Visitors from Idaho

We had many visitors in December.  One weekend my Uncle Bryce, Aunt Jessica, and cousin Merritt came to visit as part of their trip to London.  

We went to Peterborough Cathedral and saw their Evensong performance.

There was a Medieval market going on just outside where the vendors were all dressed in old English costumes.  I loved the guy on the right; he looked like he was straight from a Dickens story.

Checking out the swords.

Aaron's Mom Visits

I love this one.

We put up our Christmas tree.

We visited Blenheim Palace with Kay (Noelle's first day trip at 11 days old), and it was absolutely freezing.

Introducing Noelle Violet

She was born at 12:53pm GMT on November 24th and weighed in at 7 lbs 3 oz. Harmony did a natural birth (no epidural) and the hospital discharged her about 4 hours after the birth. Mom and baby are doing well here at home. 

Halloween

We went to the Ward Trunk-or-Treat.  Halloween is just catching on in UK.  This little Tigger was quite popular.

They both take a swing at the pinata.

The New Pond

Last week's heavy rain created a new pond in our back yard.  Lucas LOVES playing in water, and couldn't stay out of it.  Then Jack joined in.

Jack is looking so handsome and grown up.

Misc. Around Home

Reading bedtime stories

Here's me at 25 weeks, just before Aaron left on his 4-week trip.

We had some nice weather while he was gone. We spent a lot of time outside at the playground, riding bikes, and enjoying our new back yard.

I was thrilled when I found these gorgeous locally grown berries at the village market. Jack really loves raspberries, and enjoyed eating them with a little blueberry stuffed inside.

Lucas started attending the Preschool in our village 3 mornings a week, and really enjoys it.  (In some places it is called Playgroup or Nursery.)

It's good that these boys have each other.  They are always playing together when they are home.

We have some gorgeous autumn color in our neighborhood.  The white fence is our driveway.

Getting bigger, about 30-31 weeks.

Aaron had a birthday, and the boys put the candles on the cake.

Jack loves to play knights and dress up in any costume.  In the birthday photo above he is wearing his skeleton mask.

Jack has really started getting into drawing, coloring, and writing.  He spent most of Sunday doing that.

34.5 weeks, and now wearing Aaron's T-shirts instead of my own.  We have the Lazy-Boy in the computer room, so now we spend the evenings together there.  Aaron has been writing on his collaborative MormonDems blog, and I have been studying my HypnoBabies course to prepare for my upcoming natural birth.