Digging Holes

Never pass up the opportunity to play in mud. Digging holes always allows for that. This started out innocent enough. By the end M had no shoes on...??????? Baby E had a wet behind and three quarters of his sleeves and the orchestrator was as dry as a whistle. Dry but muddy. And all this from helping Dad dig holes for a new fence.

Now or never

It is quite possible that if I don't just start writing about life now that I will never blog again. There is no way that I will ever catch up. Life is just to hectic with four under seven. And if I keep putting this off then they will be 16 when I am finally doing this and that seems to be the same problem that I had with scrapbooking. So between November and now we:

had a baby

had M birthday

had Thanksgiving

had E's birthday

had Christmas with everyone

went to Disneyland

started baseball

had more ballet recitals

had the Pinewood Derby

Valentine's day

etc. etc.

So here they are at 7, 4, 2 and almost 4 months...

And baby makes six!

Thursday, November 5, 2009 our little baby boy arrived and made our crazy clan of five a crazy clan of six. Before we headed off to the hospital we took one last family picture before our new little man arrived.

I started to have contractions early that morning and our doctor said to come right in. We got to the hospital around 8:30 and baby M arrived at 2:30 that afternoon. He was perfect. Almost seven pounds and 19 1/2 inches long. A head of dark brown hair and E's coloring. The kids all came to visit us that evening. We brought our little man home the following day at just about 25 hours old. He fit right into our world. And boy was he loved from the first moment on.

Friday Night Fun

Can you do this?

Or this?

Well, I can. And so can I.

Luke Skywalker and the Pirate save Sleeping Beauty

Luke Skywalker, our grungy Pirate and Sleeping Beauty graced the streets of our new neighborhood this year and were treated with quite a bag of loot. The neighborhood was PACKED with kids. It reminded me of what you see in a movie. And we have quite a great street. One family hosted chili and dogs before trick or treating. What a great way to start our first Halloween here.

Apple Hill...but pumpkins from Bel Air

We made great efforts to get ourselves up to Apple Hill this year. It was packed with people but we ventured on. The kids wanted pumpkins but they were already picked pumpkins- and we figured we could get a better selection at a grocery store. Instead we ate a lot of great apple foods, ran through a hay maze, looked at some animals and made our way back home. Getting out was nice, especially since I had been on a short bed rest days before and Grammie was here helping us get ready for our little arrival.

Happy Birthday to ME!

This day was all about my baby. My baby who will no longer be the baby in another month. My baby who knows he is a big boy and wants to

show everyone so. He is the most independent, head strong and determined of my three. The world who knows him watches as he plows through life on full speed. And he is so happy. Life is good for him and he loves to show it. You cannot help but fall in love with this guy. Those blue eyes, that curly hair. Mmmmm... makes me want to hug him.