November

These months are just flying by!! We had a great November!  The first weekend of November, Matt officially became a Tough Mudder!  He did this race with a few other men called the Tough Mudder.  It is basically a 12 mile obstacle course complete with lots of mud, water, electric shocks, and many other things.  We were so proud of him!  The following weekend, we headed down to Atlanta.  I was there a few days before Matt go there, so I spent some time catching up with some of my Atlanta friends and meeting new babies!  Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of that time with friends, but Hannah and Ethan had a blast playing with everyone! We picked Matt up from the Airport Thursday and met some great friends from Boston for dinner.  It is so fun that our worlds can collide sometimes and those we knew and loved in Boston (atleast a few of them!) are now in Atlanta and we can see them from time to time.  We also celebrated Matt's birthday that weekend, and Hannah had a great time eating blue cake!!  We love fall and as you will see from the pictures, Hannah loved playing in Grandaddy's leaves.

About halfway through the month, Hannah got her second ever haircut!  She did such a great job and was very proud of her new do!  And then we of course finished off the month with Thanksgiving.  Life with 2 kids always brings unexpected adventures, and this year, Thanksgiving week proved this to be true.  The Saturday before Thanksgiving, Hannah woke in the middle of the night with a high fever, and we discovered at the doctor's office on Monday that she had come down with the flu.  It was iffy on whether or not we would make it to Thanksgiving Day festivities in Atlanta, but luckily the Tamiflu did the trick, and Hannah was fever free in time to make the drive!  We had a great time at Aunt Lauri's house and were so thankful for her hospitality.  We were doubly blessed because both Matt's parents and my parents were able to be at the Pratt's for Thanksgiving dinner.  It is a rare treat to have them together and it was so fun being around so much family!  Hannah absolutely LOVED playing with Aaron and Andrew and reading with Elizabeth.  Ethan happily went to anyone who would hold him and showed off his sitting skills playing in the great room!  The day after Thanksgiving, my parents had my sister and her family and my brother (we missed his wife, Melissa, so much!) over for dinner, so we were thrilled to be able to see them and as always Hannah just had a wonderful time with her cousins.  Sunday morning on our way out of town, we had the very special treat of seeing our friends, the Frey's, as they were in town all the way from Boise, ID!  It was a short visit with them, but so wonderful!!