Thanksgiving pics

We had a nice low-key Thanksgiving this year, just the four of us. We made a Tofurkey for our Thanksgiving dinner. Practically everyone we told about it responded in the same way..."What does it look like???" So, I took some pictures of it so people could see. It looks kind of weird, but actually tasted pretty good. (I can practically hear everyone laughing right now about the crazy vegetarians and their weird food) :)

Anyway, here is the Tofurkey almost done cooking. Matt took it out of oven to baste it (that's what he is doing in the second picture). It is laying on a bed of carrots, onions, sweet potatoes, and garlic...

Here it is after it was done cooking and Matt sliced it. It is stuffed in the center. The stuffing was yummy...wild rice and seasonings....

Here is our whole dinner (pretty much). We had the Tofurkey with gravy, stuffing, sweet potato casserole, veggies, and Tofu Nut Balls (they are in the middle of the plate). The Tofu Nut Balls were quite tasty. We also had dinner rolls and cranberry sauce, but they are not in the picture. We had pumpkin pie for dessert, which Christopher loved!

After we ate dinner we all bundled up and went for a walk. It was COLD outside. I think the high temp that day was only like 38 degrees.
Christopher insisted on brining his bulldozer with us on the walk.

Here are some other pictures of us with the kids from that day.....

Jessica loves it when you kiss her cheeks. It always makes her smile!

Here is Matt with Christopher.

Here is me with Jessica again....

Christopher holding Jessica....

Me with the kids.....

And another one of Matt with Christopher. Christopher is holding a toy golf club in the picture....he loves it. :)

Jessica just being cute

Here are some pictures of Jessica just being cute. I took these pictures about a week ago. She is 4 months old now. We think (well, at least I think) that she looks a lot like Matt. I think she has his eyes, his mouth, and his chin. Her eye color isn't really set yet, but I think I see a little brown and green in them sometimes (which means they may end up being hazel like Matt's).

Here she is just chilling out....

Here she is having some "tummy time". Christopher usually loves to lay on his tummy for tummy time too whenever Jessica has tummy time.

Fingers crossed

Keep your fingers crossed for me. I just put the last of my internship applications in the mail today. I applied to 15 sites total:
*Two in Idaho (1 in Boise, 1 in Moscow)
*Four in Oregon (3 in Portland, 1 in Corvallis)
*Three in Washington (1 in Spokane, 1 in Pullman, 1 in Ellensburg)
*Five in Utah (3 in Salt Lake City, 1 in Provo, 1 in Logan)
*One in Nevada (in Reno)

Most of the sites say they will notify candidates about their interview status by mid-December (most say Dec. 15th). I am really hoping I get some interviews. Now I just have to wait and hope I hear something soon.

Lightning McQueen and the Pea Pod

Christopher had so much fun Trick-or-Treating on Halloween. He dressed up as Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars. He LOVES that movie! Jessica dressed up as a Pea Pod and looked so cute!

Here is Lightning McQueen......

Here is the Pea Pod.......

Christopher rode from house to house in his new wagon. He thought it was so much fun!

We were at my sister's house in this picture.....

3rd Birthday and update

Christopher turned 3 years old on October 30th. I still can't believe he is 3 yrs old! The time really flies by. It seems like just yesterday that he was Jessica's age. He went to the dr yesterday for his check-up and he is doing great! He is 38 1/2 inches tall (the 75th percentile) and 33 lbs (the 50th percentile). He had to get two shots, but was very brave and didn't cry very much.

We had a little party for him to celebrate his birthday. Here are some pictures of him opening his presents. I took video of us singing happy birthday to him. Since I was videotaping, I didn't get a chance to take pictures of us singing to him. I plan to post the video once I figure out how to post videos on this blog. :)

He was very happy to get this car--it's "Doc" from the movie Cars.

He is showing his new car to Papa.

Opening more presents....

This is the Cars tent that he got from Aunt Alli and Uncle Brandon. He likes to play in it upside down.

Our Disney World Trip

We just got back from a whirlwind trip to Disney World. We left Saturday morning (the 20th) and got back really late Tuesday night (the 23rd). Some friends of ours got married at the Disney Yacht Club on Sunday and we spent Monday at the Magic Kingdom. Then we left Tuesday. Like I said, it was a whirlwind trip. We had a fantastic time, though!!

The wedding was really fun. Matt got to see lots of his friends from law school, which was great. Our wedding experience was not without complications, though. We didn't quite make it to the ceremony. We were already running late that morning. It's practically impossible trying to make it to things on time with two small children. We would have made it there with time to spare, but as we went to leave the hotel we realized we couldn't find the key to the rental car. Christopher had been playing with it and had lost it. We tore apart the hotel room looking for it. We eventually found it buried in the suitcase. Who would have thought?! So, now we no longer had any time to spare...we were hoping to make it there just as the ceremony started. That brings us to mishap number two of the morning...we got lost on the way to the Yacht Club. Matt had called the Yacht Club to get directions and the directions the woman gave him were HORRIBLE. By the time we found the place, the ceremony was ending. We got to go to the reception, though, and had a great time. I even put on a dress for the wedding, something that hadn't happened in about a year. When I put my dress on, Christopher said, "Mommy, are you a princess?" I said YES of course. :)

Here are some pictures from our trip....

This is Christopher on the airplane. He was so excited to go on the plane. He was 18 months old the last time he flew, so he doesn't remember it. He loved looking out the window!

We stayed at a hotel in Orlando that was outside the Disney resort, but only a quick drive away. The hotel had what they called 'Kid Suites'....part of the room was partitioned off and there were bunk beds, a toddler bed, and a TV in there. Christopher loved it! We of course had to take down the ladder to the top bunk shortly after arriving. Christopher kept going up there and jumping around. Crazy kid!

Matt took this picture of the kids and I when we first got to the Magic Kingdom. Christopher was not into having his picture taken, though, and wouldn't look at the camera. He thought the castle was pretty cool!

Here he is checking out the castle again!

It was really hot the day we went...it was in the low 90's and unbelievably humid! It's apparently not normally that hot this time of year. It was also really crowded that day. There were really long waits for most of the rides (like 45-60 minutes on many of them). This time of year isn't supposed to be busy, so I can't imagine what it must be like during Disney's busy time of year. Matt still got to take Christopher on some of the rides, though, just not as many as we had hoped. Geneva and Stephen (the bride and groom) met us for lunch that day too, so it was great to spend more time with them. They took a couple of pictures of all of us with their camera. They are planning to e-mail them to us, so I'll post them when I get them.

Christopher loved riding these go-carts. Matt controlled the gas/brake and Christopher got to steer (sort of--Matt helped with that too!). He had a blast!

Christopher was checking out Dumbo in these pictures.

This is how Jessica spent most of the day--hanging out in her stroller. She is too little for the rides. She and I spent lots of time at the Baby Care Centers--air conditioned areas with changing tables, a quiet room with rocking chairs where you can nurse, a room to bottle feed, highchairs, a bathroom, and water if you need it. It was great! Jessica was nursing a lot more frequently that day since it was so hot outside, so we went to the Baby Care Centers A LOT.

This is a picture of Christopher just hanging out, checking out his surroundings.

The absolute highlight of Christopher's trip was when he got to meet Mickey Mouse. He thought it was fantastic!!!

Overall, it was a great trip. We managed to use almost every mode of transportation too--we traveled by plane, train, car, and ferry boat. We also learned a lot about what to do (or not do!) on our next trip to Disney.

Jessica is almost 3 months old!

Our little Jessica is almost 3 months old! She will be 3 months old next week. She is doing great and getting bigger. She is such a good baby. Christopher loves her and calls her HIS baby. The other day Matt was holding Jessica and Christopher wanted to go upstairs to take a bath. So, Christopher said, "Daddy, give my baby to Mommy and take me upstairs." It was so cute.

Here are a few pictures from the past week or so.....

Here is Jessica in her swing. She loves this swing!

She is a very smiley baby. She smiles at Christopher a lot.

As you can see, she has lost a lot of the hair she had when she was born. She still has a bunch sticking up on top, though. :) She already has some new hair growing in and it looks kind of red. We'll have to wait and see if she ends up with hair like mine. :)