Hey, all!  I’ve been experiencing problems trying to upload photos into our gallery, so I just insert some of them here within this posting. 

We went in last week for our “official” holiday portrait.  I was so concerned that Nora would be the one who was going to give up trouble during the photo shoot, but it was Molly who was our little drama queen.  Unfortunately, Nora decided to grab a handful of Molly’s hair about halfway through the session and Molly didn’t exactly think that was fun.  But we were able to dry the tears and get a few decent pictures.  (Can’t wait until NEXT year… oh boy!)

Nora turned 6 months old on Thanksgiving, and lo and behold, she got her two bottom teeth, too!  Super cute! Doug enjoys making the Thanksgiving feast, so I gladly step aside and give him full reign of the kitchen… this year, he decided to try a new “brine” technique he learned from Alton on the Food Network.   Apparently, Alton failed to mention that your whole house would fill with smoke once you placed the brined turkey and roasting pan filled with oil in a 500 degree oven.  Live and learn I guess!

The newly engaged Amanda and Dan (AmanDan) came over from Columbus to celebrate the holiday with us.  They let me take some potraits of them, so check those out! 

Doug and I took advantage of the free babysitting to go out and brave the shopping crowds Friday morning.  We were in the market for a new washer/dryer and found a good deal.  We also found a Wii Fit balance board and we’ve all been having fun working off the extra calories! 

 Now it’s time to go decorate the tree… gotta go!

- Erin

I have to say that Doug seems to be really enjoying fatherhood lately… he’d be the first to admit that he doesn’t totally get into the “baby stage” but he’s having a lot more fun with Nora now that she’s starting to reach some major milestones.  We have started introducing solid foods to Nora.  So far, she’s tried rice cereal and sweet potatoes and she seems to like it a lot!  Nora is also starting to sit up on her own and can stay on her tummy for quite a while before getting cranky.  She’s drooling nonstop, so we expect that first tooth to appear soon!

Molly is quite the little chatterbox lately.  She tends to start off a story or sentence with the phrase, “When I was a little girl…”  She likes to make up wacky stories about when she was younger, and she loves to play with stickers.  Molly has also befriended a beanie baby dog whom she calls “Ghost Scary.” 

Here are some recent photos, featuring daddy and his girls:

- Erin

I finally got around to putting the finishing touches on a slideshow video of the family from June thru September 2008.

Here is a low-resolution video that I posted on YouTube:

If you want the hi-resolution copy, please download the 114MB WMV file. It will take some time (about 2 minutes over DSL/Cable) to download, but it looks MUCH better than a YouTube video.

Stay tuned for an actual video with motion and sound, but don’t hold your breath…I have a lot of footage to go through.

Take care,

Doug