Turkey Day and Trimming the Tree

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, celebrating with the whole Bishop family. It was great to see everyone and have some cousin time for play. Drake is quite a bit younger than the rest of his cousins, but he just jumped right in and played. It was a great family weekend if visiting and play. Evie was also able to finally meet her two boy cousins and her aunt and uncle.

Friday we went to get our Christmas tree at the "farm tree", as Drake calls it. We picked out a nice tree and spent this morning decorating. Drake did a great job of clumping the ornaments in the lower portion of the tree.

We have also given in and are using the Elf this year. It was given to us before Drake's first Christmas by David's sister because they never used it. I knew he would not understand it for the first two years and still this year, I'm not entirely sure he will get it. We have decided to use it to try to get rid of the beloved baa (pacifier). He was doing great without baa until Evie started using one and he decided he needed his back. Drake's elf, Eckleton, is going to report back to Santa on his usage of baa and if he does well, he will get an extra special gift from Santa. Nighttime sleep and nap one without baa are gong well...

  

One Month Old

Evie is celebrating her one month birthday today. She continues to eat, sleep, burp, and poop with regularity. To celebrate her first month, she decided to go four hours between both feedings last night, so I was able to sleep twice for three and a half hours at a time. Hopefully this trend will continue and we can get to five hours between nighttime meals soon!

Fall Festivities

Fall is officially here and the South Carolina weather is starting to actually have a fall crispiness. As Halloween approached, we took to some area events to get into the spooky spirit.

Our first stop was a local farm that has seemed to have found the recipe for successful agritourism. During the month of October, they have a pumpkin patch, corn maze, hay rides, and a number of activities for kids. It took Drake a little time to get warmed up to the place but in the end, we spent over two hours playing.

After the farm and a long nap, we went to our neighbor's house for pumpkin carving fun. The next night, we attended Boo in the Zoo. We made the mistake this year of going on the last night of the event. Last year we went the first weekend and did not have to wait at all. The 45 minute line we waited in this year was a departure from our first experience but Drake had a great time and a few of the animals were still out for viewing.

Last night for Halloween, we stuck to the neighborhood for trick-or-treating. Evie and I tagged along for a bit and then David and Drake continued on to visit more houses. Drake was dressed as Martin Kratt from the PBS show, Wild Kratts. My mom did a great job making his power vest, but Drake was disappointed that the Creature Power Discs did not work; he wanted to have creature power like on the show.