November and part of December

Here are some highlights leading up to Christmas. :)

Joshua and Colin snuggling in the morning

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit for Thanksgiving this year.  Unfortunately, there was a lot of sickness around the house and we didn't seem to capture many images including no family picture.  Hopefully we will next time they visit.  We did manage to get in a fun outing to San Francisco on a beautiful day.

Joshua and Grandma at Aquatic Park in San Francisco

Joshua and I in front of the Christmas tree in Ghiradeli Square in San Francisco

Daddy and Joshua looking at the huge bin of Christmas balls

The fountain at Ghiradeli Square

We have instituted the nightly bedtime story routine with the little boys.  Every night Daddy reads a story or two to all three boys.  LOVE the chair in a half we got for this exact purpose.

McEwen boys

Our friends, the Morgans, had a cookie decorating party and we all made it out to Alameda to attend.

Auntie Megan with Colin

Colin contently hanging out.

Grandma and Shaney

Colin loves his exersaucer

Shaney the happy boy

Colin is one messy eater

Happy boy Colin

Daddy feeding the boys

Post dinner entertainment

Joshua waiting for his dinner

Colin and Daddy ready for the Gator game

Kevin, his sons and his mom came over to watch the game too

Even Joshua was wearing Gator gear.  Given that he insists on choosing his own clothes, Daddy must have been pretty perswasive.

Hello Mr. Elmo.

Colin thinks Daddy is funny

A few weeks before Christmas, we took the boys to meet Santa Claus.

Shaney and I waiting in line

Colin lasted quite a while in his infant seat while we waited

Daddy and Shaney

Joshua was all smiles until we actually got to Santa and then he wasn't so sure.

Joshua and his Auntie Megan

Joshua got brave enough to tell Santa he wanted train tracks for Christmas.

The family photo

Halloween +

Auntie Rebecca came to visit.

Daddy and Joshua craving a pumpkin

The happy boys

The little boys watched in the exersaucer and jumperoo

Colin checking it out

Shane has gotten into jumping in the jumperoo as well

Halloween night

We went to a great party with our playgroup friends in Lafayette.  Here Dave is getting some fun treats from a few of the older boys.

The closest we could get to a family photo

Off for trick or treating

Joshua really got into saying "trick or treat"

Me and my duck, Shaney

Trick or treating with my boys

It was hard to convince Joshua to stop at the end of the evening.  He had a blast this year.

A couple of weeks ago, we attended a great lunch at Emmett and Emily's home in San Mateo.  It was so great to catch up with a lot of folks we hadn't seen in a long time.

Daddy and Colin hanging out

Shaney with Auntie Joyce

Shaney got good snuggles with Auntie Joyce

Daddy and Colin watching some football

Hello Shaney!

Shaney in Joshua's rocker

All the boys were given jean jackets with their names on them from our friend, Nancy.  Here is Joshua's jacket.

Looking cool

Here are a group of random pictures that I thought I would include.

Daddy and Joshua

The little boys at play

Mr. Colin

Shane and Colin in their stroller

The little boys in the chair

Hanging out in the morning

Good morning boys

The brothers playing together

Joshua loves his brothers

Daddy and Shaney

At the start of November, the little boys started solids.  Here are a few pictures of their first meal.

Shaney wasn't so sure about the rice cereal

The boys waiting for more