Nicolas Daniel is Here!

Nicolas Daniel was born New Years Eve at 9:09am.

He weighed 7lbs 13oz and was 19 1/2 inches long.

Some fun facts about the names of our children. . .

Julia Kathryn

Vivian Flora

Nicolas Daniel

Their first names have 3 syllables, middle names have 2.

Julia-5 letters

Vivian-6 letters

Nicolas-7 letters

Julia's Big Debut

The Children's Choir sang a song at church this morning.
This was Julia's first time on stage.

(notice, no shoes)

At least she stayed up there and didn't cry.

Hopefully she'll do better on Christmas Eve.

Last look at Rufus

Wow! Has it really been a month since I blogged?! I'll have to post a few catch-up blogs before Christmas.
Anyway, I had one last ultrasound of "Rufus" yesterday to check fluid levels and his measurements. Everything looks great! Only 12 days and a wake-up to go! C-section is scheduled for 8:30 am New Years eve! We'll send out an email, post a blog and on our Facebook pages later that day.
,BTW, don't be looking for Christmas cards from us next week. We'll send out a New Years letter along with "Rufus'" birth announcement sometime in January.

Playing in the Leaves

My parents saved a big pile of leaves for the girls (and Dan) to play in so we went there Sunday afternoon.

Here are a few pictures--the rest will be in Snapfish soon.

Back Together Again

In preperation for the arrival of "Rufus"in less than 7 weeks, we moved Vivian back into Julia's room--now known as "The Girls' Room"--last weekend.
As expected, they played and carried on for over an hour before finally falling asleep together in Julia's bed. Since then, bedtime is fairly uneventful. We might check on them and find Vivian asleep in Julia's bed, but that is nothing compared to what occurs daily during naptime.
Naptime is like unsupervised playtime for them. They are bouncing on the beds, tearing up books, taking anything they can reach off of the nightstand and dresser, yelling and screaming, etc.
The worst was the day they broke the lamp (fixable), disassembled a picture frame, and had the mattress off of Vivian's bed. It was amazing nothing was broken beyond repair and neither of them were hurt. Of course, not taking a nap has taken a toll on their evening behavior. Since then I have been taking Julia out and making her sleep on the floor in the nursery. Then they both sleep. Yea! This was supposed to be punnishment and make Julia want to stay in her bed and ignore Vivi. Unfortunately, she likes it. Darn. Now I'm not quite sure what to do. They need to get used to rooming together, but they also need an afternoon nap.
Any suggestions?

Fall Fun!

The girls have had a fun fall season with all the pumpkins. We took a trip with our MOPS group to a local farm for a hayride to the pumpkin patch to pick out their own pumpkins. They also saw a pig race and lots of animals. But, the highlight was all the pumpkins!


Look at all the PUMPKINS!


Vivi found her pumpkin!


They had fum on the hayride to and from the pumpkin patch.

Vivian spent some time exploring a scooped-out pumpkin.

Pooh and the OSU Cheerleader are ready for Trick-or-Treating!

(the 2 Jack-o-lanterns, the big pumpkin behind Vivian, and the little half green/half orange pumpkin are our home-grown pumpkins)

You can check out all our October photos on Facebbook or Snapfish!

Fall Family Pictures

We had Fall family pictures taken 2 weeks ago for Julia's 3rd and Vivian's 18 month birthday.
These are a few favs, but you can view the entire shoot in our Snapfish account (just click on the link to the right), or on Robyn's Facebook page.
Thanks to our good friend, Kerri Aldrich, for capturing our family so beautifully!