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Happy New Year
The kids had a great holiday season, with lots of quality time with their extended family. (And a wonderful week with their dad while their mom was on travel for work!)
It's cold!
For Thanksgiving... we were in Pittsburgh, where the kids got to visit with most of the Gallagher clan (we missed you, Denver Gallaghers!). Eleanor and Ian played in snow for the first time. Since we were not at all prepared for that kind of weather, they wore grocery bags in their shoes to keep their feet dry. (Thank goodness they got some respectable snow boots for Christmas from MomMom and PopPop Perese!) We visited with some of the O'Connells and Gallaghers, including Great Grandma O'Connell. The babies were a big hit in her assisted living community! Despite Eleanor's struggle with her molars and GiGi's little health scare, it was a great holiday.
The boy with his stick and his mother
A close-up of the make-shift snow boot
PopPop enjoys his coffee as the kids play in the snow
Owen, who turned 11(!) at Thanksgiving
For Christmas... we co-hosted again this year, spending the days leading up to Christmas between home and Mary and Chris' place in Annapolis. Neither Bernie nor Mannie and their families could make it to Maryland this year, so Mary and I had our parents all to ourselves! Eleanor and Ian practiced saying "GiGi" and "PopPop" as well as star, tree, Santa, and snowman. In Philadelphia, they enjoyed time with Nannie and her battery-operated, singing, dancing, holiday entourage. They also had a blast with Cousin Shane, who played with them and made them giggle. At PopPop and MomMom's Christmas party, they were fascinated with their 3-month-old second cousin Cassandra. We heard lots and lots of "BAY-BEE" that day.
Playing the hanky game with GiGi and PopPop Gallagher
Gazing at the tree on Christmas Eve
Eleanor meets baby Cassandra
Snackin' with PopPop Perese
Playing at the park with Nannie
For New Years... the babies slept right through the wild party we were having right below them - if take-out sushi, beer, and Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man counts as a wild party. It was a special anniversary for Kevin and I - we started dating on New Years Eve 1997!
Since then... Eleanor and Ian have been expressing themselves in new and interesting ways. They seem like wild little toddlers now who have mini-tantrums and fight over toys. Where did our sweet, passive little babies go? Did we leave them in Philly?
Ian, with the infamous orange hat
Eleanor, with a roasted chicken package
It's cold! For Thanksgiving... we were in Pittsburgh, where the kids got to visit with most of the Gallagher clan (we missed you, Denver Gallaghers!). Eleanor and Ian played in snow for the first time. Since we were not at all prepared for that kind of weather, they wore grocery bags in their shoes to keep their feet dry. (Thank goodness they got some respectable snow boots for Christmas from MomMom and PopPop Perese!) We visited with some of the O'Connells and Gallaghers, including Great Grandma O'Connell. The babies were a big hit in her assisted living community! Despite Eleanor's struggle with her molars and GiGi's little health scare, it was a great holiday.
The boy with his stick and his mother
A close-up of the make-shift snow boot
PopPop enjoys his coffee as the kids play in the snow 
Owen, who turned 11(!) at ThanksgivingFor Christmas... we co-hosted again this year, spending the days leading up to Christmas between home and Mary and Chris' place in Annapolis. Neither Bernie nor Mannie and their families could make it to Maryland this year, so Mary and I had our parents all to ourselves! Eleanor and Ian practiced saying "GiGi" and "PopPop" as well as star, tree, Santa, and snowman. In Philadelphia, they enjoyed time with Nannie and her battery-operated, singing, dancing, holiday entourage. They also had a blast with Cousin Shane, who played with them and made them giggle. At PopPop and MomMom's Christmas party, they were fascinated with their 3-month-old second cousin Cassandra. We heard lots and lots of "BAY-BEE" that day.
Playing the hanky game with GiGi and PopPop Gallagher 
Gazing at the tree on Christmas Eve 
Eleanor meets baby Cassandra
Snackin' with PopPop Perese
Playing at the park with NannieFor New Years... the babies slept right through the wild party we were having right below them - if take-out sushi, beer, and Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man counts as a wild party. It was a special anniversary for Kevin and I - we started dating on New Years Eve 1997!
Since then... Eleanor and Ian have been expressing themselves in new and interesting ways. They seem like wild little toddlers now who have mini-tantrums and fight over toys. Where did our sweet, passive little babies go? Did we leave them in Philly?
Ian, with the infamous orange hat 
Eleanor, with a roasted chicken package
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