Our week

Carter hanging out on the floor... only lasted a minute before Ethan tried to put a blanket on him and buried him and then Hannah stepped on him and he started screaming.... eventually the newness of having a little brother will wear off and they will ignore him, right?
3 happy kids.. Happy Halloween!!

Visited Great Grandpa Theodore last weekend and Carter slept the whole time. Grandpa and Carter will get along well!

Our second cousin Meridith also came over with her Grandma, Aunt Barb. The kids had a great time showing Meredith all their toys and playing with her!

Finishing up lunch- trying to be cute!!

1 week old

Carter's usual state- either sound asleep or just looking around... amazing how things change in a week- before he was born I always wanted to know what Hannah was doing and getting into, now when she's not in the room I'm enjoying the quiet and just glad she isn't trying to pick up the baby and more importantly trying to think if I can make it to the bathroom and back before she realizes I'm gone and pounces on the poor kid. He's had his head banged more this week than either of the other 2 did in their whole first year.... poor third child

3 happy kids

Awake state- he really seems to like the swing (at lease more than Ethan who screamed when you put him in the swing so we didn't even try with Hannah)

Ethan really likes his baby brother and actually asks to hold him (unlike when Hannah was born he just ignored her) amazing what a difference a few years makes

Welcome Carter Thomas

Carter Thomas born October 11 at 3:42pm, weighs 6#13oz (right in between Ethan and Hannah's weights), 20 inches long....
Daddy with the screaming kid right after delivery :)

All 3 kids- Ethan really likes his baby brother, we don't think Hannah realizes what's going to happen when baby comes home... but all are doing well and we plan on going home later today!

Pictures for Grandma

No big news to report... no baby yet and I really need to get through the weekend and next week in the office, so hopefully anytime after next week we will have a baby :)

Here is Hannah sitting on our new mudroom lockers- we finally got moulding and the cabinets for the sunroom and mudroom, so that room is officially finished
Both kids playing dress-up with their winter hats- we finally had to break down and turn on the heat last night when it got to 59 in the house!

Hannah eating all the jello as soon as I snapped the first picture!

I happened to talk to Grandma on the way to Walmart today and she gave me a good idea to make "pumpkins" out of oranges and then fill them with jello, so we did that as soon as we got home, here are the finished products, pretty cute and the kids loved them

Last weekend we babysat Miguel and Alex, but only took pictures at the end of the night right before the kids fell asleep- they were all really good and were asleep by 10 (amazing, that rarely happens on a normal night around here!)