Dress up

As soon as Talia was born, my mom brought down some of my cute outfits that she had saved from when I was little. At the time, they were too big for her to wear as she was a tiny one for the first month or so, but in the past few months, she has been able to fit into some of my ruffly, lacy outfits. It's so fun to see how styles have changed and to see her dressed up in a few of the outfits my mom saved. I even remember some of my dollies wearing these clothes as they also got to play dress up when I was little!

These are some cute pics of her in one of my early outfits. This was also a dress I used to put on my dolly, Wendy, all the time :) (4 months old)

I love this vintage onesie! And I love how she posed for these pics :) (6 months old)

I love this ruffly romper! I was trying to get a good shot of her in all its glory, but since we have a mover now, it was nearly impossible to get a good shot! (almost 7 months)

And there are a TON more outfits that I wish we had time to put on her! I also think a few she has already grown out of. But at least we got to try out these!

Election Day!

Yesterday we celebrated Election Day in the George household by wearing our red, white and blue and by being glued to the election results all evening. I've considered myself a somewhat political person who tries to stay abreast of the important local and national policies. Even though I've always been interested and knowledgable about certain laws/bills/policies for as far back as I can remember (a special thank you to my fourth grade teacher who made running for grade school office fun!), I really got into it when Kerry was running against Bush in '04 and surprisingly lost. After that, I made sure to keep in-the-know about certain things happening and especially excited when the presidential election happens every four years. I'm one of those people who think of it like the Super Bowl. I'm a political nerd, I know.

Anyhoo, I also got our little ones into this year, whether they realized it or not. I snapped a cute pic of them wearing their red, white and blue!

Army Crawler!

We have an army crawler!! Talia scooted/army crawled for the first time at Trac & Dave's house on Saturday, 11/3!! It's crazy because she just started sitting by herself last month and is now already moving herself around. It will probably be any time before she'll want to move around on two legs to keep up her brother!

Portland trip - Wine tasting, Baby James & Lo's shower!

This past weekend, we once again made the trip to Portland for a packed, packed weekend. But anything else would be boring, right?

This time, we decided to stay with Traci and Dave at their new house since most of our activities were on the westside and since they all involved friend activities that both Trac and I went to.

Another reason to love Portland in the fall... This was snapped right around the corner from Trac & Dave's.

After getting my hair did (finally!) on Saturday, Trac and I met up with the girls for Lyndsey's sport-themed wine tasting birthday trip. Out of all the times I've been wine tasting, I've never been wine tasting in the fall before and can't believe what I've been missing! It was absolutely spectacular! Brian, meanwhile, stayed at the Klockes with Tristan and Talia. One of his first Daddy Duties with both kiddos. It probably would have gone smoothly, had it not also involved an all-day football event with a group of guys who were shouting at the TV all day. Talia was not into men screaming during her nap time! And I'm pretty sure the guys-without-kids realized even more that children are not in their future :)

I mean,...can you say amazing?? You'd think I spent all my time just taking pictures of the scenery. But, don't worry, I got in my fair share of wine, too :)

Proof that there was plenty of tasting. And the one below shows what happens to a group of 30-somethings when the wine is free-flowing.

Then the next day, we went over to the Corrados to meet baby James. How sweet and adorable he is! We were also pretty excited to see that he was sporting Tristan's old outfit and blanket. From the amount of clothes we were able to pass along to them, I'm pretty sure they won't have enough days to wear all the outfits, just like us!

And then later that night, we went over to Ali's for Laura's baby shower. I also can't wait to meet her sweet little girl in the next few weeks!

It's been so much fun to watch these little ones grow up together in the past couple of years. I look forward to many more years ahead!

The girls having tea at their table!

Beautiful Lo!!! She looked so great, just weeks before her due date!

Another pic of all the kiddos together. So crazy how many we've had of these in the past 2 1/2 years on this couch...and hopefully many more as the years go on!

What a great weekend with wonderful friends!!

Happy Halloween!

What a fun, packed Halloween we had! It was even more exciting because this was the first year that Tristan really understood what was happening. The past few weeks have been spent talking about costumes, pumpkins, trick-or-treating, etc. and reading Halloween books. SO much fun!

Since Tristan loves Jake and the Neverland Pirate band, we decided to dress both him and Talia as pirates. In fact, the whole family went as pirates. Brian and I have a tradition to match our costumes each year. Yes, we are THAT couple :)

Tristan and his "Potato Head" pumpkin. Also love the bed head :)

Pumpkin breakfast with pumpkin pancakes shaped into a pumpkin, drinking out of his pumpkin cup. Yes, I am an elementary school teacher :)

Tristan & Talia in Outfit #1 before going out for our morning walk.

Everyone had to have a turn on the slide...yes, even the dogs :)

After the park, we walked a few miles to a little coffee shop for lunch. Tristan did great riding his bike the whole way! We got quite a few smiles/laughs from passerby cars as they were pretty shocked to see Spiderman cruise by on his bike :)

Attempts #32 & 54 to get both kiddos to look at camera while smiling. Oh well.

All the kiddos at the Goodys house before we went trick-or-treating!

The pirates out collecting candy. I wish I would have gotten a full-body shot of Brian as a pirate (sans coat) - it was SO believable!!

Us girls came back to the house before the boys and warmed up by the fire. We weren't prepared for how cold it would be that night!

What a fun Halloween!!

Danner Family Fun!

Last weekend, my brother, Bridgit, Lincoln and my Dad came to visit us for the weekend! It was my Dad's first time seeing our new place (and the first time in Bend in quite awhile), so we decided to pack in as much as possible!

The first thing Big Grandpa and Tristan did together was have a jam session, of course. Since Tristan shares his grandpa's love for music and guitars, they jammed out with the guitars, then made their way to the drum set. Tristan was in heaven!

Since both Tristan and Big Grandpa needed their guitars re-strung, we of course needed to stop by the guitar store! Big Grandpa also gave Tristan a tutorial on all things guitar while there. A boy after his Big Grandpa's heart :)

Eli came over to visit and of course the boys had to play with the dump trucks!

Big Grandpa had to get some snuggle time in with Talia :)

Trav, Bridg, Brian and I (with Talia!) even got to have a night out while Big Grandpa played at home with the boys. It was a bit of a last-minute idea which explains why I'm rocking the no-shower-hair-pulled-back look :)

Out to breakfast on our last morning at our favorite breakfast spot.

We LOVED having our family over to visit!! Always good times with great people!