Happy Thanksgiving!

Where did November go? Hard to believe its December at the end of the week! We just celebrated Thanksgiving with a weekend full of the famous "Sidell family fun." Jess, John & Mason made the journey north (yet again) for a visit (Thanks guys!). It was quite a sight getting all of the boys together - family gatherings will never be the same again! They are starting to actually notice each other and played together really nicely with only a few little bruises here and there :)


The boys are both doing really well and having lots of fun these days -sometimes, even together too!


Nick's imagination has just blossomed! One of his new favorite games is pretending to be Dr. Nicholas. For each patient, he takes blood pressure, listens to their heart (mine usually says "boop boop boop boop boop"), gives a bandaid, checks their mouth and throat (everyone has 20 teeth!), and of course, gives a few shots (using very avant garde methods as some are in the foot and hair). Very cute :)


Tim is working on his next pair of teeth. We're not sure if it'll be the upper or lower but he sure is chewing alot and drooling up a storm! He's doing much better in the eating department too. He'll eat some baby food these days although he still prefers to feed himself. Tim is also pretty mobile these days, scooting backward or rolling around the room. Plus, he's also on the verge of crawling - watch out! He's up on his hands and knees these days and will likely be moving in the next week or 2!!


A few more pictures in the November album:

November 2007

Surprise!

We did it! Greg, Nick, Tim and I flew out to Seattle a couple of weeks ago to surprise Nana for her 60th birthday. Thanks to careful planning and participation by friends and family on both coasts, we were able to pull off the surprise completely :) Great job to everyone!!
Nick & Tim on the airplane:


Tim & Zoe with Nana & Pepere at the party:


The boys had a great week visiting with Nana and Pepere!



Nick enjoyed a new fun activity every day and Tim was in heaven with all of the attention :)
Monday: a trip to the Point Defiance Zoo:


Tuesday: a trip to Jumpin' Jack and Jill's:


Wednesday: Halloween!:



Thursday: a trip to the Tacoma Children's museum:


Go Sox! (and here comes a tooth!)

To make sure that Nana and Pepere got to celebrate some of his milestones, Tim had a banner week while in Seattle. It started with the arrival of his first upper front tooth the night before we flew out (Oct 25). On Sunday and Monday, he added what we are calling his first words - ball and mama. He said "ba" while playing with the ball,

and "mama" while looking at me - ok, so maybe its a coincidence, but we just like to think that its because he's a prodigy ;) He rounded out the week by learning to feed himself - when we arrived, he couldn't pick up cheerios on his own; by the time we left, he was picking them up with his thumb and forefinger, and getting them into his mouth. And, not to be forgotten, the companion upper front tooth arrived the night before our flight back (Nov 2). Phew - quite a week!



More photos here:

Nana's 60th B'day Surprise