...thanksgiving & babies!

we had the best time in susanville for thanksgiving. good food & fun was had by all! everyone was able to make it (including gigi marlene all the way from texas & shannon & kevin from idaho)! paige had fun playing in the leaves and in boxes- who needs toys? paige is smitten with uncle kevin (watch out daddy- you have some competition). nana paula & paige had fun sweeping the leaves in the back yard (nana swept - paige trampled through her pile - nana swept & it went on like that). we also had our christmas celebration and got to open presents! one of the highlights for me was getting to cut down our own christmas tree. if you know me well you know that i LOVE christmas and apart from my love of santa it is hard to compete with my love of christmas trees. i used to drive my family crazy at the lot trying to pick out the perfect tree. the tree we picked out is beautiful and HUGE...it was fun to see aaron chop it down! i have used every last strand of lights i can find in my stash of decorations to cover it. so fun. thank you papa randy for taking us up in the hills of susanville for my beloved tree!

in other news baby #2 is doing well- i am almost half way through the pregnancy!

if you want to see some pictures of paige from a few weeks ago check out the zakaryan blog. kim took them during our trip to southern california for katie's shower (we anticipate baby smith coming arrival this month- hopefully sooner than later for katie's sake)!

and finally- here are a few goofy pictures that the sherfields took/manipulated on their computer while babysitting paige. i guess it was really funny seeing her reaction to each new image as she of course said "baby" a million times (that is her favorite word and favorite thing for the moment...we hear "babies" a billion times a day).

baby

block head baby

alien cat baby

dumb jock baby

...giggles, sunglasses and more!

a few weeks ago we went to pine flat lake dam (i think that is what it is called) and got some fresh air. it was a beautiful and crisp day and hopefully the first of many outings paige will go on in the near future. i am loving winter- but on days like that i am excited for spring and all the outdoor adventures to embark upon!

hippy chick paige!

this picture is blurry- but i don't care. this is a very typical paige smile and we rarely catch it on camera...she must love her new heart sunglasses!

we got away for the weekend last week to pleasanton. my brothers band 77straight was in a battle of the bands competition and we have never heard him play. it was really cool to be there and finally get to see him play. he loves his music and i have to say they are very talented musicians...who knew you could have fun at the golden skate on a saturday night? paige could not make it to the show...but i have a feeling she is going to be uncle drew's biggest fan!

and of course paige loves aunt fifi too. they matched so perfectly i had to get a pic. the saddest part of our weekend however was that aunt fifi got really sick and we could not see her the rest of our trip. it was sooooo sad. i did sneak away with her the last night i was in town to go see JUNO (go see this move- it is refreshing and delightful and funny and sooooo good). what a fun little date we had (i left paige with grammy...so it was a nice break too).

asleep with daddy again...this girl loves her daddy!

the christian family came to visit us for a night and it was so much fun! josiah is growing like a weed and is a cute little man. he is the spitting image of his daddy.

we got to meet raegan for the first time and she is the spitting image of her mommy

i loved holding little raegan...she is just a doll. very smiley and social. she is so little and i kept saying that i could not believe paige was that small just a few months ago.here the girls are looking at each other- we know they are going to be great friends!

raegen (2 1/2 months) & paige (5 months)

i cannot get this picture turned around- but this is another cute outfit from gigi marlene! paige is so spoiled...but i love it. she has more clothes than me!

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paige is hoping to be the best break dancing civilian in fresno!

i wonder who could teach her a few moves?

here are 2 new videos...one of paige in her new hat (thank you grammy) and one of her adorable giggle. i apologize that the footage is terrible...but i was trying to get her giggle and she only lets it out on rare occasions...she is always smiling...but it is rare when sound actually comes out! enjoy!

...happy new year!

our girl paige is officially 4 months old...wow she is growing fast!

this is a little outfit from grandma paula...it is so cute and even has a bunny in the pocket.



thanks gigi marlene for my new sweater! i look so cute!
a christmas extravaganza...
hanging with daddy...
...and mommy!

we spent a few days after christmas with the panfilio crew! we had a great visit and soaked up a lot of quality time...we don't get to see them very often...so it was really nice. lots of good food, great gifts, laughter, a few movies, games and plenty of good conversation. we loved having everyone in our new home and sharing paige's first christmas together.

gigi marlene
auntie shannon & uncle kevin
uncle kevin loves paige...just loves her!

falling asleep with granddad randyit's a bird, it's a plane...it's super paige!

auntie shannon & grandma paula had so much fun with paige- doesn't she look like a doll in this outfit! we were lucky to get some "hand-me-downs" from jessica manoukian (quite possible one of the best dressed little girls i have ever met)! thank you jessica!
saying goodbye was so sad...gigi only got to be here one day...hope to see you all again soon.


we spent a few days before christmas with the morse clan...complete with izzy & rusty!

paige must be thinking...."how did i get into this family?"

aunt fifi loves this girl....she is a baby whisperer...always lulling paige to sleep!
paige is talking up a storm these days! she can jabber on & on for ten minutes or more!