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.

Came and Went

I miss my folks.

They were here for a week and a half and the time just went by too fast:( 

I only took one picture the entire time they were here. That's how busy and how much fun we had. No time for picture taking when you're livin' life.

My mom was the best helper! She did the dishes, the laundry, got up in the morning and fed the kids breakfast so I could sleep. It was so nice having her here. Lila and Calvin loved going on daily walks and stopping at the park to swing and go down the slide with grandma. They miss their grandma and grandpa just as much.

It's a bummer we don't live closer. Maybe someday:)