Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we stayed in Seattle and had Thanksgiving in West Seattle at Grandma and Papa's. All the kids made the meal for the first time. This was due to the fact that both Grandma and Papa had surgery within the last two weeks. They are both recovering nicely.

Diana loves her Papa.

Playing on the third floor with Marianne and Chloe

Diana checking out Grandma's cast

Aunt Becky and cousin Chloe

Daddy and Diana at Dinner

Diana did not eat much possibly due to her large consumption of pre-dinner snacks

Diana enjoyed eating off mom's plate more than her own.

Sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce were her favorites.

Reading with Aunt Marianne

Diana took a walk around the block with Papa and Colleen

Diana made it once around and Papa made it four times

Diana has been very busy lately. She is constantly on the move. She loved Grandma and Papa's house with all of the space. She went up and down the three flights of stairs many times.

Diana has been talking a lot. She is using more complete sentences, such as "I love you Daddy." "Thank you Colleen." "I love you too."

Diana vs the steps

Diana fell on the way to day care on Friday. She tried to walk down our front steps without holding onto the house. This didn't work so well and slipped, landing on her face. She was fine after a few minutes, and mom and dad seemed more traumatized by the event.

On Saturday morning we went to the U Village to exchange Diana's slippers for a better size. The new slippers fit very well (thanks papa Steven!). Diana's new favorite word is smoothie. She had Jamba Juice and loved it. We played outside at the play area and inside Barnes and Noble at the train set (FYI for the holidays -- Diana loves those wooden train sets).

Diana is recovering well from her fall yesterday. She still has some scratches, but she's doing fine. Here's a picture from the play area:




And another one that's not so blurry:

The Aquarium

This past weekend while Sean was away at the Whitman tournament Papa Steven came to visit. We went to the aquarium, out to dinner, and played a lot.

Diana and Papa at the touch tank

Diana loves the flannel board!

Just my size

Checking out the birds