Deck the Halls!

We spent Thanksgiving at my parents home in Paris, TN-- very nice time. They have such a beautiful spot, and it's always nice to be back where you grew up.

Caroline enjoyed her first Thanksgiving meal! She can eat just about anything now!


She had been SUCH a grump that week-- whiny and wanting to be held. When we returned, we noticed she had two new teeth poking in on top! That explains why she was such a grump! Tonight we noticed another one coming in on bottom which brings her grand total to 4 on top, 3 on bottom! She is getting so big!

Luke always has a great time at Pa Bob's house because he gets to help him work around the house! He couldn't wait to get on the tractor! He kept telling him, "We've got a big job to do!" He spent an entire day following Dad around trying to be helpful-- so sweet.




We returned to Nashville on Saturday and spent the rest of the day at Scott's Dad's and the rest of the Westerman clan! That is always fun! Luke LOVES playing at Grandpa Steve's and hanging out with his gorgeous cousins, Stephanie and Shannon.



Caroline had her 9-month check up on Thursday. She is a tiny little thing! She weighs 16 lbs., 14 oz. which places her in the 25% percentile! She is 50% in height. Dr. Wood said he wasn't worried and that she looked perfectly proportioned. This is just new territory for us since Luke was always in the 95% category! She our little petite princess! :)

My favorite thing now is coming into her room in the morning when she wakes-- She is sitting up smiling and playing! What a big girl! What a way to start our mornings! :)




We spent ALL day Saturday putting up the massive amount of Christmas decorations I have collected! It is so much fun, but also a great deal of work! It has so much more meaning this year now that Luke is really old enough to enjoy it. He had to be involved in EVERY step of the process from climbing up the "big ladder" into the attic with Dad to hand down boxes, to climbing the step ladder to hang ornaments on the Santa tree! He was such a big boy (which he reminds us of constantly)! He also LOVES Christmas lights! He and Scott worked hard outside to get all our bushes trimmed with lights!

Luke is into Christmas music, too, which has been so fun! I filled the CD player in our car with nothing but Christmas and we listen to it when we're out and about. His favorites are "Rudolph", "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Deck the Halls"-- he's right there on the "fa la la la las!" What a magical time of year!