shake your cake shake, jake!

we have been so loved during november and december because not only did we get a visit from kelly, then kathy and paul, but shari, maddy, kevin, rach and jake all came to visit us in december! how lucky for us! we did a lot of fun stuff, but the highlight of the visit was definitely meeting our adorable, adorable, adorable, adorable nephew, jacob morrill! he is too precious to put in words, so i will let the pictures speak for themselves. aside from ogling at jake all day, we got to stay at the sheraton, swim in their high rise pool, show everyone the sites of chicago, watch the nutcracker ballet, go to a downtown christmas market, see frozen, attend church, make ugly sweater cookies, go shopping and cozy up in our little home. basically...just way too much fun! i wish we lived close because i sure love my in-law family. i'm the luckiest.

rich meeting jake for the first time! look at rich's eyes--he is so proud it is adorable!

ooohhhhh my goodness! too cuute to handle!

another special reunion

i get to hang with all these reunited hipsters!?! saaaweeeet!

these two boys melt my heart!

he always smelled amazing. rach puts some smelling drug on him. 

two peas in a portillo's pod

nom, nom, and nom. rich was impressed with rach's new feeding baby jake appetite!

fog=creepy cool photos

if he ever needs to be kidnapped/adopted, rach can call me! :)

roads on top of roads on top of roads

kev and rich on stroller duty...lookin' so fine

you may not know it, but i am standing next to the energizer bunny! i love how this girl never stops having fun! i recall an after midnight ice cream trip!

hey!

we now know why jake is so cutey pie!

on our way to lou malnattis.

we love you lou! yummy in our tummy.

sister bears and brother bear

 

the energizer bunny does crash! :)

rach is very strong

we just need kelly, makayla and daniel and this pic would be the coolest chicago pic ever!

madison=#1coolestsmartprettyorangescarfpersoniloveheralot

the bean, rich and the beanpole! :)

chi-town chicas

he makes everything look good

best friend lover forever

rich insisted on a kissing pic. ;)

before going back to the hotel to get ready for the ballet, madison insisted on this stop.  thank you madison.

we have banana pudding!!!

on our way to the ballet!

maddy will probably be on that stage someday!

rich and rach give each other e
elves, gnomes and many different magical creatures. weird but truly entertaining. i am slowly catching the vision of their fairy world, and if you look at jake in his elf hat, you will know why. ahah he is cute.

this face that madison made, i like.

rach really does put addictive smelling drugs on him. i'm a nurse and i know it.

my beautiful mother in law. thanks for helping get us all together, shari. she is awesome!

i miss little naked baby!

handsome fella

i found some ugly christmas sweater cookie cutters...

definitely the most fun i have ever had making cookies, but my family-in-laws makes everything fun and crazy. love them.