Awards!

Both Haley and Gracie got class awards for the month of September. They are both in the first group of four kids to get class awards (out of almost 30 kids)! Haley's award was called the PAW award... Positive all-around worker award. Her teacher made a poem out of her name explaining why she got the award. She basically said that Haley is super positive and always has a smile on her face... that she is positive in anything she is asked to do.

Party!

This is Haley on Wednesday... The Smart's had given this dress to Haley and anything the Smart's give us is special :) so Haley had to wear it on her birthday!

Opening presents...

Thursday we had a little friend party in the park...
Haley with friends, Kaylee, Winter Rose and Gracie. (Winter Rose and Gracie are in Haley's kinder class)

Hunter with his "My dad is A man!" shirt... it really says "the man" but Hunter walks around saying "A man!"
Hunter with friends Isabel and Grant.

Jonah slept through the party :).

Hay Hay Turns FIVE

Yesterday was Haley's fifth birthday!!! She went on a date with her dad last night. She was so cute... she came out with two dresses, held them up and asked me, "Mom, which dress should I wear on my date with daddy?" She was so excited. He took her to get ice cream. They were on their way to get their ice cream when they got stopped by someone who works for Picture People. The person asked Jimmy if they could take Haley's picture for free and they would give her a free portrait. Of course Jim said yes, he knew if he passed up this opportunity I would beat him up :). They took 38 pictures of her. Jim let her pick which one she wanted... This is the picture she picked.

I can't believe she is five... I watched her in her classroom yesterday after they sung happy birthday to her. She is so well behaved! She is so quiet and reserved... she gets that from her mom :)

Jonah is one month!!!

This is him days old!!!

This is him one month old!!!

Him with Dad!!!

Brothers!!!

Birthday Season!!!

This month is FULL of birthdays for us!!! On top of a lot of friends who have birthdays... we also have close family members with birthdaysJimmy's brother, Len... turned 37!

Jimmy's dad, Bud, turned 65.

Jimmy's grandma, Ruth, (the kids know her as GG) turned 82!
And on Wednesday we have Haley's 5th birthday!!!

My Family

Jim and I... very happy to have our three kiddos :) Haley took this picture of us :)

Muscle man!!! :) Three weeks old :) Still sleeps alot...

Haley she likes to make this "I don't have any teeth" smile with the crinkly nose...

Jonah again :). He is getting so big :)

Hunter just after a 20 minute nap :)... He is one happy dude :)

Adjusting to Baby Jonah

I wasnt sure how my kids were going to adjust to having a baby in the house... so far so good! They love him!!! Me, personally... I am having a way easier time adjusting to three then I did to two! Hunter story number 1...
When he came to visit Jonah and me in the hospital he came into the room and went right to Jonah, then turns to me and we had this conversation:
Hunter: Mommy, baby Jonah is here!
me: yep... he is
Hunter: I want to see your tummy
Me: ok...
Hunter: Are you having another baby Jonah?
I was not offended!! I thought it was funny!!! In case you aren't familiar with post baby belly, right after you have a baby, your tummy doesn't go flat right away... you tend to go home looking about 4 months pregnant...Hunter story #2....
He likes to be "helpful" He tries to share with Jonah...
- he has tried to give him fishy crackers (Baby Jonah was hungry)
- he found an empty play bottle and tried to feed it to him
- Hunter loves to have stuffed animals cover his whole body... so he did that to Jonah, so proudly.
He truly wants to play with him and he does these things with such a pure heart, but I do have to keep my eyes on him :)
Haley is very helpful! She goes and gets me diapers (she is to young to change a diaper... darn it) she will get me lots of things when I am feeding him. She loves her baby brother a LOT.
I know this isn't the most attractive picture of me, but that isn't why it is here... This morning, after a VERY long night, both older kids got up and crawled into bed with me. I had fed Jonah at 5am, and fell asleep with him on my chest. It is sweet to cuddle with all three of my kiddos in bed!

Megan took this of my kiddos... She is awesome!!!