Introducing TAYLOR AND JESSICA WOOD

And the most EXCITING and JOYOUS event since the move has without a doubt been my little brother getting hitched to his gorgeous bride Jess!!!

 It's Official!!!

 Look at the gorgeous happy couple!

We LOVE you!!

Little flower girl

 Little ring bearer

 Damn i look good in a tux..eat your heart out ladies

 Going down.....the cocktail lounge please

 Something out of Eloise - Pretty cute Miss Pea!

 Parked herself on the ground in the middle of cocktail hour, grabbed a book and started reading.  Must be Dan's child not mine....mine would be enjoying a drink! 

 The 5 Wood grandchildren all dressed up at Fourth Pres for the ceremony!

 Sweet Miss Pea!

 Lady killer

Drum Roll Please....

The BIG present for moving into The Yellow House was a.....and yes side note most think i'm insane for this one -

The back story is that when we brought Kellan through the house earlier before we owned it there was a drum set from the previous owners in the basement and he played it the entire time and we had to leave with him kicking and screaming from the damn thing....from that point on he associated The Yellow House with the cool drum set so i thought it was the least i could do for the lil guy after rocking his entire little toddler world with a cross country move. 

Kellan LOVES Grocery Shopping

Grocery Shopping has never been so fun - thanks Grande for thinking of our experience too!

Moving Into The Yellow House

And the biggest of all - we moved into our first ever house!!

The Yellow House!

 We're back in the Midwest indeed as the doorbell started ringing immediately with fresh plates of brownies, cookies, etc. from the neighbors.  What a warm welcome that definitely reassured us that we made the right decision for our family.

 And here she is, in all her glory, THE YELLOW HOUSE.
Home Sweet Home!

BUSY BUSY Couple Of Weeks

It's been BUSY BUSY since we've made our BIG move to Winnetka.  

Kellan and Makenna started their new school - All Things Bright And Beautiful, which they both adore!

Kellan ran right in the first day without any reservation and has never looked back.  I have been amazed and so proud of his adaptability - GO KELLAN!

The name of his classroom this year is - SPARROWS

 Makenna is in the Mommy & Me class at the same school, once a week, and LOVES every minute of it.  I swear she's already jealous and wishing she was able to go 3 times a week and get dropped off too!

 Beautiful blue eyed girl!

 Here we go - off to our first day of school - all 3 of us!

 We've been keeping clean and increasingly aware of our surroundings.  "Look mommy...a half moon-a!"

 We've been grilling with daddy on the charcoal grill - YUM!

 We've been to fall festival events with our cousins.  Thanks to my adorable kind sister for taking all 5 kids ALONE mind you out on this day to allow me to unpack.  What a trooper! Mrs Poppins indeed!

 Pony rides at the Long Grove Apple Festival...we promise you can ride one next year Miss Pea

 Family dinner picnics with the whole Miami crew...soo many cute kiddos it's amazing!

 Housing entire plates of pasta

 Celebrating my parents 40th wedding anniversary!!!! CONGRATS - we love you!

 Hanging at the beautiful Botanic Gardens!

 Walking in the rain

 Picking out pumpkins at the pumpkin farm

 Enjoying the model train exhibit...look closely this is a San Francisco scene replica

 Apples straight off the tree- YUM!

 Laughing so hard we throw up and ..... are still laughing

 Reconnecting with our bestest of friends - LANEY (My most gorgeous God daughter who i adore) & Lil Kenna

 Kellan and Burke

 Kellan's class roster at school - lots of new faces and friends

Roasting smores

 Hanging at the halloween festival at the village green with friends

Enjoying our new club Wesmos

 What a PERFECT gorgeous day to be outside on hayrides, in pumpkin patches, jumping in bouncy houses and eating DELICIOUS FALL FOOD!!!

Fun At BB & Papa's House

MAJOR MILESTONE - Kellan took a nap in a bed for the first time and we have never looked back.  We told him his crib was left in SF!!

As you can see, he wasn't too keen on the idea at first and ransacked the room before falling exhausted onto the bed into a deep sleep.....check out the video below...more surprises where this came from...HILARIOUS day!

 Kids favorite drawer at BB's house - the baking drawer!

 YUMMY!

 Who you lookin' at?

 Bro Sis bonding on the ipad in BB's backyard

 Can you find me?

 I'm in my favorite spot sized just perfectly for me...

 The basket!

And here's the video i've promised....take careful note of the lullabye song choice - solid!