Annual Butler Weekend Extravaganza!

Once again the weekend before Thanksgiving, we joined into the fun for the Annual Butler Weekend Extravaganza!  I think this was year 11?!  We are now up to 17 kids between 7 couples! Although this year one family was not able to make it :(  We still had a great time and love that we have been able to keep this tradition up for so long.  The fun started on Saturday morning with the girls having brunch at Tulip Noir...yum!  So great to catch up without any interruptions!  Don't worry the guys got their time too in the afternoon for drinks.  That evening the Ososki's were gracious enough to open up their home to the craziness for the ornament and book exchange.  The pizza, juice, wine and chi-chi's flowed freely :)  Tis the year for many "steals" during the ornament exchange which kept things interesting!

On Sunday, we met back up at the Burnett's for brunch.  The dad's had a pretty spirited game of football going outside with the kids.  Such a great weekend!!  

(My pictures are a bit out of order...maybe because I took very few and stole most of them off of Elizabeth's blog!  Thanks Ebeth :)

Waiting so patiently for their turn to pick a book!

A pizza picnic

The kiddos!  

Maryn helped Cormac open his book :) 

Hello Dads!

Thank you Veggie Tales for entertaining while the parents had their ornament exchange:) 

Such cute mamas!

Girly Day :)

The first weekend of November, Maryn and I went wtih my mom and grandma to Lousiville to the Princess Diana exhibit at the Frazier History Museum.  Maryn was pretty excited I think mainly because she thought she was actually going to see a princess :)  It was neat to see many of Diana's outfits that I remember seeing in pictures.  Plus they had her wedding dress which was gorgeous.What a great exhibit and tribute to a beautiful woman! It was a fun girly day :)

a warm afternoon at the zoo...for November!

You don't get to many opportunities to go to the zoo in November, so we jumped on the chance when we heard it was going to be in the 60's!  Extra bonus that Daddy got to go with us :)

Playing catch up!

So I am incredibly behind on updating our blog!!  My goal over the next couple days is to get it back up to speed and hopefully keep it that way.  Sorry to those that follow along...I'll get you caught up on all the craziness :)

a big halloween...BOO!!

The last three years, Maryn has picked out what she wanted to be for Halloween.  So this year Theo got his turn and well Cormac just got last year's costume :)  We headed to Target and as soon as we went down the costume aisle Theo spotted a cow costume, "moo, moo"was all he kept saying! Maryn had a little harder time choosing, but settled on being a cheetah.  My only guidelines for her were no head gear, headband was approved :)  I think they look pretty cute!

We started Halloween with a program at Maryn's school early in the day.
Our little cheetah was awesome!

The lone lion on his 1st Halloween! 

Ready to trick-or-treat, but maybe not ready for a picture :) 

Bundled up and ready to go!

The cheetah's ready!

1st piece of candy!  He wanted to open it, but we convinced him to wait.
He had a death grip on his bucket the whole night!

The cheetah waited politely for her turn, but the cow found a way to sneak around everyone :)

On to the next house!

BRRRR...ready to go home! 

A little happier at the end of the night!

sucker...yum! 

silly face :)

Our pumpkins!
Maryn carved her pumpkin at school with Daddy.

a glowing jack-o-lantern

pretty proud of her pumpkin :)

Happy 1st Halloween little lion :) 

Happy lion!

Got to get a pic with mom and dad :) 

Caught you!  No M&M's yet Cormac!!

Happy Birthday Theodore!

What a joy to share in Theo's life!

 He has shown himself to be full of spunk over the last couple months. He is definitely all boy!  He loves trucks, tools, tractors, dinosaurs, mickey mouse, veggie tales, and clifford.  Theo has always been our sleeper and our eater...those two have not changed :)  He is a sweet little boy that adores his big sister and loves his little brother.  He is quick to give hugs and kisses and of course bumps and high fives!  He is full of mischief and has already had his first black eye and plenty of scrapes.  I love how he still wants to snuggle and be held...he got bumped out of the baby role a little quick.  He loves books and climbs right up on your lap to read. Theo's vocabulary is exploding and I adore his attempt at words :) We cannot imagine our family without him being in the middle of it.  Truly blessed to be his mommy and daddy!!

WE LOVE YOU!!

Hard to believe he was this small!
6 hours old... 5 lbs

The big one year old last October!

Oh, two years old and full of laughter! 

Good morning birthday boy!

Theo's choice for breakfast...pancakes!

The big birthday present...a train table!!

He was so excited!
Of course within an hour it was destroyed :)

All three looking and new tears??  Love it!!

And the birthday dinner?  Piba (pizza)

And for dessert?  Yainbow (Rainbow sherbet)

My super quick attempt at cookies for his party
(not my best icing job, but they tasted good)

Maryn picked out fireman rain boots for Theo

No birthday would be complete without some wrestle time with Daddy!