This week

Well, lets see... Laura is now 4 months old and has exactly doubled her birth weight. She is now 12 lbs. 12 oz. Getting so big. I had to go through her wardrobe and take out all the newborn stuff. Kinda sad. But it was fun to get her the next size clothes. We got some really cute ones from a friend of Jeff's whose daughter, same age as Laura, is 18-19 lbs. First baby so we get some cute stuff. I love hand-me-downs!! Thanks Cindy. Laura is in the 20th percentile on weight, 26th for height (24" tall) and 66th on noggin size (42 cm.) She falls right in line with the rest of the kiddos. Hugh heads!! Lots of brains, right?!?!


Andrew had his 4 year check up at the same time. He showed the Doctor how impressive he is with his awesome skills of hoping, jumping, sitting still, breathing deep and of course how he is potty trained now and using cool underwear. At this point in the conversation with the doctor, he turned around, opened the back of his "gown" and bent over touching his toes, wiggling his cute little butt and said (though his legs) "Look, its Incredible Hulk underwear." The doctor, bless her heart, said in such a respectful voice... " That is so wonderful!! I love the Hulk!" Andrew positively beamed with pride. I was trying so hard to not bust a gut in the corner watching the whole interaction he was having with the doctor. When did our little boy get so big? Oh wait... he has always been a big boy! :D Anyway, he now weighs 49 lbs and is 42 1/2 " tall. A big boy and solid too.



Scott is doing really good in school. He is doing good at reading. That is his favorite thing to do. He is learning about volcanoes right now. Talk about cool!!



Amy is also doing really good in school. She is learning to read and enjoys it a lot. She also lost her 8th tooth on Saturday at our ward Thanksgiving dinner. It was a very special thing for her to not have to have it ripped out with dental floss. I am just glad that she didn't swallow it. I didn't want to have to try and figure out how the Tooth Fairy was going to give her money for that. :) But apparently the Tooth Fairy is in big trouble because she didn't make it to Amy's tooth last night and now owes her double. Oops!

Also we found out that... YES children can sleep anywhere!!

Andrew had fallen asleep on the couch and Jeff was trying to wake him up to go to the bathroom one last time. It didn't work. I don't think I have laughed so hard for a while. It was so funny. I am glad that we got a camera so that we could share this with all of you. We love you!

Laura's Blessing Dress

I finally got some pictures of Laura in her blessing dress. I can hardly believe that this skinny little baby is my chubby kiddo now. Glad the cream is sticking to her ribs. She goes in tomorrow (11-13) for her 4 month check up. I can hardly believe it. 4 months old!! Wow how time flies! Especially when you are busy!

I just love this dress. I am glad that this picture caught some of the detail work. Thank you Karey for taking pictures for me!!

Here are two of my favorite pictures. I am so glad that Grandpa Bill was able to come up and spend some time with us. Even with all the crazy family things going on that same weekend. What a guy to roll with the punches! Sleeping on the couch and everything. ;) We wished that everyone could have come up but were grateful for those that did and know that the others were there in spirit. (Do you have any pictures of Grace in her dress?) I can't remember what it looks like.


Now onto another note. We are still waiting to hear about the house we are hopefully going to buy. We are just waiting for it to go through the Country Wide Mortgage quality control or something like that. Who knows how long that will take. But we are still waiting and hoping that we will be in by Thanksgiving and definitely before Christmas. I guess that we are learning patience. A lesson that is relearned often! :D

Halloween

Poor little Miss Laura, her and things that go around her head keep slipping down over her eyes. Cutie pie!!





The kids had so much fun on Halloween. The weather was really mild and no rain the whole evening.


Scott was Dracula, Laura a cute little Jack-o-lantern, Amy a ninja princess and Andrew the cutest mummy ever.


This was on the evening of the Harvest festival at the church the Wednesday before Halloween. They got a ton of candy that night and started the sugar high that I still don't think they have come down off of. :)


Sorry the pictures are sideways. I am still trying to figure it all out.