Thanksgiving and more

It's been several days since I've posted last.  Thanksgiving has come and gone.  We had a full house for the holiday, with Archie's grandparents from Hawaii visiting, Ede and Terry, as well as his aunt Emily, uncle Dave and Dave's girlfriend Myranda.  We also had a four legged visitor, Dave's golden retriever, Penny.

Our first holiday with an infant was interesting.  Andy and I took turns eating in order to take care of Archer.  We had wonderful food made by multiple contributers and had a long lazy day.  Cimmi, Nelson and Lafawnduh all enjoyed some table scraps.

While his grandparents were visiting, Archer experimented with taking his first bottle.  Since I thought it would take awhile for him to figure it out, I decided to leave the house, while his grandmother gave it to him.  However, Archie took right to it, and drained all four ounces in 15 minutes.  Not bad for the first time.

We're sad to see his grandparents return to Hawaii. They were a huge help while visiting, and they left our house a little more modern with the gift of a new television.  Archie has been very into his new Baby Einstein dvds that came with it.

On December 1st, we celebrated Archie turning 1 month old.  Hard to believe that he's already been here for so long.  He's becoming more alert to his surroundings, can pay attention in longer intervals, and is now starting to try and "stand" by straighting his legs when we hold him up over a large surface.  He's growing up so fast.