Thanksgiving

This year we are very, very thankful. We have our health, a warm home, food to eat, a precious new son and a wonderful family. We got to celebrate all that we are thankful for with my extended family in Portland. It had been years since all of us have been together for a holiday and never before had it included ALL of us married with children. In all there were 26 people at my Aunt Kathryn and Uncle Michael's house. We had so much fun. Aaden got to play with all of his cousins (from 18mo - 4 years) and Owen got to meet more of his family! Of course the day was so busy that I only snapped a few pictures.

The next day we celebrated the impending arrival of two more BOY cousins...

His/Hers

What Kristofer enjoys doing on weekend afternoons....

Making GIANT pumpkin pies and little pumpkin pies!

What I enjoy doing on weekend afternoons...

Sewing a little project from Pintrest!

November Sun

Someone is enjoying the 60 degree, warm November sun!

Owee's 2mo. Stats

Owen had a fabulous 2 month check-up today. The Dr. kept saying he couldn't find anything to say but how "great" he was doing. Makes a mom happy, especially when the sweetie was scheduled for 4 immunizations today. He did great though, only slightly fussing. This afternoon though he is zonked out, poor guy!

Here are the much awaited stats -

W: 13lbs 4.4oz (90th percentile)
H: 24.5" (95th percentile)
Head: 40cm (50th percentile)

This compared with Aaden at 2 months -

W: 14.5lbs (95th percentile)
H: 24.75" (95th percentile)
41cm (75th percentile)

I was sure Owen was trying to catch up with his brother in weight and size with all of his eating, but alas he was still nearly 1lb shy. Owen has grown 4.5", while Aaden started at 21" and only grew 3.75". Love comparing stats. The Dr. said I just grow "big bubba" boys. :)

Such a kissable little love!

Crafting Projects

My mother-in-law, sister-in-law and I finally got around to another craft day. It has been nearly a year since we've had time to do it, but we love to do it!

Our goal projects this time around:
-Banners for our houses (I made two for the boys' rooms)
-Fall wreathes
-T-shirt scarves

Here are a few pictures of our things (unfortunately I didn't get everyone's finished projects):

 Renee's Christmas banner

 Lacey's "Love" banner

8 Weeks

Owen is nearly 2 months!? He has his check-up next week, so we'll see how much he's grown. I'm pretty sure he is trying to reach his brother's weight of 14lbs because he's back down to eating every two hours and only 3 hour stretches at night (this from 5-6 stretches). I'm pretty tired, but happy he's so healthy. One significant difference lately is that he is ALL smiles and coos. His awake times are usually 2+ hours and if he's fed, he's happy!

I was able to snap a few pictures of our jovial boy this morning while he chatted with his big brother:

 This was my favorite outfit on Aaden, so glad to be able to get more use out it on another sweet boy!

Halloween/Reformation Day

We aren't big into Halloween around here, usually celebrating Reformation Day. With the advent of a 3 year old around here though we thought we should at least participate Halloween in a small way this year. Aaden dressed up in his engineer/conductor outfit and he and his Daddy set out to trick-or-treat at the neighbors' houses. They were pretty cute:

Owen donned his pumpkin hat and hung out in the Baby Bjorn with Mom and helped answer the door (while our crazy, barking dog was locked upstairs in the bathroom). We had nearly 100 trick-or-treaters (hence my hesitancy to participate other years, the barking at the door bell alone could make you mental). I think all-in-all, we had fun though.