Thanksgiving

The Doyle's hosted a great thanksgiving meal this year. Gpa & Gma Traxler, Grt Grandma Flink & Grt Uncle Don stayed with us for a few days. Grt Gma Lois & Mary stayed with Amy & Trevor. It was a lot of fun & the food was yummy, yummy! The kids continue to do great! Chloe has been diaper free & accident free (night time too) for two weeks now, yippee, & Eliot had his 6 mos doc app today & is growing well. He is now in the 64% for weight at 18 lbs 3 oz & 98% for height at 28 3/4" long. Enjoy some fun photos of thanksgiving day!

Who are these people? Oh, yeah, Mommy & Daddy to Chloe & Eliot (the best kids ever!)

Fun, fun!

Chloe loved to see & talk to the fam.

The spread!

The fun keeps on going!

Diaper Free!!

We have been very busy around our house, but, the biggest thing that has happened is that I started potty-training Chloe a week & a half ago & she has been diaper free ever since (it is so wonderful). It only took a day for her to really get the concept down & every day she got better & better & 3 days later she was practically accident free (she has had only one accident since then). I am totally amazed & proud of her (I was not looking forward to potty-training but I have a new confidence now!) She has even been dry at nite the last 4 nites in a row. When she gets up in the am she asks right away "Big girl potty, mommy?" & we walk into her bathroom & she can do all the steps & even wash her hands after (I still have to turn on the facet & give her soap to wash with but other than that she does all the steps by herself). Our baby girl is growing up. It certainly is nice being back to just one in diapers. Eliot is doing very well. He is 6 months old next Monday. He rolls & scoots all over the place. He smiles at everything & everyone...he is a ham! I thought I would post a cute photo of him below.

Eliot's 1st visit to HB

We went down to Huntington Beach last week to visit Gpa & Gma Traxler. Eliot met a lot of extended family & we all had so much fun! We met Ava who was born at the end of Sept to Matt (Nate's cousin) & Giselle Rudesill (she is their first baby & she is so cute!) We spent time with family, relaxed, went to the beach, & Gpa & Gma watched the kids for us for an afternoon & Nate & I were able to go out & Christmas shop & just enjoy a beautiful afternoon together. Eliot rolls all over & now even puts his legs under him & scoots forward some. He eats rice cereal & I have just started him on jar foods (he likes it all so far). Chloe is growing & learning so much. She can count to 10 (sometimes 15), knows a lot of colors & shapes, can spell her name (first & last), her words grow all the time & she says cute stuff like "What are you talking about?" And "Where did that come from?" So cute! Enjoy the slide show of the kids, us, Gpa & Gma Traxler, Grt Gma Flink, Aunt Joy, Uncle Mike, Ava, Ava's Gma & Chloe playing with the kids in Gpa & Gma's neighborhood (they were so sweet to Chloe & really liked playing with her).