Mark & Jessie have had their 1st birthday!

Is it possible that Mark & Jessie are already 1 year old?  It is indeed.  It seems like only yesterday that we were visiting them every day in the NICU at Motts Children's Hospital.  How time flies.  We celebrated bday #1 with their Grammi Bonnie and Grampi John.  They shared a cupcake, well the frosting anyway.  Arthur hammed it up and, as you will see, the party was really hopping.  Enjoy...

November 2012

2012_11, a set on Flickr.

Here are some pics taken during the past month, including some taken at our Thanksgiving celebration at Grammi & Grampi Sherwood's. Toward the end, you will see a quick set of pics of Cathy and the kids meant to show off Mark's and Jessie's new birthday clothes. In these pics, you will see how Arthur has become Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes fame. Each photo was preceded by daddy saying "OK Arthur, now smile and BE STILL and don't make a funny face. Well....

Halloween trick-or-treating 2012

2012_Halloween, a set on Flickr.

We went downtown for trick-or-treating early in the day and had Sammy over for more in the evening. Way too much candy in the house.

Jessie "talks" with Mark & Daddy

Here's a cute video of Jessie showing off her peculiar communication skills.  Her communications here are much preferred to her normal screaming and screeching.  You might need to turn your volume up pretty high to hear all of her sounds.  She looks a bit like Dizzy Gillespie, don't you think?