Making Up for Lost Time!

So sorry for the lack of posting. We got our technical glitch sorted out, and hopefully we are back on track. The blog should now be private. We have to send you an invite for you to be able to see the blog now. (Supposedly.) Please let me know if you want me to send an invitation to another email address, or if you know of anyone who didn't get an invitation.

In the meantime, here's what you missed:

Sabine had a joint birthday party with her daddy this year.

We tried to do immediate family and friends, and we still managed to have quite a party. We went for an Elmo/Broncos theme this year. Mommy had some hits and misses in the creativity department.


(hit)


(miss) -- Though, to my credit, people had already started to dip into the veggies, so it wasn't quite this bad to start with.



Vanilla to start



Chocolate and red-icing-ed Elmo to finish.

Mommy and Daddy also went away for their first joint weekend away without the Little Miss. Grandmom and Grandpa came over to stay with Sabine, and I'm not sure she really even noticed we were gone. We missed her a lot, though, but managed to have a blast with our friends at our (gulp) 10 year college reunion. Luckily, one of my very dearest friends was able to stay for a while longer since she has family in the area, and we were able to get together with our daughters at the Butterfly Pavillion.

Sabine was thrilled to see Miss A, who is almost a year older than she is, but just as affectionate and extroverted as Sabine. Sabine was IN LOVE. And there was much affection by the girls and grinning by the mommies.



We've also already had a few snowstorms:



And Sabine continues to dislike anything covering her hands.



We even made her first snowman, and it was a success...unfortunately mommy forgot to take the camera settings off of manual, so the only pictures I got were way over-exposed. Oh well.



Then we had Halloween, Sabine went as a lion this year, and could tell you what her costume was if you asked her. She often included a ROAR for effect.



Candy went over better this year.



We let her have quite a few pieces, and she had something like a sugar hangover the next day. It was apparently worth it.



The weather's warmed up again, so we've spent a lot of time outside, although both Sabine and I have another cold right now.

We wish you a warm and happy Thanksgiving, and hope to post more soon.