Visitors for Thanksgiving

Several of Jake's siblings and their families came into town for Thanksgiving! It was so fun to see everyone. We had such a good time. Here is Elisabeth and Jacob taking a bath. I got to spend a lot of time with Elisabeth this trip and let me just say that I absolutely LOVE her. Who couldn't be charmed by those big brown eyes and full cheeks?

We went into the city one morning to go up the Hancock Observatory and eat real Chicago deep dish pizza. 

The Gillespies have a really fun tradition for Christmas where everyone wears matching pajamas to bed on Christmas Eve. This year we continued the tradition on Thanksgiving. The kids were so excited about their new jammies. 

These are most of the Gillespie Grand-kids (minus 6) These cuties rang from the ages of 3 months to 8 years old.

I am so grateful for my family. I really missed my Ambs family this Thanksgiving and I hope to see them soon but I loved being with the Gillespies. Even though I'm still one of the newest editions to the family everyone has really taken me under their wing and I love each one of them. This week I especially loved snuggling and and playing with my nieces and nephews, going on walks, seeing vampire movies, watching BBC mini series and eating lots of treats with my sister-in-laws, and going to the Chicago Temple with Jake's brothers and their wives.

A little Duckie Halloween!

Here's our little Duckie on Halloween. I tried to teach Jacob how to say trick-or-treat but it was gibberish to everyone except Big Jake and I. We also practiced trick-or-treating so he actually did really well. 

This year we went to the Church and did the Trunk-or-Treat and then on Halloween night we went around the neighbor and did a little Trick-or-Treating.

Happy Halloween!

The Pumpkin Patch

Jacob absolutely loved the pumpkin patch! It was a little cold but I was determined. We bundled up and had lots of fun. He loved the pumpkins and ran around saying "PUNKIN!" and tried to pick them up and throw them around. 

He was very protective of them and got very concerned when anyone got near "his" pumpkins.

This picture is for my Dad :)

He was very brave about feeding the animals. 

Jacob loved the animals. He was really excited once he decided that the real animals were better than his stuffed ones. He was really cute about making all the animals sounds as we passed. 

Boys will be Boys

I love this picture of my boys.

Daddy's Birthday Present

(Sorry these posts are so late)

Jacob really loves Jake's new basketball hoop. Everyday he asks to go outside by grabbing his shoes and whining at the door "BALL! BALL!". He is very persistent.

I love watching my Jakes play together. It was really fun going outside and playing basketball while the weather was nice.