Grab a beverage and snuggle in tight, this is going to take a while!

I am so far behind I think I'm in the lead!


Where to start? How about.....10/10/10. Because it's a fun date and it's the day we Baptized Marcus. :) I already posted a little about the day so here's a few pictures.

The next big event for us was on 10/19/10. That's exactly 5 months after Marcus was born. He became a COUSIN again! Ruby Brianne was born very early in the morning weighing in at 8 lbs. and some change. She was almost as big as Marcus! We weren't feeling well that day so we waited a few days to meet our new cousin. It's hard to tell in these pictures just how close they are in size since Marcus is swimming in his jammies! [sidenote: those jammies fit him now. :( ]

Shortly after cousin Ruby was born, Marcus hit a couple milestones. He rolled from his belly to his back a few times. And he started smiling. Once the smiling started, the giggles weren't far behind. And as lame as it is to admit this, I cried the first time he giggled. It was the most precious thing I'd ever heard. :)

This is his "what damage can I do today" look.

Marcus celebrated his first Halloween on Saturday the 30th because I had to work on the 31th. We really didn't do much. In fact I didn't even dress him up. He had a couple of cute onsies to wear and some halloween jammies. But that's about it. It was cold and rainy and I didn't need the candy! So we just stopped by Grandma and Grandpa's to say hello and then called it a night.

November was pretty quiet until Thanksgiving. We started the morning out by cheering for Aunt Liz. She entered a 5K so we headed to the finish line to see her. She finished in 34ish minutes and the temp that morning was a balmy 8 degrees. Marcus was the only warm one among us since I had him in his snow suit.

Later that day we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's for some yummy food and to look at the Black Friday ads. It was nice.