking our toungues out, smiling, fish face) and cooing at her in an effort for her to mimic our faces and sounds. She is finally starting to mimic our gestures and sounds. One of the sounds is "oooo" and making an "o" with your mouth. She is also cooing alot. I managed to get some of it on video.



Also, Saturday night Mike and I went out for our anniversary (3 years on November 25th) and we left Roxy with a sitter. It was tough, but it was nice to have a night out. Corrie, her sitter, has watched Animas and has met Roxie a couple of times, since she works in my office so we were very comfortable with her. They had a very calm night together and Roxy was a good baby.

Sunday Naps

On Sunday after church, Mike sat down to watch some football and I headed downstairs to do some laundry and clean up a little. When I came back up to check on Roxy this is what I found:

Absolutely Adorable!
So much for watching the game.

November 14 = 1 Month Old

Today marks Roxanne's completion of her first month and our first month as parents. All I can really say is the time really does fly and they do change so fast. Here is a brief summary of what we have accomplished this month.

• We have settled into somewhat of a routine.
• Roxy is smiling at Mike and me a little more each day.
• Animas is adjusting to the new competition for attention.
• Roxy gained 1 lbs. 7 oz. from her birth weight, now weighing 9 lbs 8 oz.
  
• Roxy still has all her hair.
• And I am back in my pre-pregnancy pants and shoes.

All in all a pretty good first month.

Happy Veterans Day!

Today our family celebrated Veterans Day. Mike is part of the Coast Guard Auxiliary additionally he is the Public Education Staff officer for his flotilla. Mike (and his flotilla) were a part of the Biggest Veteran's Day Parade west of the Mississippi. Since we live so close to downtown Roxy and I were able to bundle up and walk down to the parade to cheer on Mike.































Roxy was a champ through the parade. The parade started at 11am and by 12:30 I was tired from standing and so we left and the parade was STILL going. The parade was pretty loud, several motorcycle clubs, sirens, horns and a jet fly over and through that all Roxy was quiet and calm. It was a little chilly today, so I had to bundle her up in an outfit that is a little big for her now, but it made it nice and snug for her in the stroller. Now, I have been to and been in ALOT of parades and this one by far had the most eclectic mix of floats that I have ever seen. Being that this was my first Veterans Day Parade, I was quiet surprised to see Santa (didn't know he was a veteran), mini ponies, and Knights of the Round Table as part of the veterans celebration. I guess you will take any float when you need to maintain your title as biggest parade this side of the Mississippi. Overall it was very fun and memorable experience.

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick

Weekend at Home

This weekend was a fun weekend at home. We watched the Beavers dominate on UC Berkley. As you can see in the picture below all were cheering on the Beavers. Roxy's OSU gear is still a bit big for her so Mike put her back in her Tiger costume since it was black and orange.
















We have this beach hat that I thought she needed to try on. This picture makes me laugh because it looks a little like she is in a bit of a windstorm. Needless to say she is not quiet sure about hats yet.



















Roxy is starting to smile a little bit more than just when gas is relieved. I was able to catch a little bit of it on video. I apologize that it is sideways, but when filming I didn't realize I was holding the camera wrong, regardless you get the picture.

Happy Halloween

Roxanne had her first Halloween. She slept through most of it, but it was still fun to look over in the swing to see her in her little outfit sound asleep. Our neighborhood is a child's dream, between the "House of Fear" across the street and all the homes for trick or treaters a kid can really clean up in our hood. Here is our little tiger, she didn't trick or treat this year, she stayed in and helped pass out candy.