Halloween, Thanksgiving and Life

It's been a while since I blogged. So here's what's been happening in our lives the last two months.

Halloween was fun. We had two parties to attend----the Harvard Law Children's club and our ward party---both were great. Marcus was a dinosaur/dragon. He was super cute crawling around with the little spikes on his back. A big thanks to his cousin Carson for giving him the costume :). Dave and I dressed up as Dr. Who and his latest companion Amy Pond. Nobody really knew who we were---but we loved it! We are definitely Dr. Who fans in this house.

In October Dave and I also had the chance to go to a tennis match at TD Gardens. It was a lot of great players that have "retired" I guess from the big competitions. Their names were Pete Sampras (Dave's favorite), John McEnroe, Jim Courier and Ivan Lendl. So if you know tennis, they're great players and it was really cool to watch them play. Dave's hero growing up was Pete Sampras---so he really enjoyed going :)

In November we went to see "The Breakers" mansion in New Port, RI. I've been before with my parents and my sisters---but it was Dave's first time. It was fun to finally take him there---such a beautiful place.

We shared Thanksgiving this year with my cousin Jessica who lives in Albany, NY. My aunt and uncle and other cousin were there too---so it was great to have so much family there! Marcus napped through the whole feast. I was sad he missed it---but happy to eat my dinner uninterrupted :).

Dave is wrapping up his last final today, and tomorrow we leave for the long drive to Michigan for Christmas. We're excited to visit family and have a break from school! We are stopping at Niagara Falls on our way out to break up the trip, and staying with a friend in Rochester on the way back.

Marcus is doing great---he's getting closer to walking. He loves to walk holding our hands, but hasn't braved walking on his own yet. He is getting taller and stronger too. He likes to kick his feet while I'm feeding him in his high chair--so I have to keep my distance to avoid bruises. He's a very good clapper and is exploring a lot of noises lately. No real words yet though. He will be 11 months on 24 Dec. Almost one year!

I'm going to start working from home---booking flights for the missionary travel office like I used to before we moved out here. So that'll give me more to do----and I'm hoping it won't be too much. I'm excited to and happy to help them out :)

I'll give the full Christmas report when we get back in January. Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas---and remember the reason for the season:

O Come, Emmanuel