Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday

Well, we are very much missing our family as the Thanksgiving weekend comes to a close. It was the first time these Whites were on our own and it was a little strange to have just four of us (Laney slept through dinner) around the table. We did enjoy our day though and I even managed to pull off Thanksgiving dinner minus the turkey. Ian really liked the Macy's parade and was very excited by the Sesame Street float: "Mama, Papa, its Elmo and Sesame Street! and THEY'RE REAL!!!!" I think that this was a comparison to balloons, but not sure. :) :)

Ian has quickly moved on to Christmas celebrating and our house is showing the signs of the season (both through my decorations and Ian's constant decorating that includes taping paper on any empty surface he can find). I have pictures of Thanksgiving and the day after to post today and I'll follow soon with our Christmas tree cutting and decorating. It has been a very busy, tiring and festive week.

We are thinking of all our friends and family and hope that you are all enjoying the season!

The boys waiting for dinner. Ian did great. Will ate a dinner roll. He was very appreciative of my hours in the kitchen.

Laney all dressed and ready for Black Friday in her first (of many) Christmas outfits. Loving this girl stuff! :)

The boys riding the carousel with Mike. They loved it and I think this is becoming a tradition.

Westlake Center Christmas tree. Downtown Seattle is great at Christmas time. Perhaps some year we'll even see Santa downtown, but we didn't think our kids were quite old enough for the 2 hour wait!!! Plus, Ian said that he would really rather write him a letter instead of talking to him in person. Typical.

I will be posting soon with Christmas lists for our family. Stay tuned...

3 months old!

Below are some pictures of Miss Laney Beth. She is GROWING!. She's already 13 pounds and pretty much out of all the 0-3 mos clothes. We're not complaining though. We are well aware of what a blessing it is to have healthy children!

That said, it has been a long week in the White household. First Ian came down with a nasty cold, then two days later it really got William. His temp hit 105.2 and we had a couple of long days. Just as I thought we had seen the last, Laney started coughing and we made a trip the ER because of croup. Everyone is on the mend now. Hopefully we will return to life as usual (whatever that is) this week.

That is our news. We're getting excited for all the upcoming holidays although it is bittersweet to be far away from family during such a great time of year.

Enjoy the pictures!

Halloween Fun

Below are some pictures of our trick-or-treating adventure. We went over to Ian's friend, Christopher's, house and had dinner with Christopher's family. The boys had a blast running around in their costumes and after dinner we did about 15 minutes of trick-or-treating. We might have lasted longer, but it began raining and the kids were happy enough to head home for some candy. We had a fabulous night. If only the Phillies had won...

Enjoy the pictures!

Will the Monkey-NOT a fan of the hood!

Laney-O-Lantern

Ian and Christopher trying to be patient...wanting to go out!

Trick-or-Treat!

Cozy pumpkin. She slept through trick-or-treating.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!