Visit from friends

The first Saturday in November Jen's friends Greta and Sara came over to hang out. Having 3 2yr olds together was very fun. It was very loud, but very fun!

Here's Maddy with Braeden and Andrea.

The big kids

(Maddy, Chase, Daniel, Carter)
The boys building stuff.

Here's a video of Chase and Daniel getting excited about the train set! It was pretty funny watching them play with it.

Here's us watching patiently while the 3 boys put their shoes on themselves :)

Fall Yard Work

On Sunday Nov 1, Daniel was "helping" Nate rake some leaves....

I don't think Daniel wants Nate to finish any time soon...

Finally they get all the leaves on the tarp and Daniel helps Nate drag them to the back yard.

On Halloween day, we went down to a neighbor's house for a big costume party. They had some treats, apple cider, and the kids got to take a few swings at a pinata. We were able to get most of the kids together at the same time for a group picture.

After the party, it was time for trick or treating. Daniel and Nate went out together, while Jen and Andrea passed out candy for the other kids. It was pretty cold out, so Daniel had to wear his jacket on top of his costume, but he was more interested in getting candy than anything. Below is a picture of his haul.

Our little Spiderman

Pumkin Carving

After we got the pumpkins home from the patch, we all started carving. Dad went the traditional route of cutting a hole in the top, pulling all the guts out, and made a super cool design.

Daniel, on the other hand, wasn't a big fan of getting his hands all gooey, so he decided to paint his pumpkin instead.

After we completed our pumpkins, we brought them outside and lit them up for the official test. Nate's is the one on the left, and Mom's is the one on the right. Daniel didn't really show up in the picture.

The Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday, Oct 24, the family drove a few miles north to a small farm that had a bunch of animals for the kids to pet, wagon rides, and a big pumpkin patch. This is the pumpkin that Daniel wanted.

Daniel isn't so sure about the stranger taking our picture.... smile buddy!!!

They had a maze that they created out of large round hay bales... Daniel was trying to figure out if it would be easier to just climb on top of them so he could see where he was going.
Jen and Daniel went for a little wagon ride. He had a blast.

2 Weeks!

Andrea is 2 weeks old today. We had her Dr. appt this morning and she's growing like a weed. She's already at 6lb, 15oz and 20.5in tall. That's 12oz and 1in more since we left the hospital! She's sleeping pretty well. about 3-5 hrs between feedings around the clock. The shorter spurts seem to be at night, but oh well. She's only 2 weeks old.

Nate, on the other hand, isn't doing the greatest. He ended up with an infection, so he's on antibiotics now. Hopefully that clears up soon. As much as we LOVE seeing pictures of all three of them together hanging out on the couch, we miss our bases-running daddy! Daniel keeps asking him to run the bases. Apparantly, mommy isn't as fast :)

Here are some pics of the last couple days:

Quick Pics

Just wanted to give a quick update on us. Nate is recovering well. He's getting out and walking around a little bit. He gets to spend quality time with Andrea. Here are some rare pics of her awake!

Proud Mommy
Our favorite picture so far :)

Andrea is doing great. She's a very quite girl (so far!) She'll go 4hrs between feedings during the day and about 3hrs at night. It must be the nice warm blankets and body heat from being held that keeps her content longer during the day! She didn't like her first bath at all-but that's how we got her wide awake for the above pictures :)