Thankful

We have much, much, much for which we are thankful!  Right now we are especially grateful we were able to spend Thanksgiving in Austin with Rob and Jenifer and Grandmother Christensen.  Lots of good eats, playing, and rest.

baby boys...

Baby boy #4 for Lara; grand baby #13 for the Mouritsens:

Welcome, Wyatt Clark Hedlund!

surprise visit...

Dear Jaimee, Jilian,

Joslyn, Jenica,

Uncle Stuart,

and Aunt Maren,

Thank you for letting me come to Missouri with my mommy to SURPRISE you! All the singing, playing, snuggling, and fighting over me resulted in one happy baby. I love you and miss you already.

Love, Zoey

freakin' cold New Hampshire...

We are so thrilled to have Aunt Melissa and Uncle Rob only a six-hour drive away!

We played with Uncle Rob when he was supposed to be studying,

we helped Aunt Melissa in the kitchen,

we snuggled and waited for Baby Holmes to come play,

and we loved Mo during nap time.

Thanks, Rob and Melissa, for letting us use all your new baby stuff and for the yummy meals and for just letting us come and visit. We miss you already.

keeping austin weird...

5 sisters;

1 sister-in-law;

1 new sister adopted;

1 mother, 1 grandmother, 1 aunt;

0 husbands (except rare Rob-sightings);

41 pairs of earrings, 19 bracelets, 3 necklaces, and 120 magnets made;

2 babies loved on;

4 pairs of pants peed in (not the babies');

3 yummy meals out;

2 yummy meals in;

1 rap created (1,000 White Women, These is My Words);

5 beds slept in (plus the couch);

235 pictures taken;

1 necklace bought;

0 scorpions spotted;

1 tarantula crossing;

4 days of no sleep, beautiful weather, lots of talking, and loads of fun.

Thank you, Jenifer, for hosting the first annual sisters' weekend!

(Oh, and 1 daddy totally missed!)