Another Major Catch Up

Well, once again I am faced with the monumental task of making up for a long gap in blogging. At lot has happened since my last post - mostly a lot of good things, but with the good there is always some bad as well. As many of you know, Pete's Dad, Norm was diagnosed with a brain tumor during the weekend of Thanksgiving. He had brain surgery last Thursday and is recovering amazingly well ... he was even up watching the Civil War game that night (I am sure the Duck's win didn't help him feel better in any way, shape, or form). He was able to come home yesterday and we are all hoping rest from home will be the best medicine. We will head up there this weekend to celebrate Christmas with the Muilenburgs. We haven't got the test results back yet and we continue to be grateful for all prayers and positive thoughts for his recovery. We love you so much Norm. My sister-in-law, Ali, has started a blog to stay updated with the latest on Norm - www.normmuilenburg.blogspot.com - if you are interested in visiting it.

As previously mentioned, there has been some good news in our lives too. We are finally moved into our new house and loving finally owning our own home. The girls seem to be enjoying it as well. I will try to take some pictures soon and get them up on the blog ... hopefully this time there won't be over a month between posts.

To save Mama some time and energy at night, the girls have started taking baths together. They are the cutest things, I swear. They are even starting to play together and Lucy loves it when she can make Sofie laugh. I love it too, of course. This picture is from last night.

Sometimes, however, Lucy loves Sofie a little too much. She is constantly hugging her and trying to climb on her. This picture is from the other day when she tried to climb in the car seat with her. Sofie thought it was great fun for about five seconds before she started crying.

O.K., this is the embarrassing part ... although it is December 8th (Happy Birthday Mom!!!), I need to go all the way back to Halloween, as I never posted pictures. Oops!
Lucy was a cute bee for Halloween and really started to get the concept of "Trick-or-Treat" this year ... she loved it!
Sof was a pea pod. Too cute (although her outfit was too small and we had to cut a hole in the bottom).

We had a great time going around Em and Becky's neighborhood with their kiddies! It's so great to be close to friends and family again, especially during the holidays.

Merry Christmas everyone. This is definitely the time of year when miracles happen, so keep the prayers coming. Again ... Happy Birthday Mom! You are the best Mama and Grandma in the world and I love you with all my heart.