One more photo

One more photo, I know, I know, I'm obsessed. I just love snapping photos of this little guy. They are all so cute, I can't just pick one to post.

One month old Jence

Happy one month Birthday Jence! Where have the weeks gone? You are so sweet and perfect, but you need to stop growing so fast!!!

Trunk or Treat!

Cowboy Woody!

Indiana Jones!


A Stylin' Witch!

Here are a few photo's of the three older kids before they headed out to our neighborhood Trunk or Treat. All three kids were super excited to get their costumes on, and they all got a lot of candy. I can't believe how grown up Kate looks in her photo, I think this is the first year she wasn't a princess of some kind. She looks cute in her darling witch costume. I was surprised that she picked being a witch this year, when she was younger she was really frightened of witches (thanks to the Wizard Of Oz movie). Kirk's costume was a practical choice. He already had the Indiana Jones whip, hat, and bag from a birthday party. We lucked out and found the rest of the costume at kid to kid. I knew Benjamin had be one of the characters from Toy Story. He is literally obsessed with those movies. We lucked out again and found a great woody costume at Kid to Kid. I also found the adorable cowboy boots there too. This year we did really well by shopping at the thrift stores. Other years, we haven't had such great luck. I guess the secret is to buy early. I got these costumes back in September, and I'm glad I did. If I hadn't gotten them before Jence was born, the kids would be using a sheet, and going as a ghost! Also here is a photo I took of Jence today. I took this from our living room couch. I used a blanket and some pillows to prop him up. I think it turned out really good, but don't be too impressed, I had to take about fifty photos, and ended up with three good shots. Well I guess that's all apart of the learning curve.

A few more photos of Jence

Here are some more photos of Jence. He is only four days old in these pictures.

Pumpkin Carving!

Tonight the kids carved pumpkins (actually Dan and I did the carving, but Kate and Kirk told us how they wanted the jack-o-lanterns to look). I can remember doing the same thing as a kid, and the excitement I'd feel with the anticipation of dressing up, and trick or treating. Halloween is probably one of my favorite holidays (behind Christmas of course, nothing trumps Christmas!) So here are some pictures. I promise to post some more of the kids in their costumes, as well as some more of Jence. He has grown so much in the past week. It's amazing how quickly newborns grow!

Benjamin caught!

This morning I was upstairs feeding the baby after the kids had gotten off to school. I heard Benjamin pushing the dinning chair across our wood floor. I wasn't surprised at all, he does this a lot to get into the fruit snack box in the pantry. I thought to myself he will be coming up soon to ask me to open the fruit snack. But it was very quiet, too quiet. He never came so after I finished feeding the baby I went down to examine the extent of the damage. I figured there would either something very funny, messy, or both to deal with. Turns out I was right. He had gotten into a cake that we had left over from the meal the night before. He as eating it with his hands, and had chocolate cake everywhere. I had to take a picture because he was so cute about it. I went down and he just said, "I eat cake, I eat cake". He was pretty proud of himself.

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Jence Stevens Mower