Thanksgiving Weekend

Rylie had her share of Thanksgiving celebrations for the first year...3 to be exact. We celebrated at Grr and Grr Mom's the Sunday before Thanksgiving as we would be in La Crosse this year. We had Thanksgiving at my Grandma Kearns' house on Wednesday night, where Rylie met several new family members. And finally we celebrated at my parents house on Thursday.

Sleeping at the table at Grr and Grr Mom's

Grr, Grr Mom, Michael and Brady

Our little butterball

The after-turkey naps:

Daddy

Rylie & Grandpa

I'm stuffed!

Before the turkey dinner at mom and dad's, we attended dad's annual Thanksgiving Day party at the radio station. It has become a tradition for him now. Several of his friends and customers of the station bring in food and drinks. There's nothing like shrimp cocktail, bloody mary's and beer at 7am. They had quite the spread. We were hoping to get Rylie on the air, but she was a little shy. Of course, when the show was over, she started gabbing.

Don't they make these things in my size?

Not that we didn't already know, but Rylie confirmed for us on Friday she is, indeed, a great shopper. She went out with us for about 7 hours as we made several stops on Black Friday. The best part...we are just about done with all of our shopping.

Relaxing with Grandma after a long day

While we thought about the number of things we are thankful for this year, we also, unfortunately, received some sad news this weekend. Pastor Greg, the Pastor that married us just over a year ago and also baptized Rylie just over two months ago, passed away in a car accident this weekend. It is hard news for us to digest. We immediately thought of his family and what they must be feeling. We thought of the hours we spent with him during our pre-marital counseling. We thought of the selflessness and generosity he showed in traveling to La Crosse on his and Mary's anniversary weekend to perform our wedding ceremony. We thought of him coming all the way out to our house (because he wanted it to be convenient for us) to discuss Rylie's Baptism and meet her for the first time. We thought of her Baptism day and that it was so special because she was baptized by the same Pastor that married us. A lot of thoughts came to mind, but most of all, we thought of why this had to happen to such a wonderful person. We are thankful for the time that we were able to spend with him, getting to know him these past couple years and how he touched our lives and will never be forgotten.

Daddy Day Care

Dan was laid off from his job a couple of weeks ago. The best thing to come out of this situation is the amount of time he gets to spend with Rylie every day. He's a great dad and makes sure that she does her tummy time, spends time in her bumbo and plays "in the jungle" (on her activity mat). The other morning, I walked into our bedroom to say goodbye before I left for work and saw this:



How am I supposed to leave this in the morning?!?

4 Months Old!

Rylie turned 4 months old on Friday, November 6. We had her 4 month doctor appointment the following Monday. She's a happy and healthy baby, but still just a little peanut! She weighed in at 11 pounds 10 ounces and 24 inches long. Unfortunately she had to get a couple shots, but mommy and daddy got some too. Here are a couple 4 month pictures.

Rice Cereal

This past weekend we went to La Crosse to visit my parents. It was also the weekend before Rylie's 4 month doctor appointment, so we brought the rice cereal along to give it a try. She had a bit of a puzzled look on her face and more of it ended up on her bib than in her mouth, but we'll keep working at it.

Yummm

Let me try this!

We spent most of the weekend just hanging out, enjoying the nice weather.

A Night Out!

Our first night out since Rylie was born was to the Freight House for our 1st anniversary dinner. As a gift, I gave Dan tickets to a concert he really wanted to see...Eric Church. He was playing at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee on Thurs. November 5. So our second night out was to the concert. We met up with one of my co-workers John and his girlfriend Maura at Mo's Irish Pub for a couple drinks before the concert and then walked over to Pabst Theater. I hadn't been in there before and it's really a neat venue for a concert. It was a great show...there isn't a bad seat in that place!


Eric Church

Murph & Maura

Dan lovin' the silos

Trick or Treat!

Rylie is a little too young and it was a little too cold for Trick or Treating this year, but she did get her costume on to hand out candy. We were out running errands, so we only made it home for the second hour of trick or treating. And unfortunately, didn't get ANY trick or treaters. In any case, we had the cutest little ladybug in town.



hey...where are all the kids?

Our pumpkins...Mommy's Rylie's and Daddy's