It's been awhile...

Gosh! I can't seem to get online and post pictures! Hopefully one of these weeks life will click in again. Well, here are some pictures from the past few weeks. They've been a bit crazy.

Ilana, being...her crazy 2-year old self:

I don't know why, but this is one of my all-time favorites of Ilana. You have to look at it sideways, though. Kind of artsy, in a subtle way. Maybe I'm just weird. That's possible too.

We celebrated Thanksgiving Day just the 4 of us. We watched the parade...

Paul made home-made cinnamon buns for breakfast (DELICIOUS!!!)...

we got to just sit and be a family...

we ate an amazing meal - again, Paul made everything...

even the pumpkin cheesecake!!

A few days later Paul had quite an intense photo session with Gray...

and got some great shots...

and some hilarious ones too... :)

(Yes, we set up our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving.) Look at that double chin!!

Ilana has really become "Mommy's little helper." As you can see, clearly Gray needed ALL of his toys, and Paul needed some help stretching his legs. Thanks, Ilana!!

He was either stunned into disbelief or actually enjoyed this for about 20 minutes.

We had one day of flurries, a break, then our first real snow storm hit. We don't expect the snow to be leaving anytime soon. The highs have been in the low to mid-20's. Yeah, it's COLD!

Of course we all went outside, and of course Ilana absolutely LOVED it!

Gray has a good cold. He's been congested off and on since Thanksgiving, but now his congestion is constant. Poor little guy. You wouldn't know it, though. He's still pretty happy most of the time.

Here we're checking our angle and lighting for our family Christmas picture. As you can see, sleep is not happening much these days, but we're still smiling through it all...or at least trying to.

-H