Merry Christmas Eve!

We had A LOT of people at our house for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 11 people, including us, to be exact! Good thing we don't live in our 800 sq. ft. San Diego apartment anymore! We managed to get everyone to 4pm mass (where only I got to sit...yay for being the Mom of the youngest). We also got everyone to sit around the dinner table for a BIG yummy dinner! Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

Griffin Andrew is 8 Months Old!

November was such a crazy month! I felt like we were gone every weekend and before we knew it Thanksgiving was over and the Christmas season was upon us! Griffin now has 6 teeth!! So we are pretty much eating everything under the sun, except for peanut butter, eggs, and shellfish (doctors orders). I remember talking to a few people about this annoying phase that Griffin was in b/c he was able to sit up, but couldn't get into the sitting position without my help. So he would flop over and then just fuss until someone helped him up. My sister said, "The best is when they can sit up on their own, but aren't mobile yet." Well....Griffin is a little stinker b/c he was crawling before he could sit up!! It happened within 2 days of each other....but oh boy, it's SO exciting! I know, I'm crazy, right?? Only a few days after his crawling started did he discover being able to pull up on things on his own. This is just a whole new phase of worry! So now he has a few more bumps and bruises along his legs...I guess I can't protect him from EVERYTHING!!

Christmas Card Pictures

Since we chose a Christmas card that only used one picture we had a hard time narrowing it down to just ONE! So here are some of our other favorites from our very unprofessional photo shoot! Ha!

Merry Christmas from the Bouska's, Copithorne's, Hurley's, & Walshes!

Tennessee Thanksgiving!

The very reason I was SO excited to move back to the East Coast.... BIG family Holidays! We had 16 people at Mom and Dad's new home in TN for Thanksgiving and it was pure chaos but amazing! All of the little cousins from my side of the family were together and we had so much fun :-) Griffin enjoyed his 1st Thanksgiving meal of mashed and sweet potatoes, turkey, ham, and stuffing!! Here are a few pictures from the weekend! Happy 1st Thanksgiving Griffin!

Brian & Billy's Foot Race!

Brian and Billy took this foot race pretty seriously. It's been talked about since the Fall of 2010. Brian should just know better than to race Billy....

Visiting The Latsko's!!

Ok, so I know it has been awhile since I've caught up on the blog...but I need to start where I left off! In the beginning of November we drove to Gainesville for a long weekend to visit our friends Billy, Amanda, and Cameron. We were SOOO excited to see them and let the kids meet each other. The last time we saw Cam was when she was 8 weeks old when her and Amanda came to visit us in San Diego. Well...came to visit Billy, really...we were just a bonus! She is as sweet as can be and Griffin just LOVED her!!