Kyle Sara Abigail Andrew

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Well the signing for our new house is today! Here is a picture of Abigail and her cousin Nathaniel at the new house:

Nathaniel hiked to it from my parents. He walked the whole way by himself! He is such a sweetie bear.

Here is Abigail hiking from grandmother’s house to the new house:

Abigail has a new cousin Isabella Jasmine born on November 17th. Here she is with Andrew:

When we eat at my parents’ Abigail always wants to sit right by her “Nana”:

Abigail had a great holiday with all the family in town. Here she is with her uncles:

Abigail ‘s hair is finally long enough for pigtails:

Here are our little ducks:

  

Abigail is loving having a baby brother:

Andrew is a big guy- 100th percentile for weight. He weighed in at 19lbs 19 oz at his 4 month appointment last week! He is a little sweetheart, such a good little baby. He just adores Abigail. He has all eyes on her at all times!

  

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Déjà vu

Parenting your second you get a lot of déjà vu. Right now when Andrew coos and tries to stand in my lap- I start remembering when Abby went through that phase.

Well we had a nice morning at home. Andrew sometimes takes two hour morning naps so it gives Abigail and I some time to hang out. Here is Abby playing with some silly putty she won at a Halloween party:

I always try to get out in the morning because we all nap in the afternoon. We had a busy week- Monday- playgroup, Tuesday- library storytime and lunch w/ Dada at the Muffin Mill, Wednesday- preschool (oh yeah I started a coop preschool), Thursday- Showcase concert at the Hult center- heard the Eugene Symphony and Terrific Twos class at Birth to 3. Plus Abigail ‘s afternoon outings with Bawby- my dad will pick her up after nap and take her out since Andrew naps til 4 or 5.

When Andrew woke up today Abigail wanted him to play on his play mat from cousin Susannah. Here he is enjoying looking at the toys:

Abby and Dada at church-

costume pictures-

our little cow-

with Grammie and Grandpa-

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Well life has been crazy- lots of ups and downs. Raising a family is sure a rollercoaster ride! Kyle is outside raking with Abigail- she just loves helping! Good thing because it’s a full time job with the tree in the front yard. Here are some pictures of us at the pumpkin patch yesterday:

poor Andrew was not happy for this one!

Kyle picked the biggest one he could find.

We are making our way through the terrible twos- we know now why they say that. We’re dealing with the fun of the toddler bed, nap strikes, etc.

Abigail is talking so well- full sentences all the time, incorporating new words very quickly. She loves bed time stories that Kyle and I make up about “Little Abby” going on different adventures. Andrew is coming out of the colic thank goodness. He is a real chubby sweetheart at 17 lbs 2 oz. He is 3 months old now. He coos and smiles so big w/ his dimple. Sleep with him is a little easier than it was with Abby so we’re enjoying that.

I hope everyone is enjoying fall and getting ready for Halloween

Love,

Sara

Well we just got home from having lunch with Dada. Fall is definitely here- it’s cold, windy and the leaves are falling. I’m sitting with Andrew and he’s cooing away. Abigail is sacked out. We are about to join her.

Andrew has really change in the last week. He coos, smiles and is alot more interactive. He loves when you tickle his toes. He loves mobiles. He is a chunk. No one can believe he is 2 months old! Lasst time we had him weighed he was 14 lbs 5 oz. And that was 2 weeks ago.

Well our house didn’t work out so we’re back to square one. I’ll keep you posted about that.

Abigail cracks us up daily. Today she was dancing around Andrew’s room singing “I don’t want to lose your love tonight”- one of her and Daddy’s songs. She is excited about Halloween. We went to the 2 year old story time today for the first time. She was thrilled to be with the big kids. She is also sleeping in a toddler bed now. She is so proud. The first night was a disaster (ran out of the room about 10 times over 2 hours) obut by the second day there were no problems thank goodness. We harvested the remains from our veggie garden this morning. I’ve got a lot of cooking to do and no time for it! Anyone want produce? I’ll try to post more pictures soon.

Here is Abigail with her “pie” she made me by dumping out the box of cheerios the other morning while I was in the shower:

Love,

Sara   

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Today was Abigail’s 2nd birthday. We had a big party at the house- it was a lot of fun. Abigail is very into ballet so we did a ballerina party. Her favorite gift was a pair of ballet shoes. She wanted to wear them immediately and then she wanted me to bring the music outside so she could dance.

Here she is practicing her moves:

The party really did her in- she went to bed at 7 pm. She was falling asleep on the dining room table in her dinner! I can’t believe our little girl is two years old. It sounds so big!