Winter Wonderland

The biggest snowfall of the season so far arrived yesterday. We had steady snow showers all day and got about 8-9 inches. Jim came home from work early but couldn't get the car up the driveway so he promptly put the snowblower into action. We bundled up Maggie and took her outside. She wasn't a fan of the cold and her restricted range of motion. I don't even think she left the garage. She was much happier once we returned to the warm safety of the indoors.

What are you guys doing to me?

Relief! They finally came to their senses and brought me inside!

I would much rather play inside and rearrnage the furniture.

Deck the Halls

A cozy, tranquil Sunday afternoon spent decorating the tree and listening to Christmas music, the perfect vision of family togetherness...ahh the naiveté of first time parents. We thought it would be fun to have Maggie "help" us decorate the tree. It only took a couple minutes for us to remember that she's a curious 14 month old who loves to touch everything. Finally, we came to terms with reality and decided to decorate the bottom half of the tree after she went to bed. It sure made for some cute pictures though.

Half Way There

Peg hit the 20 week mark in her pregnancy this week. We got a peek inside at Baby Farwig #2 who was active and healthy. We didn't want to know the gender. Bo Baby (as we call him/her) helped us out by sitting indian style and making sure we couldn't see a thing!

First belly shot this pregnancy

Bo Baby's fist and arm were near the face so it's not the best profile shot

Pictures with Santa

Maggie experienced her first ever torture, I mean, picture with Santa this Saturday. We took her to the local elementary school which was having a holiday breakfast and show. The Polaroid was a throw back to 1978, complete with orange tile walls as backdrop. Hopefully, she's not scarred for life.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Over the river and through the arch to grandmother's house we went. Our Thanksgiving with the Farwigs was filled with family, fun and games, and of course, great food. Maggie enjoyed her first piece of pumpkin pie, much to the delight of everyone watching. During our flights, Maggie was very interested in looking out the window. While this new experience was fun for her, Mom and Dad sure miss the days when she napped on the plane.

Crazy Aunt Julie getting ready for her big ski trip.

PawPaw showed Maggie how fun it is to snack right out of the bag.

Building a ginger bread house with Lia


Family portrait

November pictures

We've had some techincal difficulties which prevented us from getting our pictures off the camera. So finally here are a few must see pics from earlier this month. Poor Maggie baby was sick with a bad stomach bug at the beginning of the month. One day all she did was sleep and snuggle with Mom. A few days later she was back to her normal antics of chasing the cat.

Not feeling so well...

Watch out kitty, I'm back!


Luckily Maggie's fever broke in time for mom and dad to celebrate Peg's birthday with night at the movies. Jim put his culinary skills to the test and made his first cake. It wasn't very pretty, but it sure tasted good!

Presentation is overrated...

Roller coaster weekend

We visited Ohio last weekend and it sure was a full four days. The original purpose of our trip was to attend the wedding of our friends Maureen and Aaron. The timing of the visited ended up being perfect as Peg's Dad was hospitalized and diagnosed with bladder cancer. He will undergo chemotherapy initially, to be followed by surgery. He certainly has a fight ahead of him, but we are confident he will make a full recovery.

Maureen and Aaron's wedding was a beautiful celebration of their love and family. One of the highlights was watching Mo and three of her siblings perform their Irish dances. The weekend contained every color on the spectrum of emotion, and we are truly grateful for our friends and family.