Vivian's Gotcha Day November 26, 2007

We spent our "Gotcha Day" again with the Dave, Janet and Charlie Holdsworth's. This is the day that we met Vivian!
Charlie and Vivian made pizza's for us and for dessert, Mr. Dave gave Vivian and Charlie each a shot (or two) of whip cream!

Picking Out Our Christmas Tree

Although the weather was mild, we all bundled up and went up to pick out our Christmas tree. The Knights of Columbus is selling trees this year for our NET Team (the youth at our church) so we decided to patronize them rather than cut our own. Daddy was worried we would be there forever because Mommy is so picky. She says it must be straight, thin, and TALL!!! Well Jeremy had the perfect tree ready for us and it is beautiful! Vivian had her first taste of hot apple cider. She quickly learned to sip the cider.

Alaina's Baptism

Fr. Gregory Abbott Baptized Alaina into the Church of St. Michael. We were blessed to have many of our family present, and prayed for those who were not.


Godparents Auntie Gail and Uncle Mark.
Both sets of Grandparents.








Alaina and Vivian with all their cousins.
(from the left~Ethan, Trevor, Spencer and Logan)

Swimming at Lifetime Pool

Grandpa Sommer, Mommy, Daddy, Trevor, Vivian and Alaina went to the pool. It was Alaina's first time in a pool. Aunt Gail, Uncle Mark and Spencer were at the Mall of America and Grandma Sommer and Aunt Dawn stayed home to rest. Alaina was her old self splashing around just as she does in the bathtub (the pool was just a bigger version). We were at the pool for about 3 hours and for the first 2 Vivian did not touch the slide. During the last hour we were there, she probably went down the slide about 50 times!

The girls should definitely be ready for our trip to Arizona to vist Great-Grandma and Grandpa Ness on the 30th of November.

Thanksgiving Dinner

We have a lot to be thankful for this year. Our family is very fortunate to have Alaina home with us. As many of you know, some of the families have not been as lucky. We have some very dear friends that have not been as fortunate that we ask you to keep in your prayers.

Alaina Meets Grandma & Grandpa Sommer

Grandma & Grandpa Sommer came to visit. They were the first to arrive for our festivities! We decided to celebrate Thanksgiving and Alaina's Baptism together.

After Grandma went with Cory to pick up Vivian, she had to show Grandma her newly decorated room and where she was to sit for their tea party!

Dr. Sommer

Dr. Sommer, you are wanted in surgery. Are you kidding me, I was just getting ready to go to bed!

Vivian has been learning about different professions at her daycare. This week they talked about doctors and how they helped all of us when we are sick.

Last Christmas Auntie Dawn gave her this Dr. Kit and Vivian has now put it to good use. Here you can see how she is fixing all of Daddy's owie's!

Alaina's New Teeth!

You wouldn't know it by this picture, but Alaina has gotten 2 new teeth! Her top front teeth have been pushing their way through. She has been dying to eat solid foods, watching us intently as we put all this yummy stuff in our mouths! Here she is eating a toast. She did pretty good until she put too much in her mouth with the last bite. Unfortuantely all that she did manage to eat came right back up!