Belated Fair Pictures

The whole family went to the Fairfax Fair a couple of weekends ago. We figured we go for a couple of hours...ended up staying 5! Only got to stay that long because Sloane is a little trooper. She even took a nap! Paige had a great time. She went on a "roaster-coaster" all by herself. Since this, Paige spent several days at Busch Gardens with Poppy and Grammy. She ran them ragged...and had a blast. Thank goodness we have a roller-coaster girl! :)

New pics

Sloane's getting quite the personality... and ADORES Paige.

Paige's new "do"

Her summer cut :) It's just like Katie's...so it's ok.

Cute Sloane Video

Hopefully this shows up... at dinner last night, Paige had Sloane cracking up. I had a cute video of that, too, but thought this one of her talking and shaking her head was cuter. She's getting quite the personality! Hope everyone is well!

New pics...

Just posting some pics from April. Sloane and Paige are doing very well. Sloane is growing like a weed...she may catch up to Paige yet! She prefers any table food over baby food. Last night she had pork chops, black beans, corn and potatoes for dinner! Paige is doing well in school and enjoying her gymnastics class. Keep your eyes peeled for a possible ending to the Cowan Housing Journey. :)
Oh - a brief explanation of pictures. Doug & Paige going to the store for breakfast in pajamas; Paige wearing a hat on our Claude Moore Colonial Farm day; Paige in her new dress going to school; Paige mauling Sloane...again

Toofs and stuff :)

Just some new pics...mostly of Sloane. I think I feel guilty for not taking pictures of her, that now I ONLY take pictures of her! Poor Paige :) Yea, right.

Sloane is crawling!

The child started crawling just before 5 months. She's now EVERYWHERE and climbing EVERYTHING. It's hilarious to watch her. Here are some pics...I also threw in some cute ones from this month.

PAIGE

Thought I'd devote an entry to our eldest. This is Paige and Daddy playing in our first snow! The other picture is of Katie and Paige...evidently during playdates they like to pretend they live an entire day. Which includes dressing in pajamas and going to sleep. Whatever :)

Three pictures way too cute to pass up posting...

Sloane in her Guns 'n Roses onesie one of Doug's colleagues gave us. And Sloane finally enjoying some sweet taters! And another cute one in Daddy's hat just for fun...

Be prepared...many Christmas pictures to follow!!

Wow, what a wonderful Christmas weekend! So many nice things happened. Erika and her baby Abigail came over for a visit...that's the baby with Sloane below. We had a yummy Christmas Eve dinner with mom, dad, Carrie, Kofi and us...I made lamb for the first time and I thought it turned out great! Paige had a blast Christmas morning. We were at our house in the morning and then went to Grandma Carrie's in the afternoon. Paige got to open Sloane's gifts, too, so it was doubly fun. I'm sure next year will be even more exciting with Sloane moving around! Thank you everyone for all the spectacular gifts. I will send notes and pictures to each of you...at least in the next month :) Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!!!

Sloane & Cereal

She hasn't quite gotten the hang of it...but she laughed the whole time :)

Turkeys, tonsilitis and teeth...

We had a very nice Thanksgiving at the beach. Sloane and I left early Wednesday morning (after I went to the emergency care to get drops for the 'red eye' that I woke up with) and had zero traffic. We only had to detour for about 30 minutes to get around flooding at the beach. Doug, Grandma Carrie and Paige were supposed to follow a couple of hours later, but were detained by flooding (I told them to wait) and 95 S traffic. They arrived around 1am and everyone was happy. However, Wednesday night I started feeling really sick. I made it out of bed to eat some turkey (mom made a fabulous Tday dinner) and talk to my brother (thanks for calling, Tim!) and was back in bed until I was taken to the doctor on Friday morning (thanks, Dad). After waiting three hours (one doctor on duty) he didn't know if I had an infection or a virus - so he gave me a zpac to try and cover all of the bases. Oh, and some painkillers that worked like a champ. I remained in bed until Saturday morning when Doug drove his girls home. My 104 fever raged on until sometime in the night and so far I'm feeling better. I'm supposed to meet a girlfriend in Atlanta this weekend (without kids!) so keep your fingers crossed that my health does not deteriorate. We've been planning this since May! Anyway, I'm rambling. Here are some pics. Mom probably has some from T-day...I didn't take any. Hope everyone is well. Thanks to mom and dad for hosting a sick daughter and a teething baby...oh, did I forget to mention that Sloane is cutting her two front teeth!?!?!? And she also rolled over this weekend. Such a big girl.

Daddy & Daughter

Some cute pics of Doug with the girls. Yes, I know, I need to take some with them, too. Also a cute pic of Paige reading to Sloane.

Happy Halloween!!