Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween 2011!

5 months and Fall Time Fun!

Another month gone by so quickly and Avery is 5 months old! She has had an exciting month. A few days after she turned 4 months old I put her down on the ground, expecting her to fall right over- but she sat up all by herself- a whole 1-2 months earlier that any of her siblings! Also a few days after she turned 4 months old I decided to let her try some baby food, again not expecting her to do well with it- she gobbled it right up and looked at us as if to say "you've been holding out on me"! Here she is, from 4-5 months old... our "Baby Goose"!
Also mixed in are some pictures of all the kids having some fall fun!

Playing

Watch out guys... I cat sit up!

Pumpkin Land

Maddie on the zip line

Pedal bikes in the rain

"I love Daddy's mashed potatoes"!

Baby Goose

Playing in the leaves.

What a cutie!

cute kids

Ready for school pictures

Avery's 1st pumpkin!

Squash!

Sweet girl!

4 months old

It's hard to believe that Avery is 4 months old already! She is such a sweetheart (or "Babyheart" as Cole calls her). She is going to daycare 2 days a week now and liking it, except she still won't take a bottle. I guess she's got her mind made up about that one. She likes tummy time now and loves smiling and laughing at the kids. She's a pretty easy going baby! Her latest thing (that hopefully doesn't last too long) is to wake up in the middle of the night and talk to us for 2 hours or so...
She recently went for her doctors appointment and weighs 12 lbs 8 ounces and is 24 1/2 inches long!
Here are a few pictures from this past month.
enjoying my tummy!

Hurricane Irene

hanging at the beach

supervising apple picking

till next month...

1st day of school

So our 1st baby went off to KINDERGARTEN today! Yesterday was her open house which I took her to. She wasn't so sure about things yesterday, in fact, she almost started to cry while we were there. One of the things we had to do while visiting yesterday was to sign our names on the sign-in board. While everyone else signed their names in big letters at the top of the sheet, Maddie wrote hers in teeny tiny letters way down at the bottom, away from all the others... totally uncharacteristic of her. I felt bad. Today though, she was ready! When she got home after a full day at school, she said "it was AWESOME"! Here are some pictures we took this morning before her big day!

Summer 2011

3 months old!

It's hard to believe that Avery is 3 months old tomorrow. The summer is almost gone and school starts in less than 2 weeks! Avery is becoming quite a little baby rather than a newborn. She is very alert and attentive, especially to keep an eye on all the big kids! She is a smiley little thing and LOVES to be held by anyone. She loves her big sister and brothers most of the time and enjoys watching them play. She likes to be outside, her swing, and to just be part of everything. She recently went to her Aunt Kimberly's wedding and did remarkably well in the car on our trip to Washington DC! Here are a few pictures... until next month!