the party's over

First, the big news.

This girl is walking! Last night, for the first time, Scott and I watched as she stood up from a sitting position. It's so cute to see kids start to walk and how they learn to stand. First the butt goes in the air and then they push up to a stand with their hands. :) This is obviously not something they learn by seeing. I haven't seen an adult stand up like that! Since then though, she has only crawled when Caleb knocks her down (oops) or when she wants to be picked up! We are so happy for this accomplishment at 13 months. She still does a "Frankenstein" type walk- with her arms outstretched, but hey, we'll take it. :)

We had a great time celebrating Thanksgiving with our families!
Lots of cousins, lots of activity and lots of late nights.
Here are the Booker cousins:
Abigail, Caleb, Megan (4), and Emma (18 mo).

Now the Hamilton clan:
Caleb, Abigail, Jack (11 mo), Gabi (3) and Andrew (3 mo).

Now, the real reason the party's over. :(

We took Aunt Christine and Jack to the airport this morning. We have had such a great time with them these past 2 1/2 weeks. They came to visit from Georgia since my brother, Mark, is in Iraq. Thanks for coming guys! We'll miss you! Caleb was so sad to see them go and got quiet for a couple minutes after they left the van. He kept asking me why we couldn't just drive them to their house. Ha! I don't think he would really be up for that trip. :)

Here's sweet baby Jack playing in the leaves at gramma's house the other day.
We love you!

So thank you for coming family!
We love you and can't wait to see you all again!!