Downtime in December

A beautiful Sunday afternoon at a local park, enjoying the remaining days as a family of three...

Christmas Treein'...

Soooo... our new little Baby Ritt is here!  Charlotte Todd Rittershaus was born last Monday, January 7th, and no, I haven't posted photos because having a toddler and a baby is no joke.  Despite my mom being here for a week, there was no time for pictures, but I'm determined to change that today or tomorrow.  I'll post asap.  In the meantime, I am still in December with pics to share of Finn's Christmas season.  These photos were from my birthday, when we hit up the Farmer's Market and bought our tree and got to decorating for our first Christmas in our new house.

Off to the market... and Ahren is enthused.  

The tree- and I'm loving Ahren's lumberjack shirt in honor of the occasion

Jesus is the reason for the season... 

Our homecoming wasn't exactly how we pictured, with an angry little person in tow... 

Helping Dad

A book in the afternoon to wind down-

Thanksgiving Week

Thanksgiving week was a blur of festivities! It began with the Friendship Feast at Finn's school-  a sweet little gathering of parents and students to share in some food and play... I took a bunch of photos but am only including a few of solo Finn.  Thanksgiving Day was awesome-  super relaxing- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, hanging at the playground, and cooking deliciousness.  The Wheatleys joined us again this year, with a little third party that showed up in August-  so exciting to share in Carlyle's first Turkey Day and see the table grow a bit!  Last year's post is HERE.

End of Fall

So I continue to wait to have Baby Ritt #2... we are now two days past our due date, and I can't sleep, so I'm taking this opportunity to get a bit caught up on things, including the end of the fall season.  The Christmas parade came early, I think it was on November 18th, and the fam and I took advantage of our new downtown hangout and walked over to enjoy the festivities.  A few snapshots below!

November also included the annual Batalis visit- our amazing friends from Charleston.  Denny is a few months younger than Finn, so it's fun to see them interact as they get older.  Trip included Ahren's birthday celebration- Dirt Cake and all (I just found out after 7 years of marriage that it's his fave...), a trip to Pullen Park, and brunch at Pooles'.   We also squeezed in a quick photo shoot for their Christmas card- also something that is turning into an annual tradition!  Love the pics of Finn hugging Nicky B.  If you know Nick, you know why... and he definitely needs a little girl of his own. :)