Thanksgiving and Christmas

For Thanksgiving Greg and I went to California for a memorial service for his grandmother and we went to see my brother and sister in law since we were in town. It was an interesting trip for sure. Ivy was able to see bunnies and horses for the first time, we went to the beach for the first time and unfortunately we had a family outing to the emergency room for me in the middle of the night. (I was sick with a terrible virus) All is better now and I am glad to be home.

Christmas was good. Quiet, which was nice compared to our Thanksgiving adventure. Ivy received a Sing and Go Choo Choo which we have spent lots of time playing with.


She is now able to sit up for 15-20 minutes usually. That is as long as a cat doesn't walk by. Then it's usually falling over and trying to get the cat. She isn't crawling yet but she will be soon. She can roll over, coo, talk, giggle, and sit up. She has learned how to move around the room using her skills of wiggling and rolling over.

Some of her best laughter is when Greg throws her in the air or "chews" on her tummy. We could listen to that happy sound 24 hours a day.

Here are two pictures of us at our formal event that we throw at our home each year. We call it the "Hoity Toity" party. This year was our 6th year. We started it for our group of friends we have known for years but only get to see maybe a few times a year if that.