Happy Halloween!

Big Pumpkin Day!

Big Pumpkin Day is a big deal at Isaac's school every year. The whole day is filled with fall fun. I was able to volunteer in the morning for one of the activities. Classes would come into our room to play a fall themed game of bingo. It was so much fun to see Isaac with his classmates.

Listening carefully to their teachers' instructions:

Me and my buddy:

Playing Hot "Pumpkin":

Straw Races:

Isaac and his class after face/hand painting:

Getting ready for their hayride:

The hayride route goes right by our house so we were waiting outside to see them go by:

Here they come!

My Lil' Pumpkinhead

Thanks Gramma!

Ruthie is 3 months old!!!

She's growing and changing everyday! She is so smiley and works so hard trying to "talk" to us. She sat in her Bumbo seat for the 1st time last night and seemed to like the new view. She LOVES watching her mobile friends, either on her swing or crib. She is still a pretty good sleeper and has had a few nights with stretches of 4-6 hours without waking up. She is a sweet little girl and we are all having so much fun with this new life in our family.

Remembering...

International Babywearing Week!

This week is International Babywearing Week! I realized as I went to write this post that I don't have very many pictures at all of me wearing my babies! The pictures I have of Isaac and Grace, especially, aren't the greatest at all. I definately wore them more then the number of pictures I have. I think the lack of pictures is because I am usually the one taking them!

Anyway... I have really enjoyed the times I've gotten to wear my babies and each baby I have worn a little more often. With Isaac I was still under the mentality that he needed to be put down as much as possible and learn that he could be okay without being in someones arms. It also didn't help that the sling I had wasn't right for me (to small, wrong style) so I wasn't comfortable wearing him.




You can see that my arm is actually INSIDE the sling holding him because I just couldn't get it/him right in the sling. It was terrible! With Grace I bought an amazing sling! What a difference it made to have a sling that was "right". It was nice to be able to have her snuggled in when we were out and about and the stroller wasn't practical. I even managed to learn how to nurse her in the sling walking around. I felt like I had so much more freedom!



Even daddy likes to babywear! :)



I still use the same sling with Ruth now..but I am definately using it more then I did with Grace. I wear Ruth not just when we are out, but also around the house. She is a lot fussier (lots of belly issues) during the day then Isaac and Grace were so she ends up being in our arms while we try and comfort her. The sling has been great when I am needing to get things done.


I love having her close to me and snuggled in. I get so many comments when I am out, about how cute she is all snuggled in on me and so many people commenting on how they love my sling. I am looking forward to trying out some other babywearing "gear" sometime...though it's hard to think about spending so much money on something I'm not sure is going to work for me. I am so glad I found a sling that was comfortable and fits me well so that I can have my babies close to me whenever I want. I'm a baby wearer and I love it!!! :)

2 months already...

wow! She's 2 months old! I think the weeks have gone by so much faster because we were anticipating Isaac starting Kindergarten. Ruth is so smiley and is by far my best sleeper. She only get up twice a night to nurse and will go 3-4 hour stretches. She is growing wonderfully too.. after all of our concern a month ago. She is now 11lbs 14oz (Isaac was 11lbs 12oz and Grace was 11lbs 3oz) and 23 1/2 inches long. We are all enjoying her smiles and coos...trying not to rush her to get bigger too soon! :)