Big Girl Bed! (Kind of)

Little Miss HM is sleeping in a big girl bed - kind of. The first couple nights she did amazingly well. Sleeping all through the night and staying in bed. Well the last couple nights she has realized she can get out of bed so we've put her back in the crib. The problem is that she wants to sleep in her crib. She is so cute tucked into her big girl bed. The little girl is the sweetest and easiest baby!

Hangin' with big Sis. You got to love her jack O' lantern smile.

Finally Family Pictures

We FINALLY got some family pictures. Believe me when I say it was a long time coming. We had them taken by Scarlette Richards. She did such an unbelievable job of capturing the kids. I just love the pictures of them. And it was all relatively painless (with the exception of coming up with cordinating outfits). I am so happy to finally have some beautiful pictures of our family.

Check out Scarlette's website at www.scarlette.squarespace.com.

We are now H1N1 vaccinated!

After 2 and half hours of standing in line with four little kids we are all - except Kevin - vaccinated against Swine Flu. (Well, actually if we can make it through the next 21 days without exposure.) It was a nightmare and I came ill prepared but I was glad to see I wasn't the only one crazy enough to bring four kids by myself. I wondered if I should get one since I have been feeling kind of sick but there was no way I was going to wait for that long and not get something for it. Hopefully, this year the dreaded H1N1 will pass us by.

Pumpkin Carving and Halloween

Most of the family had a nice Halloween with me and Kevin being the only exceptions. We are not feeling well - some sort of bug that makes us exhausted. But we did manage to make it through all the weeks holiday festivities which included pumpkin carvings, HP annual Halloween event, a ward party and multiple last minute costume changes for L. This was HM's first Halloween and I think she thought it was great. She loved getting candy and mumbled her own little version of "trick or treat". She didn't smile but she was all business. Had to convince her on the night of the big event to put her costume back on - she'd had it - hence the tears - but once we got going she had a good time. I am loving all of these firsts for her. The next two months will be full of them - her first Thanksgiving, Birthday (with us) and Christmas. A lot to look forward to. Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch!

We didn't know if we were going to make it this year. The weather this week was questionable - wet, wet, wet. But then this morning came and it was a beautiful, sunny, fall day. Off to the pumpkin patch. This year we went to one up in Salmon Creek trying to avoid the crowds. There wasn't much to it but it was fun. The kids all won a stuffed animal. (I also had one of my most embarrassing moments there but I won't expose myself here.) Had lunch at Applebees before heading home. All in all it was a very fun day!

Logan's B-day

In the midst of all our sickness I forgot to post Logan's birthday pictures. No parties this year. Just lots of presents. Poor kid - this is the second year in a row that he has gotten sick on his birthday.

AGGGHHH Sick Kids!

So the kids have been sick. I just dread the moment when one of them comes down with something because I immediately begin to visual the next weeks as one after another cycles through it. H had it first. It started with a headache, fever and then he threw up once. Then it turned into a cough. He is now back to school. Then L came down with it. That poor kid catches everything. He definitely has the weakest immune system in our family. I think it's because I used so much hand sanitizer when he was a baby. Now HM has a fever and just isn't acting like herself. It has been almost two weeks now and we still aren't completly healthy. So far M is the only one who hasn't come down with anything. Now my brother is sick. He thinks he may have caught it from us. His doctor thinks he has H1N1. I didn't take my kids in but the nurse I talked to didn't think that was it. I love the fall but I hate all the sickness that comes with a change in weather.