First Snow

This morning we woke up to the first real snow of the season. I love the look of snow and how quiet it makes everything, but I will admit that I have driving in it. It is Lily's first snow so I thought that I would take her out and see what she thought of it.I got her started on her snow angel and then she kept it going.

Getting Ready for Christmas

I love Christmas, but this year is something new all together. Now that we have Lily I find myself thinking about so many different things and it is a little more stressful than before, but so much more fun. I love planning things for our own little family and working out some new traditions of our own little family.
I always try to get things done early so that I can relax and enjoy the season. Tyson hates shopping around Christmas so he stays happiest if the only store that we go to between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the grocery store. So, all of our shopping is done, gifts are wrapped and all is well. Our tree is up and Lily is fascinated with it, especially the lights.It looks like Lily and Oscar are trying to open some packages a little early.

Jumping, Jumping, Jumping...

Since I was a terrible mother and didn't take any "First Thanksgiving" pictures of Lily (since she slept through most of dinner) I thought that I would share a cute little video.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Family Pictures

When we were all together for Liz's wedding last month we managed to work in some family pictures. The family has grown so fast that our latest group picture was terribly out of date.
Our little family...We couldn't get a single picture with Lily smiling. It had already been a long day.
This is the current Kesler Family photo.If you want to know who anyone is ask, I'm too lazy to type out all the names.

...Six Months...

We are simply in awe of how fast this year has gone by. I can hardly believe that our baby girl is already six months old! This is such a fun age though. It is just such a joy to watch her grow and learn new things.

And as always, another month means another onesie!
The front:
The back:And as always, our favorite little model ...
Showing us the front with her big happy smile:The back: And of course our growing girl with her luvy:Lily has come to love her story books, but she always want to be the one to hold them these days.

Working the Camera

Lily was playing with daddy's cap this afternoon and I decided to take some photos. She has figured out how to work the camera!

Fall Leaves

We have a rather large crimson maple in our front yard and so this time of year the ground just gets blanketed with leaves. I love them though. I love the look, the smell, and the sound.
Anyway, Tyson has spent the morning outside raking up the leaves. Once Lily woke up from her nap and ate I took her outside to visit daddy. We sat her down in a pile of leaves and she loved them so I ran inside for my camera.

While I went inside Tyson decided to bury her in the leaves. When she sat up she was still buried up to her waist and loved it!Last of all is just a short clip of Lily playing with the leaves.
Oh, and other good news, our little girl has learned to sit up on her own!