Six months old!

Pensive Simon . . .

Happy Simon!

Sweet potato Simon- yum!

I can't believe Mr. Merrick is 6 months old already!  Time has flown by- much quicker with the third!  I can't believe how much he is changing every day.  Some of what he has been up to:  he loves making grunting noises to hear his voice, he's a mover and a shaker- he'll move all over his crib- rolling over front to back and back to front, he loves to bounce, he still does not want anything to do with a nuk/pacifier (I actually gave up on that a while ago!), he's been consistently sleeping 12+ hours during the night (knock on wood), he loves watching and interacting with his big brother and big sister- and Zero, he's a rock star when it comes to eating- he started cereal 6 weeks ago and he just had his first bite of sweet potatoes today and loved them!, he's still our little runt- but slowly moving up the curve (from 21% to 26% in weight at appt. this week!) 
I love watching them grow into their own little person!

Christmas Trees

We have two little Christmas trees that Ethan and Lucia decorated this year.   I did not help them decorate their trees aside from putting the hooks on the ornaments and handing them out.  I also wasn't paying too much attention where they were putting the ornaments because Simon was a little fussy.  So, here are their decorated trees- Lucia's is the top pictures, Ethan's is the bottom.  I chuckled when I saw Lucy's tree!   

Ethan did a pretty good job spacing his ornaments out.

Lucia chose to hang the majority of her ornaments on one branch- to each their own!

So tired!

I couldn't believe it when Jim called me into the living room to see what Lucia was up to!  She actually fell asleep in this position!  Jim moved her to the couch after I snapped a picture.

Thanksgiving

What a great Thanksgiving we celebrated!  First we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for meal #1.  It was great spending time with family and relaxing!

Jim and Grandma Sue- Thanks for hosting Thanksgiving Grandma and Grandpa- it was great!

Lucia and Mamma

Uncle Dave and Simon.  I think Simon enjoyed his first Thanksgiving!

Simon and Grandma Ginny getting reacquainted!

We ended Thanksgiving at Francesca and Jarrod's house for meal #2.  Another great meal and another great time with family and friends!  

Downtown Lights

The night before Thanksgiving, Nonna, Gigi, Bree, Ethan, Lucia, Simon, and I took a walk downtown to see the lights.  They sure were pretty!

What's better than running around Rosa Parks Circle when no one else is there?

Some of the shops decorated window displays

Ethan and Lucia running down the hills by the Ford Museum.  

Napping buddies

Lucia will rarely nap in her bedroom anymore- but she almost always falls asleep when cuddling with daddy!