Spinach and Smiles

This was a funny lunch we had one day....Nate was busy smiling at me and I had a chance to grab the camera so we finally got some good smile pictures.  Meanwhile Megan decided spinach was the best thing in the whole world!  I was putting spinach on my sandwich and she said to me "Mommy, what's dat?"  I told her it was spinach.  She said "I'll fry some".  And I said "Oh, you want to try some?  Ok."  I gave her one spinach leaf thinking she was not going to like it....but she said "I wike it, I'll fry some more please."  So I am not kidding you about 10 spinach leaves later she was finally content!  What a happy moment as a parent when your child begs for, yes, spinach.  Now my main reason for posting this was because I realize as a 7 year old she will be coming home from school telling me that she doesn't like spinach and never has...but I will be able to refer her back to this archival blog post where my dear little sweetheart will indeed be able to see that yes, one day she truly did used to love spinach!!!

(Hmmm...I was thinking Fisher Price should be paying us something for all the advertising/endorsements on this Fisher Price Rainforest line of baby products!)

Happy December

Nate turned 2 months old on December 1st and it is always funny all the different "looks" you can capture in different photos.  Here is a sample of how he is growing...definitely changing from that newborn stage.  He is sharing lots of smiles and we are trying to capture them with the camera!  Megan is happy as ever and loves to stay busy with different "projects" around the house.  She really loves doing art and discovered that the marker caps fit nicely on her fingertips!

Happy Thanksgiving...We are thankful for these three blessings!

What a fun Thanksgiving we had with Elli here this year.  She was here for a week and got to meet her baby brother Nate for the first time.  She loved him up every second she could...lots of baby snuggles, naps, bottles and smiles.  Megan was thrilled that "Eddie" was here again...and tried to capture as much of Elli's time as she could!  Megan and Nate are so lucky to have such a fun loving big sister!  They both love their big sister Elli so much!  It's so fun to watch these three spend time together.  We love you three so much!  

Baby Nate 6 Weeks Old

Baby Nate at 6 weeks is now spending a little more time awake and socializing with us.  We are all having so much fun with him and Megan is still loving him all up!  What a fun little addition he is to our family and our home as we head into a chilly winter...and lots of time together indoors!



Nate 1 Month Old...And a Good Sport!

How did he already turn 1 month old??  Oh my!  Nate is 1 month old now and Megan is already figuring out how she can get him to play with her.  This is Nate in Megan's dolly stroller....much smaller than a real life stroller...but fits a 1 month old just perfect!  Nate...you are such a good sport!  Megan...you better hurry up!  Soon your baby brother will have nothing to do with this or anything else pink with polka dots! 

Happy Halloween




Megan enjoying the harvest from our first
 garden...pumpkins with all 3 kids names
 scratched in and our "big biggie"
 sunflower heads

 

Megan enjoying her "hand bats" project
 that she did with Grammy Nomie

Megan in her pumpkin costume

Meg loved this costume so much
 I think she wore it almost
 10 times this month!

Baby Nate the almost 1 month
 old turtle!

Looks alot like another baby
 turtle we had 2 years ago!

Ummmm....I grew tired of trying
 to get a good picture of them
 both...so here I settled....hey,
 at least nobody was crying!

Oh Baby Nate you make such a cute
little turtle with your newborn eyes!!!

Megan can't love him enough...she always
 says "Oh....Baby Brudder Nate....I wuv
 you tooo much, my best fwiend!"

And when he's upset...she is very concerned!
  Nate...you will always have your big sister
 checking up on you!  What a fun Halloween
 we had with pumpkins, bats, costumes, our
 new garden harvest, sunflower seed picking,
 lots of wheel barrow rides to and from the
 garden, and a few sweet treats!  Welcome
 to the family Baby Nate!  Daddy, Mommy,
 Elli and Megan love you to pieces!



Happy Fall! (Nate 2 weeks old)

We headed to Grandpa and Grandma's yard again this fall for some fun pictures in all the leaves!  Jumping in the huge piles of leaves is one of Megan's favorite things to do.  It was a beautiful fall day and even 2 week old baby Nate got nestled in the leaves for some pictures.