Verry Merry!

I am sadly in the process of taking down all of the Christmas decorations and let me tell you, I am not happy about it. Christmas time is the best. Plain and simple. Adding a sweet little baby to Christmas makes it even better. This year we spent Christmas with Michael's family and then headed to celebrate with my family the following weekend. SO much fun...and SO much food. I kept telling myself that I had eaten enough until next Christmas and to just stop....but...I didn't. Penelope got many kisses, snuggles, presents, and pictures taken of her this year. So I will share! 

Don't mind me... Just trying to recreate some shots I've seen on Pinterest. Haha.

Christmas Eve 

Christmas Day

New walker from grandma & grandpa Crisafulli. 

MORE boots! Yay, thanks aunt Brandie! Now we just have to figure out how to keep them on!

Too much fun, nap on daddy time!

Cousin love

Speaking of cousins.. I think Gi was excited about not being the only girl around this Christmas! More pink and all things pretty this year! 

Great Christmas with the Crisafullis' 

Unfortunately, this Christmas was a little rough on my grandma. She recently had stomach surgery and is on a liquid diet (the worst, right? No Christmas dinner!) She hated not being able to pick up and hold Penelope like usual but it didn't stop her from giving P lots of love! 

If you notice my dad being a dork while sipping his drink...he was trying to be. Photobomber!

My dad can't help but spoil P. It seems like every time we see him he has something that he just couldn't resist for her. I'd have to say this is my favorite so far! Her hippo rocker..so stinkin' cute! 

Thank you to everyone who has been part of our lives this past year. It has been nothing short of incredible. All of the gifts, cards and love is VERY much appreciated. 

And speaking of cards... You WILL be getting a Christmas card from us. The company didn't ship them until Christmas Eve, (extremely annoyed about this!) so they are going to be a little late getting to you! Apologies!  

Love,

The Crisafullis' 

November

I am having a hard time believing that November has not only passed but Christmas is less than two weeks away.. Yikes! November was a fun filled month for us. Michael and I both celebrated our birthdays, my dad came to Glendive for Thanksgiving and Penelope continued to grow..and grow! The holiday season is about 100% more fun with Penelope around...and a bit more hectic as well. Everything takes SO much longer to do but it is also just that much sweeter. Between Christmas shopping, wrapping presents and entertaining Pen, my blog has taken the back burner, so let's catch up! 

November 1st Penelope turned 4 months old! She is still just a little thing (according to growth percentile charts) but we think she is just perfect! 

On November 4th we celebrated our nieces birthday with grilled cheese and tomato soup (at her request) cute! She is growing up so quickly and is such a little character! This year she is adding hip hop into her dance classes and I must say it suits her perfectly! She is always busting sweet moves now and challenging her uncle Michael to dance offs! Ahhh...love you Gi! 

The next day was Mike's birthday! 

The coolest thing about Michael's birthday (Nov.4) is that mine is 5 days later! Ha :)

We celebrated by eating at Mexico Lindo, a local restaurant and a personal favorite. Then we headed to Richie and Jamie's house afterward for cake and presents. 

On the following weekend, we went to Billings.

Michael's card & gift from my dad

Since we found out we were expecting on my birthday last year, I skipped the birthday drinks. So this year I made up for it! 

That night my dad took on babysitting Penelope so we could have a (much needed) night out! Thanks again, dad! 

I had a little bit too much fun......

 And let's just say my hair and expression looked A LOT like this the following morning.....

Let's move on to Thanksgiving 

My dad joined us in Glendive this year which was so nice! We really enjoyed having him! 

Here are some pictures of our Thanksgiving festivities! 

Mom and P ate too much and got sleepy. And that means it was the perfect Thanksgiving in our books. 

Ooooofta!! Lots to catch up on! A couple of other things that happened in November are Penelope's eagerness to hold her bottle and her new love for her floor activity center. While this is all fun and exciting, I can't help but be a little sad to see her growing so fast. Slllooooowww dowwwwn little P :( 

That is all for now! As you can see, we have been busy...and Penelope wants to eat some peas! :)