Christmas in Chicago

Our little McGregor family packed up the car and drove down to Chicago to visit Dad and Debby in their new home for a Christmas weekend. Sarah and Norah met us there as well!  It was great to all be together for Christmas again.  The last time was 10 years ago!  We had a couple lazy days enjoying each other's company around the house, watching movies, and playing games. One of the days we spent touring the Brookfield Zoo. It was a perfect holiday weekend!  Thanks for having us, Dad and Debby! We'll be back this Spring for a swim!

A true daddy's girl

Morning playtime with Norah, Rozlyn and Scotty

Auntie Sarah has the magic touch... Rozlyn stood on her own for the first time!

Rozlyn is in awe of her cousin, Norah

Christmas Feast with Papa!

Rozlyn is all smiles with her Papa!

Papa's dancing hat got lots of laughs

Present time!  Norah was the sweetest little elf! She waited all week for this!

The tree was like a HUGE toy for Rozlyn!

Reading Peter Rabbit with Didi

The girls had a blast playing with all their new toys together! Norah liked to show Rozlyn what to do.

.... and the boxes!

Rozlyn was drawn to the tree our whole stay. 

We spent a day at the zoo, all bundled up. We covered a lot of ground seeing animals from all over the world.  We even caught a dolphin show! 

In October my mom, Scott and I took Rozlyn to her first apple orchard and pumpkin patch. We played around with the pumpkins for awhile. Rozlyn liked to drum on them and hear the hollow beat.  We also took on the corn maze challenge and after a fair share of dead ends, we found our way out!  To wrap up our perfect autumn afternoon outing, we all enjoyed some hot homemade apple cider.

Rozlyn's 7th Month!

Here are some pictures we snapped of our little princess at age 7 months.  She is pulling herself up on everything now.

Nana, Rozlyn and Scotty at the Dragan Thanksgiving at the Bonde household.

Playtime with daddy

Trick or Treat

Our little bug!!! Literally, Rozlyn was our little lady bug for her first Halloween.  She had a little Halloween party at daycare with the other little kiddos and made her very first craft to bring home. Her mommy and daddy are so proud. 

She greeted our trick-or-treaters that came by that evening and was a hit.  Something that I am realizing with having a baby is that little kids love babies!

Autumn Adventures

The unseasonalbly warm and sunny October was full of fun Fall festivities including hockey, orchards, and baseball.

Rozlyn's loving her first WILD game at the Xcel. 

This summer Scott had a work golf tournament and got lucky in the raffle drawing.  He won a suite at a WILD game! His luck brought many of our friends and family together to share a fabulous night cheering on the WILD.

Scott, Rozlyn, mom and I visited the Pumpkin Patch at Minnetonka Orchards one bright and blustery Sunday.
It's so thrilling for me to be able to do the things I loved as a kid now with my little family!

 Pumpkin Baby

Rozlyn was not so sure about these pumpkins or the feeling of grass

Rozlyn loved drumming on the pumpkins and hearing the hollow sounds

Scotty and Rozzy set off to conquer the corn maze. The corn maze was a first for eveyone!

Lost in the corn maze... perfect time to snap a family photo

Giggling with Gammy

Rozlyn was mezmorized with Trace Atkins singing the National Anthem. His singing actually stopped her in mid-crawl.

Our baseball fan watching the World Series!