Videos! #3

child labor...u get what u pay for! :D

Fall fun!

Videos! #2

Little ghosty wandering the loop after his sister...

Aubrey pictures plus Videos!

naptime! 4wks old

smiles and coos 6wks old

4 wks

meeting grandpa B 10 days

So I finally found my videos and tried to pick out a few that might be entertaining to our kinfolk.

Just thought you might like to see some of the things we do to entertain ourselves...and some of the everyday happenin's around here. :) Enjoy

Make a pile of blankets/pillows etc. and jump off your chairs simultaneously into it! Well, they were doing it simultaneously before I got the camera...and then they had a little trouble coordinating it all.

WARNING: This is a sweet video of miss Aubrey but be SURE to mute the volume during the last 5 seconds or your eardrums may be blasted by the voice of authority haulting the named culprit from pouring his entire cup of hot chocolate on the table ...just because he loves to pour. Sorry but I couldn't figure out how to cut it.

The rest will have to post later...

Tis the season...

...for apples!!! Last year we found out about an orchard where we can pick apples for free after they have done their commercial picking. They are beautiful apples and very tasty, and we have picked approx. 1500 lbs total in the past 3 weeks or so. The majority of them were sent back to friends and relatives with different folks who came to visit but thanks to Mr. Wise Guy (and a. susie and gramma jo ) we have 126 quarts of applesauce canned/frozen. And I have just 2 1/2 boxes left to dry and make canned apple topping with, and to just eat fresh and make one more apple pie. Amazingly enough the kids and I are still not tired of apples and have been eating them every day! :)

a familiar sight in our garage for the past 3 wks.

Needless to say, the kids have gotten pretty good at fending for themselves lately. I had to laugh when I looked out the window and saw their choice of footwear for the day.

Sunday shoes with no socks for Miss Kate...

and Daddy's shoes for Tay-O. I couldn't believe how long he actually kept them on and clomped about in them.

I spent my first day on my own with the kids in the sewing room. I was able to finish up a few pairs of flannel PJ pants for Miss Kate and a matching pair for Miss Aubrey. I propped Miss Aubrey on some big cozy blankets on the floor and the kids wanted to be as close to her as possible. They cooed over her and told her stories and then settled in beside her for awhile to entertain themselves.

Here is the Wee Lady herself! The center of our little world these days. :)

She reminds me of Sjo or uncle AJ in this picture.

She loves to hold tightly to my finger and usually settles down with a finger to hold if she's getting agitated.

Tay-O is very caring and compassionate with his little sister. He doesn't like to hear her cry and will croon to her and stuff her binky in desperately.

Miss Kate mothers them both. :)

Tay-O is always quite pleased when the binky hushes Miss Aubrey up.

This morning i had to suction out her little nose as she is still getting over her cold. The kids both climbed up on the bed to inspect. I didn't notice Tay-O until half way through the painful process. He was sitting crosslegged with his hands clamped over both ears. After a short time he pulled one hand off to remove his binky as quickly as possible and immediately continued covering both ears and humming loudly as well trying his best to drown out the screaming of his precious little sister. Eventually he resorted to burying his face in the covers until it was all over. I think it was more traumatizing for him than it was for Miss Aubrey. :)

I sat down with the camera the other day thinking it had a been awhile since I took any pics of our Wee Lady and ended up getting a bit carried away. Sorry she's sleeping in all of her pics. I'll have to work on getting an awake one. Especially now that she is smiling in response occasionally. I'll let you look without comment ...other than "can you tell I love baby feet?"

She's here!!!!

Fri. the 9th I had an appt. with the dr. The plan was to induce in the morning if I felt so inclined...otherwise more monitoring on Sun. and inducing Mon. or Tues. at the latest.

By Fri. night when I went to bed I was pretty sure I would be waking up in labor or at least have a decent start at it if inducing was actually necessary. We went to bed...only to get up and go to the hospital at 1:30am...

Miss Aubrey Jean arrived at 4:30am after a mild labor and quick delivery. The dr. was 20min. away and barely made it in time to give my delivery a wonderful ending.

Our 9lb 20 1/4in little girl has a very loud voice when she wants to be heard! :)

So happy there was no inducing ...and that my baby's finally in my arms! After waiting an extra 11 days she came on just the day her Daddy suggested. :)

The rest of the hospital stay was a blur...

and we brought miss Aubrey home on Sun. afternoon...

to lounge around in her slippers...

and snuggle down in her own cozy bed.

Miss Kate was SOO pleased to finally have Aubrey home!

Here's some pictures for comparison of all my babies in the hospital

Aubrey

Elliott

Katelynn

And some of each of them at 3-5 days old.

Aubrey

Elliott

Katelynn (above and below)

So I've been told that the non-facebook people in my life would like to see some pictures so I thought I better take the time to post some for ya. Sorry it took so long, but here's all the ones that have been posted so you're not missing out. Prepare yourself for a load of pictures.

checking out their new sister

Tay-O did NOT want to hold her and flattened himself back into the corner, but did at least inspect her closely. :)

Kate lovin' having the girl she wanted so much!

4 days old

her cute little slippers

Elliott "hodin' baby's fingas"

Smile!

On a side note...These shoes came in the mail with some clearance stuff I ordered for next summer and are way to big still, but the kids love to clomp about the house in them, tripping clumsily along. It has been a great source of entertainment for all of us. :)

They enjoy leaping off the hearth in them and Tay-Os knees come up and his feet fly out with toes pointed outward and heels together, landing with a splat like a kangaroo or a giant bunny rabbit. It is quite comical to watch. :D

So ends our mile long post. Good night all. I'm off to catch a few winks before miss Aubrey makes herself known. We just picked 620 lbs of apples this afternoon so I'm needing my rest tonight. :) (hey they were free and this year we have a truck...last year I was limited as I only had the trunk of the car to fill)