Thanksgiving

Tucker and I celebrated our own Thanksgiving before heading off to Abilene for Thanksgiving with the rest of my family.  We had a great time of sharing what we were thankful for this past year.  We thought about a few different areas and then shared with each other:
Specific areas of God's character that we were thankful for this past year
Praises of this past year
Something we learned and are thankful for
A hard situation that God saw us through/is seeing us through

It was such a neat time to reflect on the past year and to learn more about what God was doing in and through each of us.

Then we headed off to Abilene to celebrate with my family!  Here are some pictures from the trip:

 Lizette waiting patiently for her cousin to get back in the picture (well, she's not really mobile yet, so she has a lot of patience).

 Claribel realizing she's sharing the spotlight...

 Funny faces!

 Lizette was really interested in her cousin, but I'm not sure the feeling was mutual!

Texas trip

Lizette and I braved the unknown and took a trip to visit family in Texas.  It was fun to get to introduce her to "d" and Monie.  I also had a lot of fun getting to hang out with little Claribel.  The trip was fun, but I learned a hard lesson.  My little Lizette does not like sleeping in new places.  This made it very hard to not have Tucker to share in the "experience."
We wanted to go to a pumpkin patch, but that didn't work out.  We set up our own and got some cute cousin pics!

Teething...

So, Lizette's been teething and it's been really hard.  I thought as soon as we got back from Texas and she was in her own bed she would be so much happier.  Unfortunately she started teething and it's been kinda rough.
Here's a good picture of her rosy cheeks.  They got so flushed while she was teething.

She did enjoy classical music time with daddy, even though she wasn't feeling too well!

 And here's just a cute picture of her stretching...

Don't let it fool you though... she hasn't done much sleeping since she started teething.

Nursery Addition... finally!

We finally got the last piece of art up on the wall in the nursery.  We had to wait until after she was born because I wanted to add her footprints.  The hospital let us take home some of the print pads they use which made it nice.  We tried to do hand prints too, but I guess there was a reason the hospital didn't do them for us either.  I put a light pink ribbon around the edge but you can't see it too well in this picture.

Trick or Treat!

What she's been up to...

Lizette mostly loves her naps!

She loves seeing her mom greet her when she wakes up from them.

She's been learning how to drink from a bottle.

She gets a little angry when she has to be changed before she eats!

She loves her bath time.

She's been introduced to the wonderful world of babydolls....

and humors her mother while she plays with hers!

A few of our favorites...

It's really hard to get a good video of Lizette smiling and talking.  As soon as she sees the camera she freezes.  It has a little bitty red light that distracts her or she just stares at it because it's something new.
Here are a few of our favorite videos of her.

 Look who found her thumb!  I wish she could find it every time she was sleeping!

 Okay, ignore my singing here, just concentrate on her cute little face (that shouldn't be too hard).