{a recap}

I know I've been only posting sporadically, so here's a quick recap of what we've been up to:

Hanukkah....

Christmas at Nani and Poppy's....

Visiting Aldine and Jeff....

Much to our utter shock, the kids put everything Noah owns into Aldine's shower. At least it kept them busy and quiet for a while!

ready for bed....

goofy faces....

scary faces....

Back in Buffalo at Grandma and Grandpa's apartment...

Morgan, the diva, trying on all her jewelry...

At Dave and Busters...

Visiting Laura.... Gerard was sick so he stayed at Grandma and Grandpa's while Morgan and I got to see Laura, Christian and Noah. Soon the boys will have their own little sister to play with!

Poor Gerard, sick AGAIN. He had a rough 6 weeks....ear infections, antibiotic allergic reactions, etc, etc. He just couldn't stay awake with Grandpa....

{happy new year!}

{our backyard winter wonderland}

Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa and Happy Festivus to all.

Big Gerard has been working on our ice rink in the backyard. It's 24 feet by 40 feet. That ain't no little ice rink! Check out the boys skating today:

{my snow princess}

Snow DIVA is more like it..... You've heard of the lady in red? Meet the lady in purple....

{one month!?}

Yikes, I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted! We've been busy, as you might have guessed. My parents and sister came for Thanksgiving and of course that was nice, although the kids had colds and were kind enough to share their germs with the entire family. With everyone sick, I didn't take any pictures while they were here except for these:

And here are some from yesterday....

That's about it for now. I promise to try to post more often!