I totally forgot!

Both of the pieces that I made in the hospital were WAY too big for Megan as a newborn, so I stored them in the "to wear someday" box and didn't think about them again until recently.  A bit too late.

The snowy highway to Tahoe is too scary to drive on, so I'm afraid that there is no need for a snowbunny suit this year.  Oh well - we tried it on just to see.  It fits except for the fact that her toes are hanging out of the bottom.  I still love it though . . . she is wearing this to the grocery store today!

Her cable knit "dress" that I loved to make, has now become a top.  It works right?

Thank You Cindy!

This Christmas stocking arrived in the mail on Saturday.  Everyone in the Mowers family has one of these knitted by my Great Grandmother Sybenga or Grandmother Keeney.  Thanks to my talented Aunt Cindy carrying on the family tradition, my husband and my daughter now have one too.  Megan's is exquisite if I do say so myself.

jk

The end of the year has proven to have a few too many surprises for the Eichlers . . . and our Christmas card for 2010 says it all.  This was the first year that the cats did not make the cut.  Megan got her pictures taken, I spent hours pouring over cards, put this order in with plenty of time to spare and this is what we got back . . .

My beautiful baby girl is in the picture, but the bottom of the card says Fiona, Daniel, Stephanie, and Maya Buckingham.  (UGH!)  Your X-Mas card (from the Eichlers) is coming, just slightly late.  

2011 here we come!!!!

Gearing up for the Holidays!!

Megan got her pictures taken for Christmas last week.  

Cards should be coming soon.

Gobble Gobble

Once again the Eichlers made it out to San Francisco to celebrate Thanksgiving with us.  Marilyn and I cooked up a storm and made WAY TOO MUCH food. 

This was the menu for Miss Megan.

Megan's first green beans.

Here was the menu that Marilyn and I created for the adults (this is for you Lindsay):

First Course:
Fig and prosciutto bites with goat cheese
Cauliflower soup with bacon
Papapietro Perry Pinot Noir (my fav)

The first course was a little bigger than we expected (I have enough soup to last for months) so we took a break for a few card games of 500 and to play with the baby.

Second Course:

"Rub all over your body" stuffing - found this recipe in a magazine.  I'm afraid that it didn't quite live up to it's name, but it was still pretty good.

Turkey breast roasted with potatoes, leeks, carrots, and green beans

 Turkey Day was more or less a success!  Thanks to the Eichlers for making the trek over to celebrate with us!

First Tooth

Aaron discovered yesterday that Megan's first tooth has emerged.  It's hard to spot since she spends most of the day with her tongue out.  Her new bottom tooth makes a a cameo in the video below (barely).

Boo at the Zoo

Halloween!

Megan came to school on Friday.  The math department dressed up as PI-rates and Megan was a flower.

 . . . with flower hat

Elisabeth and I took the kids to the zoo on Halloween.  Though the pictures were fun to take, we  agreed that we might save our next trip for when they are a bit older :)