24 Visit to Chez Fiore

Monday, December 17th, Liam and Kari visited Grandpa Fiore and Aunt Jenny for some ditilini soup. YUM! Thanks Jenny!

Liam was a hit in his preppy Polo sweater!

To think, I once worried about him being under-weight! He is over 12 lbs now and thriving.

Long time friend and neighbor (33 years!), Erin McCarthy Mockenhaupt and daughter Hannah, came across the street to visit as well.

23 Santa Comes to Town

Today Aunt Jenny and Aunt Margi came over to see their nephew and to make Million Dollar Fudge (mom's recipe) for the holidays. And what do you know? Santa came to town!

Aunt Jenny and the little reindeer.

Last night, Grandpa Fiore came to visit the boy and brought a feast for mom and dad. (It is not clear from the photo, but Liam is wearing a onsie with a photo of Gary Coleman saying "What cho talkin' 'bout Willis?")

Uncle David stopped by last week to drop off the photos he took of us.

Below, play time with Daddy. Liam is wearing a blue and white stripped outfit that Morgan Fukunaga sent from NYC. Thanks, Morgan!!

22 Lighting of the Christmas Tree in Old Town Alexandria

We ventured out in freezing cold weather to enjoy some holiday spirit and the lighting of the Christmas tree at Market Square in Old Town Alexandria with friends Kellie and Shawn Redfern.
Due to the cold weather, we didn't stay out too long. But we truly enjoyed ourselves and fired up the chimenea when we got home.

21 Thanksgiving and Ben's Birthday

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving at Aunt Margi and Aunt April's house in Baltimore. Because it was a pot luck, Aunt Margi had time to feed Liam a bottle.

April and Margi's friend comforted Liam while mommy and daddy ate some dinner.

For dessert, we celebrated Ben's birthday by indulging in Aunt Margi's famous pumpkin cheese cake, Ben's pumpkin roll, pumpkin bread, and apple pie. After dessert we had a ball playing Cranium.

20 Trip to Uncle Dave's for X-mas Photos

Kari's brother, Dave, is an amature photograpther. He took photos of us for the winter holiday. Thanks Dave!!

Kari and Liam at Dave's house.

The whole family out back at Dave's.

19 Our Puppy Duke's First Snow Too!

On July 1st, our pure bred, field bred, English Springer Spaniel, Daisy, gave birth to 5 male pups. We kept one, the trouble maker, Duke. So it was Duke's first snow also!

Duke the puppy dog - 5 months old

Duke and his brothers nursing on their birthday!

Above and left, Daisy the beautiful momma dog, 5 years old.

Below, Daisy (left) and Duke
(right), snoozing after frolicing in the snow:

Below, Duke in the nursery helping Kari with Liam...if "helping" means chasing his tail.

18 Liam at 2 months - First Snow!

Our little angel at 2 months old.

"Oh! I love to coo!"

Our little reindeer prepares for his first snowy adventure to meet mommy's co-workers.

"Ah, so toasty warm...I'll just have a little snooze before our trip."

"Mmmm...sun and snow. What could be better?"

"I'm all straped in and ready to go dashing through the snow!"

"Yea! We've arrived!"

Liam visits mommy's co-worker and friend Abby Gustafson at Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll.

17 Liam at 6 Weeks Old

Beautiful Baby Boy!

Daddy and Baby

Daddy, Baby, and Daisy