Eating with Uncle Neil
Abba holding an impromptu story hour.
Playing in the foot and a half of snow.
Going to Valpo basketball games.

Lizzy was a flower girl for Troy and Stephanie's wedding. She really thought she was the star of the show-she even got presents from strangers at the wedding for her cuteness :) She danced the night away, and when I tried to join her she told me, "No Mommy. I dance myself."

We had a great time, and we loved getting to watch two wonderful people start their lives together. Lizzy now claims she is married, but Matt and I are concerned because she is saying that she is married to the Moo Moos that live in our house.

I guess the right wing conservatives were right-gay marriage really does start us down the wrong path :)

Lizzy and Daddy making cookies. Yes. We have made Christmas Cookies in our house twice all ready since Thanksgiving. We like any excuse for sugar, and Matt could drink icing.
I am THRILLED to show a picture of Ione's FIRST cookie. Welcome Ione to your Mom's favorite things: candy on Halloween and icing and cookies at Christmas. Congrats.
Ione, Caden and Lizzy all "made" cookies. Okay they played and their mommies ate the dough.

Lizzy and Mommy decorating the tree.

Lizzy, Caden, Santa and Mrs. Clause. Lizzy went straight up to Santa and told him that she pooped.
Baby Brogan and Lizzy give THANKS for each other :)
Lizzy and Abba make a snow man.

We were worried that Lizzy would be bored at home instead of going to daycare, but Matt has been documenting their fun-filled days.
Jared, Matthew, and Benjamin Dhaemers came to visit Lizzy and Matt recently. Two Dad's on kid duty...how fun.
Helping Daddy clean up the Halloween decorations. Apparently everything is more fun in a wagon.
Eating lunch at Round the Clock with Grammy Dizie. Lizzy eats out A LOT.
Posing as a big girl. Where did our baby go?

Lizzy is now does perfect imitations of Matt and of me. For me...she says most things just like I do, with the same inflection, wait time, etc. For Matt...she has his laugh down, so now we she "pretends" that things are funny, she just closes her eyes and shakes. She looks just like Daddy. It is the funniest thing, and it always gets Matt to actually laugh.

Also, we have noticed a lot of "here you goes". If she is handing you anything, "Here you go, Mommy. Here you go." This comes straight from Matt. This is his catchphrase.

Abba and Grammy both gave Lizzy non-candy gifts. She was not falling for it :) Thanks for trying.

Caden joined us for about seven houses. Lizzy said he was the best part of Halloween...oooh!
Lizzy was the Little Mermaid, and LOVED Trick-or-Treating. We walked from our house to Dave and Dianne's, making sure we stopped at every house. Lizzy kept asking if the house was "open" and didn't fall for Mommy's trick of saying the candy was for her. So...we gave in and gave her three, very small pieces of candy. Long story short...apparently when a child who never gets candy has candy sugar really does have to effect. She was CRAZY, and Mommy has volunteered to eat the remaining candy.

The Fam at the Pumpkin Patch. I am so rarely in the pictures that I had to post the two that I had.
Lizzy at the Lincoln Park Zoo with Katie. She LOVED the farm. We all kept trying to not have to go, but Lizzy's cuteness outsmarted us all.
Lizzy in a field of pumpkins. This picture makes me want to have a vest.
Lizzy and "Aunt Karen". My friend Karen is dying to be an aunt, so we are allowing her to pretend.

Okay...so I would like to apologize for taking so long to post something. I have been busy with going back to school at Washington and teaching at Ivy Tech. I know, I know...no excuse is good enough to stop blogging, but I hope it will do for now. I have been texting, so hopefully that still keeps me a little cool-OMG lol.

Luckily we have been taking pictures, so here is some of the fun stuff we have been doing in the two months since you heard from us.

The new GREAT band: Lizzy and Onie.
Driving the bus at the mall.
Playing at Butterfly Park.
Riding a pony with Abba at the Pumpkin Patch.
Wanting to be like Mommy...sad news for Lizzy :)

Cooking with Mommy
Meeting Baby Brogan our newest cousin. Apparently age doesn't matter. The O'Connors are always cute.
Getting ready for the Lil Kernel Race...she quit half way through. Caden took off and did great.
Going with Abba to Disney on Ice. We LOVED seeing Cinderella.