Whoa.....October???

I am so very sorry that I seemed to have fallen off the face of the earth. Let's play catch-up and then go from there.

October:

Little Miss Cora was still on the oxygen and the feeding tube, which was rough for sleeping, but you couldn't ask for a cuter reason to be awake.

The boys fell even more in love with their cute little sister, fighting over who gets to hold her.

I thought Collin was getting sick, as one Sunday he took three two hour naps, until Mike came home and found the hidden (and empty) Benadryl. After calling poison control and finding out he was all right, we had to laugh. He said his reason for drinking it was "it tastes like candy juice". Well, I guess we will just have to keep that "candy-juice" under lock and key in the future.

Can I just get an 'amen", that there is nothing cuter then baby bums poking up? Yeah, I love those cute little bums and love to squish them.

Jacob turning 3 and being sick.

The blessing of having a birthday the first part of October is having the beautiful weather still, and choosing to celebrate by heading to the Pumpkin Patch. It makes my heart so very happy.

I even got brave and took my 3 kids, on Halloween, to the massively crowded Gardiner's Village, where there were a gazillion people, most of which were tired littles and tired moms. What was I smoking in thinking that was a grand idea? Live and learn, live and learn.

This was Collin's face painting experience, which promptly after this picture, he requested that "the itchy paint be washed off". Bless you baby wipes!

My boys love to play with the iPad, and love even more to take pictures. I love these next two, because it shows you, with just one eye, how sparkly and beautiful Jacob's eyes really are. That little boy is blessed to have such gorgeous eyes.

Cora stayed on her gear until the end of October, but came off the oxygen in the first week of November. We were still working on the feeding tube, but it too was about to come off.

This picture above actually happened in September, but is is just too cute to not share, especially as Collin thinks quite highly of this crime fighter, as evidenced in the selection of his Halloween costume, pictured below. And who could resist a darling picture of our little heart-hero Gracie!

All of the Utah grand babies and my parents.

Collin and cousin Khloe.

An awesome super-fun night with the Vallen girls and Kmetsch sisters.

And the traditional BYU homecoming parade, where every living Grand-baby is pictured with the Grandparents. We love parades around these parts, and love that our family is all together now.

I think that about wraps it up. November was UGLY (except for Thanksgiving) but that is a whole other post. :)