What everyone is up to these days....

Well, I thought it would be fun to write a little fall update about what everyone is up to around here. Sara turned 4 in July and is in full blown "princess" mode. She loves everything that has to do with princesses, pink, sparkles and pretty. She wears dress up clothes around the house most days and wants to call everything "pink". Even though she appears to be all girl, she also loves bugs, dirt and playing outside. She is going to a Montessori preschool 5 days a week from 9-1. This is her second year there and seems happy and settled there this year. She has lots of friends and loves to play with them! She also loves swimming and has begun swimming on her own over the past month or so. She has also started AWANA and is in Cubbies through our church and is excited about that. She's a little unsure about her baby brother. At times she is lots of help and other times she'd like to "sell Jace to the zoo". Overall she has adjusted to life with a baby quite well. She is such a great little girl!

Jace will be 9 months on the 22nd and is all boy! What a different baby than Sara was! He is everywhere and in to everything. I think he has already broke more things than Sara has and she is 4. He has been crawling for a couple months, is pulling up on everything and is walking along anything he can hold on to. He has 3 teeth and one more any day. The other area he is the complete opposite of Sara is in the sleeping dept. He is still up most night 2-3 times to nurse. I never imagined I'd have an almost 9 month old baby who is not sleeping through the night. We are all pretty tired around here........ He is a very happy, smiley baby and we are just absolutely in love with him!!

I am doing the stay at home mom thing for now. I'm not feeling ready to go back to work and am just trying to enjoy the blessing of not having to work for right now. I spend my days driving Sara to and from school and to her various activities and trying to keep up with everything around the house. J is still doing the same old thing for work and is doing really well.

A trip to the Pumpkin Patch!

We live about 5 minutes from a great orchard full of fields of different fruits and vegetables. We made our annual trip there this week to pick out pumpkins. Sara thought they were all perfect and if it had been up to her, we would have left there with all of the pumpkins! She had a great time picking some out and riding in the wagon. Jace had fun taking in the sights and hanging out with daddy in the bjorn, his favorite way to be held! We brought the pumpkins and some corn stalks home and decorated the front porch with our scarecrows. I can't believe October has snuck up on us!

Vacation time!

The kids and I flew out to join J for a little vacation. I will admit to being a little worried about traveling so far by myself with two kids, two strollers, two car seats, two big suitcases and a carry on, however it couldn't have gone better. The kids were great on the plane and we had a great time. Everyone was happy to see daddy after being apart for a couple weeks. We stayed in Old Town Alexandria for about a week and then drove down to North Carolina to visit some friends for a couple days. While we were in the DC area we rode the metro (train to Sara) in to the city for lunch, visited the zoo, went to the aquarium in Baltimore, ate lots of good food and were able to catch up with some old friends. Sara especially loved swimming in the hotel pool. She also really enjoyed playing with Jaleigh and Colten in NC. The plane ride home went pretty smooth also, despite it starting with a lovely couple in front of us who proclaimed as we sat behind them, "great, there's two of them", speaking of the kids. Too bad they didn't live up to their expectations and were pretty quiet all the way home! Overall, it was a great trip and we had a lot of fun but it is always nice to be home and sleep in your own bed!

Welcome to blogging!

I have been inspired by my friend Allison to start a blog for our family and friends to keep updated on what is happening around our household and to see current pics of the kiddos. I will try to keep it updated weekly with new pictures but we'll see how that works out..... So for now, I guess that is about all. I'm not feeling particularly inspired and creative at the moment but hopefully as time goes on, sparks of creativity will come to me!