Samuel William

On October 14th we welcomed in our newest nephew, Samuel William.  So happy for Malinda and Jeremy and big brother Wes!

Cute little baby boy!!

Momma and her lil' boy

love his hair!

Eva at 7 months

Growing up so fast!

Happenings during this month:
Had a few good nights of sleep but mostly waking twice...
Had some really good naps.
Starting to sit really well by yourself.
Lots of talking and making lots of sounds; very vocal.
Taking a liking to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  Will sit in jumper and watch very intently.
Hunter will ask to hold you and was very excited when we both picked him up from school.
When first laying down to sleep you like to lay on your side.
Nursing is going great and you hold my hand while you nurse and fall to sleep.
Started rolling over to sleep on tummy.
Continues to love being carried in the Ergo.

Air Show

Last year, we took Hunter to an air show at New Century airport and he loved it.  So we knew we needed to go this year because his love of planes has grown even bigger.  He loved watching all the planes fly and kept saying WOW!  It was so much fun to watch how excited he was to see the planes.

August Picture Update

Hunter and Eva hanging out

Spidy
This huge spider made an awesome web on our front porch and after a while we decided he needed to live somewhere else so we (Jeremy) took his web down...the next morning he was back in a new web:-)  

Eva

Eva playing with her piggy-toes

I was trying to capture her fun back rolls:-)

always playing with his trucks 

Hunter likes to push Eva around in her walker.

Hunter liking his new KU football jersey.  

kiddos watching TV

Eva finding Bow's tail

Hunter loves to work a puzzle

Hunter shooting baskets at Jeremy's sisters house

We visited the pool more in the few weeks of the season than we did all year.

Miss Kim, our parent educator through Parents as Teachers.
We truly enjoyed the program and wished Miss Kim could stick around for Eva's first 3 years.  

Happy girl

Hunter loves playing with Eva in her crib

two cuties

Hunter's First Day of School

So I figure I better post before it was he last day.  :-)

The week before school started, Jeremy, Hunter and I went to an open house at his school where we met his teacher and some of his classmates.  Nothing new...but I knew I would be emotional:-)  Yes, even at just an open house event I was the teary-eyed mom.  It's just crazy how fast Hunter is growing up.  Hunter enjoyed playing with the dinosaurs in the classroom and checking out the playground.

His first day of school went well.  Drop off was good; just tears from me but Hunter did great.  The 2.5 hours he was there seemed to last forever:-)  Hunter was all smiles when I picked him up from school and I couldn't wait to hear all about his day.  Well, I didn't get much out of him.  All he would say was that he went down the slide and played with trucks...

We are now more than a month into the school year and Hunter looks forward to school days and enjoys going.

Eva Turns 6 months old!

Happy 1/2 Birthday Eva!  6 months old!!

What's been going on this past month...
She has been eating cereal, veggies and fruit.  She prefers the veggies over fruit and most times, we just skip the fruit.  Peas seem to be her favorite.
Over the past week she has been hard at work to sit on her own.  She does a good job and even sat well by herself for her 6 month pictures.
Not really rolling over.  Has done it a few times but she is more content sitting and if she's fussing she knows that someone will eventually (sooner than later) come to get her.
She loves to be held by me:-)  I still wear her a lot and my mom will even wear her in a sling:-)
We went to the pool more times at the end of August then we did all year.  Eva really enjoyed sitting in her floaty and watching Hunter swim around.
She has a napping schedule...naps for 30 to 40 minutes a few times a day:-)  Asleep for the night around 7 but is waking a few times during the night...
Tags on anything are one of her favorite things to play with.
Makes a lot of sounds and is saying "Mama"
Wearing 9-12 month clothes.
Hunter and Bow will make her laugh.  She loves watching Hunter walk behind us on the stairs.

Had her 6 month well child check up on her actual "birthday".  She checked out great and got 2 shots.
Stats:
18.6lbs (90%)
27.5" (97%)

She got pigtails for her 1/2 birthday:-)  Just a glimpse into the future when she has hair:-) 

Aly's Bridal Shower

Malinda and I hosted a bridal shower for Aly earlier this month at the Vintage House in downtown Overland Park.  The venue was perfect and so cute!  We had a fun time showering Aly with gifts and enjoying great food prepared by Malinda:-)  It won't be long before Aly and Donnie are saying their "I Dos"!

Bride to be!

Yummy desserts! 

So sweet...Donnie showed up with flowers for Aly

the moms with the cute couple

sisters

Aly and Mom

The youngest guest