Happy Birthday Aven
TWO MONTHS OLD! Hard to believe. She’s full of smiles and a great baby–sleeping 6+ hours once in a rare night!! We received the absolutely perfect card along with a fantastic dress for Aven:
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THANKSGIVING!
Our favorite holiday, and our 10th anniversary!! WOOHOOOOO!
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Great friends
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(That was just a sampler!)
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Thanks to all our great friends–those who made it and those who couldn’t.
Siblings
Torsten is loving the role of big brother (most of the time!). His new favorite pajamas are the “big brother” jammies that he got from Jill (thanks again!). Both Torsten and Aven are doing great! Here are a few photos from the last month or so.
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Torsten is good at making sure Aven is happy, and sometimes gets to feed Aven a bit.
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Grams and Gramps meet Aven
Way back, over half of Aven’s life ago, Grams and Gramps came to meet her and help out. Gramps really went to town on the “projects list” and the new floors, fire detectors, etc, etc are great (THANKS!) and Grams sure did get in some good holding Aven time–thanks! Grams taught Torsten some knitting (and Kita wanted to learn!). And Torsten taught Grams about making paper airplanes. Matt had to run off to DC for a NOAA meeting, so Grams made that possible by helping Carrie out those days.
Overdue Sneak Preview
I have lots of blog updates half written on the laptop, and I’m intending to catch up this weekend. Lots has been going on and keeping us busy. Aven is great, Carrie is great, Torsten is great, Kita and Suka are great (a little under-exersized, they say), and Matt is great.
More soon, but here is Torsten enjoying a hot chocolate to tide you over!
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Or is it a sneak preview that we are overdue on blog updates? 
Unsung Hero for Aven’s entry
Halloween 2009
Torsten is dressing up as Pikachu (a Pokemon character).
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We went to the first party last night (thanks Art (dead guy), Tia (witch), Nathan (vampire), and Amanda (witch)!!).
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Julia Childs and Sarah Palin’s Foreign Policy Advisor showed up:
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Jaye and Carrie made slime worms and bloody eyeballs
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Torsten loved bobbing for powdered donuts (but didn’t go for bobbing for apples)
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Check out the whole album (more to come as well, I think..)
More Candy? Tis the season of joy
Torsten is fully into the Halloween spirit, and it started last night with a great party.
Aven at eight (days)
Aven is continuing her sweet ways. We are all enjoying her!
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| From Aven – week one |
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Torsten’s violin
Torsten got his big brother gift when Aven and Carrie came home. He loves the violin and spent almost four hours playing it the first day home and he continues to love it. He enjoys looking at printed music and trying to figure out the puzzle of the notes.
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| From Torsten Musician |
More Aven pictures soon, don’t worry grandparents afar!