Happy Halloween!

 

Luke Skywalker ready to protect his lil' sis!

Landon AKA - "Luke" ~ 4 years, 9 months

McKenzie - our lil' owlet ~ 1 week, 3 days

The kiddos are ready to hit the neighborhood!

Landon picked this design out...sure wish he would have picked the easy one out, but this made him so happy!

This was our first "holiday" with two kiddos!  It went quite well and we spread out the cheer throughout the week!  Landon's new obsession is Star Wars, so he dressed as Luke Skywalker and McKenzie was an owl!  Her hat was quite large but we were able to still get a few pictures...at least it will fit her when it is actually cold here in NB!  Landon got to dress up for preschool and they walked in a little parade.  Meme watched this while I stayed home with McKenzie.  Halloween night, Landon and I headed to a friend's house, where he got to go house to house and trick or treat!  He loaded up on lots of good stuff and the adults have sure enjoyed sneaking a few pieces here and there!  Landon had been asking since August to carve a pumpkin (since Halloween stuff comes out so stinkin' early) and I kept telling him that we had to wait until it got closer to Halloween or it would rot.  Well, Halloween snuck up on us since we had a newborn and before I knew it the day was here and we had not carved a pumpkin...good thing Landon was just as happy carving it November 1st as he would have been a few days earlier!  We also had a little fun with Mommy's belly and we let Landon paint my baby belly as a Jack-O-Lantern.  Landon got a little help from Daddy but he did a lot of it on his own.  Hope everyone else had a Spooktacular Day!

Introducing McKenzie Ann

Off to the hospital...

Proud mommy and her baby girl :)

So excited to be a Big Brother!

Miss McKenzie

Daddy and his girl :)

Flowers from my parents - 34 years ago this cat was sent to my mom when I was born and she saved it and had an arrangement sent to me!  Very special!

Hanging out in the hospital room with Mommy!  If I remember right it was about 3 a.m.!

First Family of Four Photo!

Heading home...maybe she was worried about what was yet to come.  She settled down quickly and did not make a peep all the way home!

We welcomed our baby girl, McKenzie Ann, on Friday, October 21st!  She was born at 3:38 p.m., weighed in at 6 lbs., 14 ozs. and measured 20 3/4 inches.  She has a head full of beautiful brown hair.  We are all over the moon excited about her arrival.  Landon is a very proud BIG brother and already extremely protective of his baby sister.  It is so sweet to watch him interact with her.  She completes our family, and we are looking forward to all the adventures ahead of us as a family of four!

Showers For Our Baby Girl :)

The party goers...

some more guests...

Very soft blanket :)

Modeling my fun, new nursing cover!

Can't wait to try this out...heard it is a miracle worker!

Eliette and I

Krista and I

Me, Meme, Vicky and Janet

29 weeks :)

Kimberly, me, Samantha and Katy - The Hostesses

In August, some of my sweet friends hosted a shower for a baby girl on the way!  It was so much fun getting together with so many friends and celebrating the upcoming arrival our our sweet baby!  They had some amazing food...I can still taste the cake balls, sugar cookies and cinamon rolls~YUM!  We are so appreciative of all the great things we got for our baby!  Thanks Samantha, Kim, Katy and Valerie for such an AWESOME shower!

FUN craft station - Guests made slip-proof socks!

Woo hoo!  Got some super soft sheets!

Me with the Hostesses - Sara and Jana

37 weeks and 3 days  :)

In October, I was blessed to have another shower hosted by two more great friends!  This shower was held at lunch time with all my friends from Landon's preschool!  They had my favorite lunch items...chicken salad, egg salad, chips with ranch and a tasty eclair dessert!  I cannot forget the drink - rootbeer!  Every prego girl needs her rootbeer!  It was nice to have a little downtime and catch up while all our kiddos were at school.  I received more great things for our baby girl and some restaurant gift cards to use when things are so crazy at the beginiing!  We are set, and she is welcome to make her debut at any time!  Thanks Sara and Jana for hosting a FANTASTIC shower!

Big Boy Bed!

Taking a nap in his NEW bed!

The day before we left for Disney World Landon's bunk bed arrived!  He was ecstatic...he had been asking for a bunk bed for almost a year and he was very particular on which one he wanted.  He went to all the furniture stores with us and when he saw this one he knew he had found his NEW bed!  He was adamant that the bunk bed had to be a rectangular shape and it could not be loft style where you have the bottom twin come out the other direction and he did not want a desk or drawers underneath either!  This one was definitley up to his standards and he loves it! 

He decided on a blue wall, like the ocean and wanted to keep the other walls brown, like sand!  His big boy room is a saltwater fishing theme and once we get it all put together we will share the finished results! 

Big Bro is a Big Helper...

Bye, bye green...Hello PINK!

Super happy to be helping :)

Now that is a look of concentration!

Landon and Brian worked together to transform the green nursery into a pink nursery!  Landon was a little sentimental at first, and was not sure about seeing the green walls that were his for over 4 years to go away, but he soon got over it and enjoyed the process and making way for his sister!  He loved helping Daddy paint...doing stuff only big boys are allowed to do made him feel pretty important!

FUN Times at the Pumpkin Patch with Friends

The new hayride driver!

Axel, Gavin, Landon and Cole

Measuring up our baby girl to this pumpkin...maybe I needed one a tad bigger!

Hauling their load uphill :)

Pumkin painting time...

Jacon, Landon and Miller

Yay for the hayride!

The Group - (minus a few)

Planting his pumkin seed :)

Scooping the pumpkin goo!

Fun with friends :)

Mommy and Landon

Friday, we headed to the Bracken Pumpkin Patch with friends from Landon's preschool!  The kiddos had so much fun running around gathering pumpkins in their wagon, painting pumpkins, going on a hayride, digging out pumpkin goo, weighing/measuring pumpkins and examining them with magnifying glasses.  It was a beautiful day to be at the patch...not too hot, overcast and a nice breeze.  After having all the fun they could handle they enjoyed lots of sweet snacks under the shade tree.  We were happy so many friends we able to make it...it is always more fun with friends!