Sweet November

I can't believe it is already November!! Fall is flying by, which is really too bad because it is my favorite time of year. The anticipation of the upcoming holidays, cooler weather, pretty leaves (not too much in Lubbock), football, and fires in the fireplace. Oh, and this year-Lorelei & maternity leave. Which makes Fall even better :)

Halloween weekend Rob's Dad and stepmom, Cathy came for a visit! It was the first time they got to meet Lorelei! We were so thankful that they made the long drive to visit.

I have started my Christmas shopping and gotten our stockings embroidered with our names! Funny thing about my stockings. When Rob and I first got married I had the idea that I wanted our family stockings to match. You know, how you see in Pottery Barn where all family members have the same or coordinating stockings. Well, I wasn't sure how to accomplish this since I didn't want to buy new stockings every time we had another baby, and I was certain a stocking pattern wouldn't be around each time we had a new baby. So, being the crazy planner that I am, I pre-purchased stockings for our family. Mind you this was before we had any babies. So, we had talked about wanting maybe 4 kids, so I bought 6 stockings from Pottery Barn Kids. We have a Santa, snowman, train, Christmas tree, and 2 others I can't think of right now. So this year is the BIG year for stockings! Rob decided to be Santa and I am the Christmas tree. Lorelei is the snowman snowgirl. When I went to the attic to get the stockings this year Rob asked how many more kids we could have. 1 is here, 3 to go. 4 stockings. No more, no less. So there you have it. My crazy and controlling stocking story. So you can call me nuts, but I will be the one with a fireplace full of perfectly coordinating stockings when my family is complete :)

Later this month we are going to visit Chicago! This will be the first time that Natalie and Melanie get to meet their little niece!! We plan to visit the Shedd aquarium and visit downtown while we are there! Last time we stayed up in Lake Forest at my parent's and didn't venture downtown. This time Natalie has agreed to be our tour guide :)

Lorelei had her first sit in her Bumbo seat this weekend. I took a few pictures and then decided to video her. The video is below. By the time we started videoing, the newness had worn off and she was pretty much tired of holding her head up!!