Mommy's at 32 weeks with baby brother...

Bowling!!

Kate had her first bowling experience yesterday morning with her buddies from school. Unfortunately, the excitement lasted all of 15 minutes for her, and only slightly longer for the twins. But isn't she the cutest little bowler you've ever seen?

A little demo from Daddy...

Lining it up...

About to give it a whirl...

The release and funny reaction!

....and then bowling was boring, and she pretended to play some of the arcade games at the bowling alley!

Kate and Max in the midst of a meltdown (lunch time/nap time was approaching VERY quickly)...

Disney on Ice - TOY STORY 3!!!

One of the daycare parents had tickets for a suite at Wells Fargo Center in Philly for Toy Story 3 on Ice yesterday, so we jumped on the offer, and took Kate to see her favorite toys skate and sing for most of the afternoon. She LOVED it. We didn't tell her we were going until she woke up in the parking lot, and even then, I'm sure she wasn't quite sure what to expect. Now, she is hoping to go ice skating sometime soon, and has been "acting out" scenes or lines from the movie/show since we got home! It's adorable, and we're really glad she enjoyed herself.

CANDY!!!

Kate's friend's dad supplied the kids with Starburst and gummy worms at the show, which Kate had never had, so she was pretty psyched about it...

And despite the boys running around among the seats, Kate was perfectly content to enjoy the show, and her candy, from her seat...

Almost the entire crew of kids (most of the boys are 5, and little Abigail was the only other girl, and she's only 1!)...

Ahhh, Christmas vacation...

Kate got a Lite Brite for Christmas, one of Jesse's and my favorite games from our childhood, so we were psyched when Kate wanted to open it the other day. It certainly took some help from us to get her going with it, and she's not even strong enough to push those pegs through herself without a lot of effort, but we managed to get through her first picture, and she was pretty excited!

Just hanging out watching TV...

Fully consumed by the end of Toy Story 3 while visiting Fopper, Tyler and Baby Ella today!

Merry Christmas!!

Working diligently, as always, on her stocking stuffers...

We spent Christmas Day with some of the Judy's at Jared and Gina's house. Isn't this just the happiest face you've ever seen?! Isaac is so proud of himself for starting to cruise around the house. Unfortunately, I believe a few moments later, he found himself face-first under this same table, but he got over it quickly!

Meanwhile, these two cuties were enjoying storytime together in another corner of the house...

For some reason, Kate is in a phase where she LOVES to be naked, she's so hot, she just HAS to take her clothes off and run around to cool off. This was after nap, when she decided she'd take her baby "to the store"...she is NOT learning this from me!

Before dinner, we decided to get out of the house to visit the horsies that live next door to them, so we loaded the kids into their new wagon and struck out for a walk... Kate was quite uncomfortable being the support for the other two bodies in front of her, but it was pretty cute...

We had to abandon the wagon early on in our hike, so it wouldn't fall apart with all the bumps in the terrain...

Back inside after a yummy Christmas dinner, the kids did some more reading, this time including little Isaac...

And given the choice, wouldn't you decide on lima beans as your bedtime snack? These girls gobbled up TONS of beans that night!

Christmas Eve 2010...

Not the best picture, but I think it's so sweet how every time Kate has a "sleepover" with Nana, our place or theirs, she insists that they share a bagel for breakfast, so it has thus become tradition. One that of course continued on Christmas Eve morning...

Christmas Eve was the Fotiou Christmas Day for us, so we sat and watched Katelyn diligently open and inspect her gifts...

Jesse caught this awesome picture of pure joy on her face. She was just so happy while we were all together (and it's rare that we don't get the "cheese" face these days, so this one was extra special)...

And the joy didn't stop, especially when she opened her beloved Toy Story 3 movie from Nana!

Unfortunately, we weren't moving quickly enough getting lunch prepared that day, so Katelyn started without us...

Just so everyone can get a better idea of HOW curly little Ella's hair is, I'm posting this shot!

Ms Claus in her holiday threads...

She looked like she hit up the egg nog a little hard when she woke up from nap...

I am a little embarrassed that I seem to dwarf my parents' Christmas TREE!!

Best attempt at a family Christmas photo...

Christmas Eve-Eve ...

The Fotiou Christmas Eve tradition is new jammies, so we enjoyed cuddling up and watching Rudolph, then watched Kate (*the plumber*) unwrap her cozy PJs before bed...

Hanging with Shea and Maverick a couple days before Christmas. It was fun to have the three of them together, all the same age and clearly into the same things, like their beloved Disney movies...

My Ravens cuties!

Matching aprons from a good friend for Christmas...

Lunch out before the big game in our purple... yes, that's a Steelers fan behind us, go figure!

Snuggles!

Love from Daddy...

Love for baby from Kate (I edited it as much as I could to omit my big belly!)...

And MAJOR love for her new baby cousin Ella Marleigh Fotiou!!! This little one is so precious, and Kate couldn't get enough...

Love from Uncle Jesse (I had to get a shot of her CURLY head of hair, it's pretty wild!)...

All of us with the newest Fotiou edition!

Getting there...

We're a little bit further along with our shed out back, which is nice since we needed it to at least close before winter! It looks pretty cool, despite no paint or window. It's probably "to be continued..." until spring at this point, but the guys did good!

Yikes, that's a bit high!

Such focus...