New camera!

You may have noticed that the quality of our blog pictures is a little bit better these days. Mommy got a new point-and-shoot camera for her b-day.

Of course, that doesn't fix goofy expressions.

Wheee!  Little Monkey Bizness sure is fun.

What a mess!

Too big for the "toddler-only" section.

Getting creative making Christmas trees out of Play-Doh!

O Christmas Tree

YAY!  It's officially Christmas season!

Here's Stephie with an ornament she made in preschool last year:

And here is her favorite ornament on the tree:

It's Bingo, of course!

Haley prefers the orange Croc.  We're having some issues with the concept of "look but don't touch!"

A few more St. Louis pictures

We visited Graham Chapel with the girls on Mommy and Daddy's 5-year anniversary.

Then we spent a few hours visiting Sophie and Oliver.

Finally, we had an awesome time playing with Grandma Lois!

These buddies were just Haley's size.

Checking out the birds:

And "on stage" (aka on the altar) in Grandma's chapel.

Happy birthday Mommy!

 First, we wrapped up all of our gifts for our adopted family.  Huge thanks to Gigi, Roger, Mimi, Poppie, Grandpa Allen, Grandma Julie, Papa, and Aunt Stephanie!!!

 Then, it was time to celebrate Mommy's 33rd birthday (yikes!)  Stephie was all about helping open the gifts...

 ...and Haley was too!  Christmas should be interesting this year.

 Stephie enjoyed modeling some new headbands.

 And we all enjoyed the pumpkin pie for dessert.

Thank you, everyone!!!  XOXO

St Louis Science Center

On our last afternoon in St. Louis we visited the Science Center. There were lots of fun exhibits to explore.








Our favorite was building the arch.





Haley also liked watching the cars go by on the highway below.


Action shot of our poor arch collapsing!

The Magic House

The girls visited the Magic House for the first time and loved it.  Haley was partial to the water area.


Stephie and Mimi did some grocery shopping and bought ice cream, yogurt, flowers, and dvd's (3 different Dora's).


Paging Dr. Stephie to the nursery!


Picking out her baby's name:


The girls settled on "Mia Addision" (how trendy!)...


...before checking out a few books at the library.  "You can keep your library card, thanks!"

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!! We had a great day at Mimi and Poppie's house.









Stephie and Haley served as the welcoming committee.


Emily and Stephie were best buddies.


Dinner is served!





A little pool lesson to wrap up the night...


Happy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for.