Most of November

Alison is a diligent student of her siblings. She watches their every move, just waiting for the day she can everything they do. 

She started arming crawling the beginning of November, and hasn't slowed down since. Can you find the baby?  :-)

First taste of rice cereal. She thinks food is pretty great.  (Not that you can tell from her thighs or anything)

One morning we discovered the Disney station on Pandora. The kids pulled up chairs and proceeded to sit in front of the laptop fire a good half hour. I was wondering how long it'd take them to realize that the movie never does come on. 

First time sitting in a high chair! (At pizza ranch)

The weekend before Thanksgiving we took Bridget and Carter to the festival of lights parade. We got there way to early, and it was cold, so by the time the parade actually started we were kind of done with the whole thing. The kids did enjoy it, and the highlight was seeing the "real" Bat Man and his bat mobile. 

Alison got to stay warm and take an evening nap at grandma's. 

Ready to go play outside in one of the first snows. I prefer to stay inside in the warmth ñ and make hot chocolate when they come in. 

Finally able to sit up well enough to sit in the cart! It was a happy day for me! 

They're growing up!

Bridget put this hat on, and said "hey mom, I look like a high school kid!" 

What??!

Sick, tired baby

Alison all ready for family pictures! 

Snuggling with baby Henry. We love this little guy! 

Sweet, happy baby! 

Pumpkin carving!

Every year our neighbors have a pumpkin carving party, and this was the first time it's worked for us to go. Bridget was so excited about carving her pumpkin, but ended up abandoning Luke to play with friends.  :-) 

Alison enjoyed being outside on the beautiful day! 

The finished results! 

Fall outings

So I've neglected my blog the past few months. So much for my goal of updating at least once a week.:-/

Anyway, I'll pick up where I left off.  :-) 

One cold night the end of October Bridget, Carter and I bundled up and went to see my cousin Eric, who plays in the Morton high school matching band, practice. It was super impressive and fun to watch! 

On a much warmer day, we headed out to the field for a morning with my brother, uncle and cousin. Carter got to ride with "uncle Lukey" and thought it was the greatest thing ever. He would have stayed out all day. The girls and I rode in the combine with Nate. Bridget kept asking me when we could go back home.  :-)

Carter turns 3!

For Carter's birthday he also got to pick an activity to do. His pick was to go swimming at 5 Points and then to Firehouse Pizza for lunch. Since 5 Points only has open swim on at certain times, we went two days before his birthday. He had been sick that Monday and was still recovering, but he had lots of fun anyway. 

Elise and her kids went with us. I only have one picture, and Carter isn't even looking. :-( Being in a pool isn't very conducive to picture taking. 

On Friday (his actual birthday) we had his party. He picked Planes (as in the movie) for his theme. We had pizza, chips, salad, and apples and caramel. We had ice cream for dessert, as well as a ding dong cake.

 He also got a balloon and a huge bag of m&m's from Luke, but I didn't take a picture. 

Very ready to open his presents! 

He got lots of little vehicles for his birthday! Motorcycles, a semi and trailer, a digger, an airplane and helicopter, and a car from Bridget.

He also got a new bike and helmet from the grandparents. He looks so big on it! 

Mostly Alison :-)

Alison is just our sweet, social little baby. She loves people and action. She is a happy baby for the most part, but definitely has a temper and knows what she wants. 

Alison meets Henry. She Looks huge, and quite pale.  :-)

She is 5 months now, gets pretty much wherever she wants to go. Between rolling, slowly army crawling, and spinning in circles, she really gets around! I came into the living  room one day to check on her, and she had scooted off the carpet and had rolled herself up in the blanket budget had laid out on the floor. 

She loves her "lovey" and is always snuggling with it. 

I keep thinking there is a tooth on the way, because this child drools like crazy! But so far, nothing seems to be moving up. 

Bridget's birthday day

Since Bridget's actual birthday was on Tuesday, I gave her a few options of things to do on her birthday. Her pick was to go to Jumping Jax,and then to Firehouse Pizza for lunch. 

Her favorite evening activity is to watch movies and have popcorn, so that what we did in the evening. Luke and I weren't super excited about her pick of a movie.  

Luke brought home flowers and a balloon for her, and she was so thrilled!