It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

Yesterday we put up the Christmas tree. I was super excited to put it up this year because at the end of the season we splurged at Miligers and bought a prelit tree. It was so nice not to have to string all the lights this year! Chris needed assistance from Kaitlin to unwrap the top part of the tree.

Ava was ready to put up the tree!

Ava helping to hang the first ornament on the tree.

One ornament was all this baby could handle!

4 Generations of Ladies

Great Gramma Uhlenhake, Nonna, Mommy, Ava

Gobble Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving! We celebrated at Nonna and Papa's house. Grammie and Grampie Uhlenhake also came.

Nonna says it's never too early to have fun in the kitchen!

What Happened Daddy?

Can you tell my daddy started his wrestling season? He came home with a nice black eye! He was wrestling with his boys and blocked a shot with his head and got a nice scratch and shiner. Daddy thinks it makes him look tough. Mommy said we're going to have to wait a bit to have our family photos taken now.

Our First Pumpkin Pie

Chris was hungry for a pumpkin pie, so he decided to be a domestic man and make our first pumpkin pie. Can you tell he was really excited to eat it?

Born to Shop!!!

Chris and I took Ava out to do some Christmas shopping today. I have been dying to put her into the little teddy bear suit and finally got to today!

"Daddy, just give me the credit card!"

"Come on!! I'm ready to go!!"

Glow Baby

Ava was a bit too jaundice when we got her home and had to have a light blanket to help her bilirubin counts return to normal. She had to keep the blanket wrapped around her all the time. It was a bit of a pain because we could only go so far away from the machine because of the hose that connected it. Getting her to sleep that night was also a bit interesting, but we did it. The blanket has done it's job and as of now she is off of it. Dr. Rocco will do one more blood draw (hopefully) on Wednesday and determine if we need to keep the machine for more treatments.