Finally...

OK, so my husband is going to kill me for posting this. I guess he might be embarrassed but I am very proud of him. He worked so hard for so long for this and he deserves everyone to know! It's official. As of the new year (which is mid December for him) he will have a new job...Congratulations John!

Trick Or Treat!

The boys were so excited for Halloween, especially Dallen! Carving pumpkins was interesting. Jaxon and Ethan were OK with the gooey mess but Dallen ended up washing his hands after the first scoop of mushy goo and grabbing a spoon with a really long handle! It's been so warm here lately that it almost didn't even seem like Halloween. A few days after the pumpkin carving we had moldy, mushy pumpkins that really did look scary! I am ready for some cold weather! I love cool fall days...70 degrees is NOT cool!


We definitely have our share of candy...anybody want some? We took the boys to a "Trunk-or-Treat" over at the church first. Then, John took them trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. This year Jaxon was Anakin Skywalker, Dallen was Darth Vader (for long enough to take the picture...then he took off the cape and mask and was just a kid with black sweats and a light saber!), Ethan was Simba, and Megan was a baby duck. No, John did not dress up...he went motorcycle riding with some friends and got back just in time to leave for the "trunk-or-treat". He decided to stay in true character and stay decked out in motorcycle gear for Halloween!

More Megan

OK, so I can't resist posting a few more pictures of Megan. I can't believe she is already 2 weeks old! I keep taking pictures and holding her because I just don't want her to grow up just yet! Enjoy!

Megan Is Here!

Megan Rebecca was born October 21 at 9:13 a.m. She weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz. and was 19 1/4 inches. She was by far the easiest delivery! I was quite surprised at how quick it went. They started the Pitocin just before 7:00 a.m. and well...as you can see from her arrival time it didn't take very long! They actually had to pull the doctor out of surgery to come catch her!


She is very sweet! I am just taking all of it in since she is our last! I love this little tiny stage so I want to savor all of it as it sure doesn't last very long!

John and I discovered how different it is to change a girl's diaper!! The girl pee thing is VERY different from a boy! I think we use 2 diapers for every diaper change because we are novices! We were changing her on the hospital bed and she started to pee so...like with a boy, we threw the diaper over the top thinking it would stop it...well, we didn't think about the fact that girls are without apparatus therefore she soaked her blanket, my blanket, and sheets underneath her. Oh well, now we know. ha ha!
The boy's also had an anatomy lesson last night. While changing her diaper Dallen exclaimed, "Where is her pee pee!?!?"

At that astonishing announcement Jaxon and Ethan gave Megan their full attention wondering where indeed is her "pee pee"??? So we had a talk about girls' and boys' anatomy. Dallen just looked at me and said, "You don't have a penis?" (How shocking!!)Now that we have rocked their world we sent them off to school to further embarrass us by whatever it is they are going to educate their friends about the anatomy of girls and boys or how mom feeds the baby...which is a whole other conversation! ha!

Finally...One More Week!!

Megan will arrive on Tuesday, October 21(unless I go into labor before)! Yay!! I am very excited to meet baby Megan. I am so curious as to what she looks like! I had an ultrasound today and confirmed Megan was in fact still a she! I am looking forward to holding her but, I have to admit I am looking forward to acid reflux-free eating, no maternity clothes, and working out! I hope I never see a bottle of Tums again! We will keep you all posted!

Constitution Day

Today was "Constitution Day" at Jaxon's school. Jaxon was so excited to dress up in colonial type clothes. The second graders have been studying the constitution for about a month. They each had a delegate they had to read about and then tell about during the presentation. Jaxon spoke about Benjamin Franklin. It was so cute to see all these little 2nd graders dressed up and reciting things I didn't even learn about until 8th grade Civics class! Jaxon came home this week and recited the Preamble to the Constitution! I am pretty sure that by the time he is in the 5th grade I will no longer be of any help with homework!

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Our little man turned 3 on Tuesday. I can't believe it!! Time goes by so fast. I still think of him as my "baby" and I still treat him like he is! He didn't have a huge party but he sure thought he did. He had a blast running around with all his new Star Wars stuff. Opening his presents was the funniest. He was so careful and slow about it. He wanted to make sure all the tissue paper made it to the trash. After he opened one present, he wanted to stare at it, take it out, play with it...he didn't care he had more stuff. It's so interesting how all 3 boys have such different and opposite personalities. They are definitely their own little people!!


While Lightening McQueen is still his hero his brothers have introduced him to Star Wars and so we have a little Clone Warrior on our hands! The helmet is kind of big on him so he totally looks like a little bobble head! ha ha!


True Jedi stance...I guess...