Life with the Fraziers

Shortly after the kids and I returned from our trip out west, Matt finished the book tour and came back to Asheville.  We were so happy to have him come home!  November seems like sort of a blur as we re-adjusted to everyone being back here in Asheville.  Around Thanksgiving time we had some awesome visitors!  Grandmom Vickie, our Kosel cousins from Michigan, and Pop all came to visit us!  What a great time we had with everyone!  We have much to be thankful for this year for sure!

HOLDEN THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE FUN FOR ELLARIE…SHE DIDN’T THINK SO:/

ROUGH ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO FEED ELLARIE, HE GAGGED HER.

MATT WAS ON TV!

TRYING TO GET THAT BUTT UP TO GET ONTO HER HANDS AND KNEES

ONE MORNING I WOKE UP TO FIND THIS…

EXPERIMENTING WITH MARKERS:/

THANKS FOR THE AWESOME POLICE ATTIRE GRANDMOM VICKIE!  CHECK OUT THE POSTER FOR MATT’S ASHEVILLE BOOK SIGNING:)

HAPPY TO BE AT SCHOOL!

MATT TALKING AT MALAPROPS BOOK STORE IN ASHEVILLE!

OUR KOSEL COUSINS!   SO MUCH FUN!

ELLARIE’S FIRST SNOW EXPERIENCE!

GOTCHA DADDY!

THANKSGIVING WITH POP!

After Seattle we took a flight down to San Diego where we got to stay with Uncle Kevin and Aunt Erica!  It was SO GREAT to be with them.  They were absolutely awesome to let us stay with them for over a week!  We got to check out some beautiful sights in San Diego, ate some great food, and celebrated Halloween.  Lots of great memories were made and we can’t wait to get back out there again for their wedding in 2014!

WE GOT TO CHECK OUT ONE OF MATT’S BOOK TOUR EVENTS!

SOMEONE GOT A BIT SICK AT THE END OF THE TRIP AND FELL ASLEEP SITTING UP:(

While we were in San Diego, we were also lucky enough to visit with the Kaloustians!  Holden had a great time with Sadie and Sofia and he got lots of love!  Kim and I got to talk a little but it was tough for sure attempting to go out to lunch with 4 kids right before their nap:)

After mom left, I packed us all up and hopped a flight out to Seattle to meet Matt on his book tour.  Thats right, he wrote a book!  It’s called No Meat Athlete and was published October 1st.  We got to spend a few days touring around Seattle and were able to spend time with our cousin Dawn, who just moved back there.  It was a lot of fun for sure!  Sadly, we never thought to take a picture with Dawn.  Here are some of our pictures that we took in Seattle!

OUR FIRST HOTEL EXPERIENCE BEFORE THE FLIGHT

ELLARIE’S FIRST FLIGHT!

She was AMAZING!

SEEING DADDY & GRANDMOM VICKIE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE SEPTEMBER!

CHECKING OUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF SEATTLE

HAD TO CHECK OUT THE FIRST STARBUCKS!

So we had a bit of a delay in posts while Matt was away on his book tour.  Being alone with both kids was pretty time consuming!  Luckily my mom came out to help for 10 days in October.  She signed up to drive down from Maryland with me, both kids, and both dogs to Asheville.  It was great having her help and company for the first 10 days that Matt was away.  Also, Uncle Matt and Aunt Gerri stopped by for a visit as well!  It was great.

A few developmental highlights for Ellarie in October were that she began sitting independently! Also we started feeding her purees which she wasn’t too keen on initially and, since then, has grown to love them!

Holden got to participate in a fun soccer program and is really adjusting well to life as a pre-schooler:)

Our little girl is now 5 months old! She is rolling all over the place and starting to sit up on her own. It’s unbelievable how quickly she is growing up!

Holden got the chance to fill the snack basket at preschool.  That means that he brought in snack for 25 kids for a week.  He chose what he wanted to bring in and together, we made it happen.  I am so proud of him and the healthy choices that he made:)

How can I say no to baking with my little guy?

I caught Batman in our yard, picking raspberries!