Happy Halloween

There was a big Halloween party up at the house today. A bunch of the kids came by all dressed up for candy and fun. It was madness. There were a bunch of toddlers running around and even more adults chasing after them.

Dance lady bug, dance!


Alexa was Minnie Mouse


Ben just kept singing "Under the bridge downtown, is where I drew some blood..."


Mary and Joe hold Nora and Charlotte... I mean Tiger One and Tiger Two


Pound Puppy Paulie


Charlie as Mickey Mouse...


Meowwwwwww...

Cara's First Snow

It started snowing today, first snow of the season. Cara had never seen snow, so I brought her to the window to look. She laughed at it, so we wrapped her up and ran her outside to get a closer look.

Happy Birthday Nathan!

Nathan Van Rees was born today!

Sit Cara, Sit -- Good Baby

Cara sat up today... well, she sat forward. Okay, it is not exactly great posture but I think it passes for sitting. At a minimum, we are very proud of Cara for laying forward on her legs.

What what?

Visit from Nana and Grandpa

Cara loves it when Nana and Grandpa come up.

Cara's Crew

Cara and her crew hung out today.

Cara, Zach, and Ben

As you can see, Zach hates to be called "Cara's Crew." It's just because she was born first, buddy... and her dad posts these. Plus Zach's Crew has no alliteration; it would be Zach's... Zach's... uhhhhhhh, Burke's Buds. Sorry Ben, the squeeky wheel gets the grease... you're in SOMEone's group.

Cara Joan in Cara's Jeans

Cara is such a little munchkin but from time to time she seems to be getting big so quickly. She weighs less than 20 pounds, but when we put her in this outfit with a little pair of jeans Cara seemed like a first grader. Hopefully she can sit up, walk, and talk by the first grade, but most of you know where I am coming from. This is such a little kid outfit as opposed to her normal infant onesy! Sure, the jeans have buttons all up the inside seam so we can get at her diaper, but what adult hasn't wished for and wouldn't appreciate those from time to time? Am I right or am I right? Who's with me? Is this thing on?

Forever in blue jeans


It's a hard life, hanging out on the play mat all day,

Nora Andrews Welcome!

Nora Andrews was born earlier this week and this is our first picture of her... I am sure there are others out there, this is OUR first one though. She is cute! She's the closest to Cara in age, so they are new best friends.

The newest cousin, Nora!

What up, Cuz?

A bunch of the kids were over this weekend. Charlie loves these family photos.

Patriots Sunday

Cara was set for the Pats game this week... we ended up putting a longer shirt on her since she was obscenely showing her belly to all!

Patriots Sunday Baby

These were cute, but I don't know why they came out of the camera like watercolor paintings! Let me know if you do.