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Above are some pics of our cul-de-sac Christmas party at the Villanos next door. Per the fireplace stocking count in the upper right, you can see they have a family of 8 wonderful kids. We're very luck to have them and the other cul-de-sackers as neighbors. Good times, good times.
Above is Charlie's B-Day/X-Mas laptop and an excellent chocotini made by Tara. FYI, the chocotini was not concocted and imbibed during the morning unwrapping of the laptop. Below are some pics of Belle's daycare team, her room, and view of Mt. Adams.
We attended Tara's P&G Christmas Party on December 10th. Tara sucked in her gut that night and looked amazing, especially for 37 weeks pregnant. It was great to have a reason to get dressed up and hit the town. Luckily for the town, Tara being pregnant allowed the town to survive yet another night. Beware town for Tara's first night hitting you while not pregnant.
Here are a few pics of the team working on Christmas decorations, as well as an outdoor view of Isabella's playhouse covered with snow that day. Isabella loves the noses on all of the snowmen, as seen below. She touches their noses and then touches her own nose. 
We both took off work on Tara's B-Day (Dec 3rd), but still took Isabella to daycare. Therefore, we hit the streets, went out for brunch and lunch, did some X-mas shopping, and checked out some fresh ice sculptures. We eventually picked up Belle and let her join us for dinner at La Rosa's. Quite a fun day with my 36 week pregnant wife.
We had Jordan, Jason & Kari for the day right after Thanksgiving. We went out for some BW3's and then went bowling. Belle and I hit the race car game pretty hard as well. She loved it! We also met up with Chuck, Leila, Tami & Jeff, as well as popped by my parent's house before leaving Indy.
We took a quick trip to a farm just outside of Cincy. This place was really fun. There were lots of animals, although Belle preferred the cows, as seen above. She also really liked being on the John Deere. This farm also created a six acre maze through an actual corn field. This was both Isabella's and my first time in a corn field. I believe mom already accomplished this great feat earlier in her career. We all had a lot of fun and were actually lost inside the maze for a while. 
My parents came for a visit the weekend before Halloween. We had dinner in a 140 year old schoolhouse, but I forgot to take any pictures of the actual schoolhouse. The picture in the top left is from the benches in front on the school, where we were waiting to be seated. We went out to IHOP for breakfast the next morning, which is jut how Tara and I cook breakfast best.
Here are some pics from one of our walks in October. Tara is about 28 weeks pregnant in this picture. Isabella and I had some peek-a-boo action going on here, as seen in bottom left and top right.
We headed to our local pumpkin festival down the road again this year. My college buddy Mike just moved to town and brought his girl Erika with him for pumpkin fun (seen at bottom). I posted last year's pumpkin festival pics below for some comparison.
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We went to Procter & Gamble's King Island weekend in September. Belle was able to participate a little more this year than last year (see 2009 at top) when she was just one month old. She was still only able to ride the carousel, but she loved it! Check out the video of her first ride below. She's a natural horse rider like her mom.
Here's mom getting Isabella out of bed on her first birthday. I love how Belle is always so happy in the morning. Below are some more birthday pics from home and daycare. 
We had a combination 1st and 8th Birthday party for Isabella and Logan at Christy's house in Indy. It was a beautiful day and lots of fun with our family. Thanks to all of you for coming and to Logan for allowing us to bring lots of pink to his party!
We celebrated our friend Roshelle's birthday at a local winery just east of Cincinnati last month. We both decided we'd been depriving Isabella of wineries for far too long. Belle did awesome as always, allowing her to stay up well past her bedtime, as well as allow mom and dad to mingle for a while longer. Fun night!
You can tell my girls were really excited about Tara's last day before starting her maternity leave. P&G offers two weeks off before your due date, so that combined with holidays and a couple vacation days allowed December 20th to be Tara's last day of work before her Jan 10th due date. What a great benefit for working mother's! 
Here are the final pics of us cleaning out Tara's old desk. She's been missing her bullpen buddies a lot already. 
Some last pics of us leaving P&G for the last time until Tara returns in July 2011. Another wonderful mother's benefit Procter & Gamble offers. Thanks P&G!
