They're Gone, All Gone

No more helpers. They're all gone. Chris' parents have come and gone. They've actually been gone for a few weeks now but I'm just now getting around to blogging about the visit. They were excellent helpers. It was so nice to have the house cleaned without me having to do it. His mom is a cleaning machine. Not to mention a pie making machine. His dad was a baby burping and putting baby to sleep machine. Okay, enough with the machine talk. They also babysat and let me take naps during the day. The kids and I both loved having them here. That pretty much sums up the best 2 1/2 weeks with the in-laws.

  

I'm on my own now. Just me and my 3 kiddos. We've had our ups and downs but mostly we are doing great. Not a well oiled machine yet, more like a slightly lubricated and half working machine is an accurate description. We'll get there though. In the meantime, I'm just trying to enjoy each day with my wonderful children. They are growing up so quickly. Lila is repeating everything she hears. I often hear her singing the ABC's or 'I am a Child of God'. She is a great big sister and still my little helper, when she wants to be of course. Calvin is like a pin ball, bouncing from one thing to the next. I don't see him slowing down any time soon. His smile and laugh make up for it a little though. He is communicating more and has added Toy Story character names to his vocabulary. Woody and Buzz are talked about all day long. Emmett is sweet as can be. He makes cute noises and has a smile that is contagious.

Emmett is 2 months old!

Emmett just had his 2 month check-up and he is doing great and very healthy. At least that's what the doctor said over and over. "He's a healthy boy. Look at this healthy boy. This healthy boy is doing great, you got nothing to worry about." I'm glad I got nothing to worry about. Emmett is so sweet and fun. He loves to cuddle and is smiling more and more. He's easy to please and patient when I need him to be. We all love him very much.

Here's his stats.

Height: 23 1/4 inches long (65th percentile)

Weight: 13 lbs. 15 oz. (87th percentile)

Head: 40 cm (80th percentile)

He's just so cute:)

Halloween Fun

It was a busy October and we had a lot of fun. We went to a Fall festival, pumpkin patch, corn maize, ward and playgroup Halloween parties, and trick-or-treating. Here's pics from all the festivities.

Emmett's Baby Blessing

Emmett received his baby blessing today. Chris' parents have been in town visiting so his dad was able to participate in the blessing circle as well. I was told Emmett started yawning in the beginning and as soon as Chris started giving the blessing, Emmett fell right asleep. I'm sure it's because the words were so comforting. Chris did a wonderful job as always. He blessed Emmett to have faith to seek after Heavenly Father's ways, receive the priesthood and serve a full time mission and some day marry in the temple. Emmett was also blessed to have a sense of humor that would bring joy to those around him. Also, to have compassion for people and to really see them as his brothers and sisters. Those were just a few of the things mentioned. 

We look forward to seeing Emmett grow and develop into his own person. He's been smiling more and more and is still a calm baby. Lila and Calvin already love Emmett so much and I'm sure all of them will be the best of friends. 

Here's pics from today.

What Next?

Well, what started out as a family fun outing to the Pumpkin Patch on Saturday, ended with us taking Calvin to the Emergency room and finding out he broke his collar bone. He was running and having fun in the corn maize when he fell. I knew something was wrong when he continued to cry longer than normal and wouldn't let us put him down. We left and headed to the hospital. I can't believe this is our second trip to the emergency room this year for broken bones. Neither Chris or I have ever broken a bone and now 2 of our kids have broken bones before the age of 3. I'm going to start giving all of our kids calcium supplements and hope that does the trick. It is horrible seeing our Calvin in pain. He is handling it like a champ. I just hope he heals quickly. Here are some pics I took with my phone while we were at the hospital.

They can't put a cast on due to the location of the break so all they can do is put his arm in a sling to help immobilize it and offer pain medication. They told us he will heal just fine but I'll believe it when I see it. He's such an active little boy and has already fallen and bumped his shoulder multiple times. We go on Thursday for another x-ray and I'm hoping it just hasn't gotten worse.

  After a little Motrin and he was all smiles on the way home.

1, 18, and 33

 Emmett is 1 month old today. We made it through the first month! Yay, for us:)

We took some pictures of the kiddos to celebrate.

Emmett is sweet and calm. He's an eater and I'm hoping he'll get the hang of sleeping soon.

We all love him. 

Calvin is 18 months old. He's our big baby. Our adorable, big baby.

Lila is 33 months. (I don't normally say her age in months.) She is our sweet pea. 

I love this picture of our 3 kids.