Grandma and Papa Visit + some fun videos and quotes

Fun bike ride with the Shapiro's, with 2nd stop at OHSO brewery.

Petros's favorite brew

Viewing Phoenix from Dobbins Peak at South Mountain

President's Day ride to Tempe

Enjoying Tempe Town Lake with Grandma and Papa

Finally making cupcakes

Cheers!

First ride.

Selah was coughing one night, and I was acting nervous about it, and hoped she would be better by morning.  In the morning I went in to chat with her while she was waking up.  She lay next to Pet in bed.  She coughed lightly and looked immediately at me, probably expecting me to be worried again.  Before I could say anything, she sneezed.  Then she looked at me and said "I'm ok, mom.  If it's just coughing, then you're sick.  But if it's coughing and sneezing together, then you're ok."

Selah was feeling Petros's head.  "Does he still have that hole in his head mom?" I told her that he did, but that it was probably smaller.  She continued, "Yeah, it will probably shut up by the time he's a year old..."  She paused and thought.  "'Shut up' is not a nice thing to say if you are asking someone to be quiet, but it's ok if you're talking about a hole in the head."

We learned how to make a paperclip float on pure water!

Simeon!

Playing at Anika's house

Hiking in the Dreamy Draw

We love to have friends come play.  Say and Pet with Sim and Char.

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Papa and Grandma are in town

Enjoying Phoenix Winter

Selah feeds Petros twice a day

Petros's first long bike ride to Tempe Town Lake

Petros's first swing experience

Christmas in Texas (and Louisiana)

Santa's elves

Buddy's first Christmas

Grandpa's cookie factory

Daria and Selah take Christmas tea

So much fun with Grandpa and Granny

Lots of time with Uncle Matt and Aunt Andi

Presents

The only thing Selah asked Santa for was an electric train.

Casson, Blair, John

John, Chandler, Chase

"We love Chapman"

Money gifts don't have to be boring.

Christmas snow

Pete and Chase

Collecting a snowball to keep in the freezer

Visiting the Mathis side.  Here with Mamaw (Betty Sistrunk)

Selah with second cousins

Casson and his cousins Greg, Melissa, B.J., with Mamaw

Selah: (reading Casson's sock) Smart Wool.
Lisa: Where did she read that?
Casson: On my sock.
Selah: Yeah, Smart Wool.  (Then looking at her own socks) I have smart cotton.

Busy month

My cousins Jody and Michelle, holding the second cousins Sebastian and Pete

I love Lyle!

Vanessa is a majestic bride.

The most beautiful wedding day you can imagine!  Uncle Michael and Aunt Kate

Sim and Pet

So much has happened this month.  Babies have milestones like rolling over, which are fun.  But Uncle Michael and Aunt Kate got married on Oct 27th, and Aunt Vanessa and Uncle Jason got married on November 17th.  We've flown to Minnesota twice in three weeks!  Pete is an awesome flyer, and he can barely recover from the flight oxygen, sleeping 20 hours a day it seems, for  a week. The weddings were unbelievably fun.  Selah danced like crazy and ran around with the ring bearer Cristian, her second cousin, for hours at the Burdine wedding.  She made a new friend, Jayden, the ring bearer at the Peterzen wedding.  Pete got to be held by his great aunts all evening.  I don't remember ever having so much fun and feeling so much happiness in all my life!