Cousins

On our trip, we visited with many relatives. The girls and W met their cousin Jack in Chicago. As we were headed out the door of my parents' house to head to St. Louis, my brother, sister-in-law and niece and nephew were headed in the door to my parents' house. We would have loved to have had more time to spend with them but were able to delay our departure about 3 hours to spend some time with them.

W also met Grandpa B on this trip but I don't have a picture of them together. Grandpa B waits until babies are 6 months old before he will hold them. I hope he didn't do that with his seven kids, ha. I think I can talk him into holding him at Christmas...W will be much less breakable by then. :)

K meets cute little cousin Jack. He has the sweetest little smile.


E with Jack...

W meets super cute and fun cousin Jacob.

W meets sweet and beautiful cousin Nicole.

W meets Uncle Joey. I love this pic.

Another pic with Uncle Joey... he seriously needs to start a photography business...he takes awesome pictures AND gets children to react like this.

We Are Thankful...

I love Thanksgiving day. It is great to have some time with nothing to do but spend time with family and be thankful for the blessings in our lives. When I asked the girls what they were thankful for this Thanksgiving, I was given these responses (in this order).

E

• my family
• my house
• my friends
• aunts and uncles
• grandmas and grandpas
• sisters and brother
• food and water
• clothes
• cousins
• animals
• flowers
• God

K

• my mom and dad
• my cousins
• my Barbie
• my big sister
• my stuffed animals
• my family
• my coloring books
• candy
• my school
• Cheez-its
• icecream
• my pink sheets on my bed

A

• bracelets
• Casey (when I asked her who Casey was she said she didn't know)
• friends
• sticks
• animals
• hippos
• stuffed animals
• toys
• people
• princesses
• cows
• a mouse
• "I like my family."

W (as decided upon by E and K)

• his ba-ba
• his swing
• his family
• his sisters
• his pacifier
• his crib
• diapers

Happy Thanksgiving! May you also be thankful for everyday blessings such as Cheez-its, pink sheets, flowers and cows this holiday season!

On The Road

Last Friday we started out on an 8-day trip. First, we went to St. Louis for the night as a stopping point on our way to Chicago for the weekend. W and his cousin Jack were baptized together at Jack's church. The boys were so cute together and looked so sweet in their white outfits. Now, we are in Indiana for a few days. This is our first time in Indiana since last Christmas. On Wednesday, we will make our way back to St. Louis and then home again on Saturday. There certainly is a lot to pack up for a family of 6! I will post many pictures when we get back home but here are a couple for now. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are the handsome little men in white...

A pic of the girls with W at the church...

Many more to come!

Off The Chart

W is a very big boy! He had his 2 month appointment this week and weighed almost 15 pounds! The doctor plotted his weight on the chart and then showed me how the dot was "off the chart!" It must be all of those night feedings!

This weekend E made her First Reconciliation. She was a bit nervous...who wouldn't be? She did a great job though and seemed very happy afterwards. Here is a picture of her before going to church.

Also, we went to our neighbor Jack's birthday party. He is turning 1 this week and is such a cutey. Before we headed out the door, I snapped a few pictures.

Happy Birthday Aunt Cathy!

We love you! Have a fun day!
Watch this video...pause the music at the bottom of this page to hear the audio on the video.

Sweet Smiles

This post speaks for itself. Watch this video of W smiling!

Dance Party

The girls love to dance! After dinner, we often play music for them and they have a dance party. Here is a video and 3 pics from a recent dance party. If you pause the music in the music box at the bottom of this page and listen to the video you will hear A saying "I am the princess, I am the princess!"

Also, I've included a couple of pictures of W because he is officially 2 months old today!

Video- click on the arrow

8 Weeks Old?

Just 8 weeks ago tonight, we were packing our bags for the hospital to meet W....well, he actually did not have a name at that time. I was wondering what he would look like, what we would name him and praying that everything would go well. Now, here he is 8 weeks later. This little face is so sweet and innocent. Time has gone by so quickly. We love him so much and can't imagine life without him and the girls. I need to remind myself that these days will go by so quickly and to cherish every moment... even the crazy times... and, yes, there are a lot of them!

The Missing Glass Slippers

I LOVE Halloween...there is such excitement in the day...children playing make believe and being so excited to see friends and run around and collect candy. We had a very busy and fun day. The weather was perfect. Our day started off with a parade at K's school and then a parade at E's school. Later, we went to a neighbor's house for dinner, trick-or-treating and a party.

W was a bear for Halloween but not for long. It was such a warm day that this costume was a bit too much for him. A was a cow and had so much fun playing the part. R said she was a fantastic trick-or-treater...walking all over the neighborhood and never tiring of saying trick-or-treat, mooooo and thank you. E was the perfect monkey! I'm so happy that she chose this costume instead of some movie character or pop singer. Doesn't she look adorable?

And now, about K...she simply wanted to be Cinderella, a princess for the day. She was so excited for me to make her hair "poofy". When she put on these Halloween socks, I told her that I wasn't sure a princess would wear those. She simply stated that a princess would wear those socks on Halloween. She also chose the leather shoes stating that they looked a bit "princessy". This Cinderella had lost BOTH glass slippers!

Happy on Halloween

A is holding both her tail and the monkey's tail in this pic!

Such a sweet little bear...

A the enthusiastic cow...

Our little princess...

Ooh, Ooh, Ahh, Ahh...

K doing her princess wave in the parade...

Monkeyin' around...

Walking to the party...

Our group of neighbor friends. A was a bit frightened of the older boys' costumes and wanted out of this picture.