Thanksgiving at the Raglands

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving at my parent's house. Jack got to meet lots of people and dogs that he's never met before. Maybe in a future post we'll have pictures of the large dogs licking my son's face. In the meantime, enjoy some pics from our time together.

Jack and my Dad.


The fam at a local Starbucks. Of course Jack's was decaf.




These are my two brothers. I think this is their first appearance on the blog. Believe it or not, Josiah (the one on my left) is only 13! Ben is training to be a DC firefighter. Isn't that a face you'd want pulling you out of the flames. :)

It was accidentally brown and blue day. I guess it's not a surprise when I'm the one who picks out clothes for the whole family.

These "clothes" were picked out by my mother. Look at those muscles!

So much to give thanks for!

Happy, Sleepy, and Showy

Once upon a time there were three elves named Happy, Sleepy, and Showy. One day Showy convinced his brothers to make a music video with him for Christmas, and the rest is history. Click here for "history".

Seafood and Reading with Nonna

Jack has been doing some funny things recently. One of them is he likes to put things in his mouth and leave them there. Recently I caught some pictures of this because it looks so funny! Here he is eating a shark.


And here he chomps on some shrimp.

Later that same day Nonna was reading one of her favorite books to Jack, The BIG Picture Story Bible. Look how interested he is!

How cute!

Time with Daddy

Inching Closer

Jack has a secret. He's pretty sure he wants to marry Meg Wilcox, but since he can't talk he just dotes on her in private and does his best to impress her when they're together. Take for example a recent visit. His first move was to drool all over himself (he thought she would definitely be impressed with the amount of drool he could work up because she's pretty good at that too!).


His next move was to sit up on the couch with her, pretending to be interested in something else, but all the while plotting his next move.


And finally, after a little help from Mommy, he moved as close as he could without giving it all away.

Aren't they cute together?!

Harvest Party!

Our church hosted a Harvest Party on Halloween night. Mom and Dad bought him a Tigger outfit and he wore it with pride. They called him Tiger Woods at the Hole-in-One game. Here he is in his outfit right before we headed out.


They had a tiger cut out near the entrance and it fit us perfectly.

Family portrait...

We were dressed up as parents. (Sometimes I still feel like it's an act!)

p.s. We don't have another addition to our family, Mr. Newquist just snuck in accidentally.

Grammy and Papa Came for a Visit

Papa and Grammy came for a long weekend visit. Jack had a wonderful time with them. It's been 6 months since he saw them last so they had lots of catching up to do.

They even brought a couple early Christmas presents which Jack promptly ate! We had a wonderful time and can't wait for them to come back!