Waiting for Caroline

We have been slowly introducing the concept of a baby in my belly to the kids. It started out as a baby, then baby sister, and now baby sister Carrie. Unfortunately, the kids like to see the naked belly when asked to point out where their baby sister is, which is what they are trying to do in this picture. 

Thanksgiving at Home

We had a traditional Thanksgiving meal with my side of the family. 

October and November Pictures

Since I haven't posted pictures in a while, I thought I'd share what's been hiding on our camera.

The kids really liked Halloween this year. We did trick or treating in the neighborhood and at a local office building. Malia wanted to eat the entire time, but Michael understood that you are suppose to wait until you are done collecting. 

It cracks me up when the kids put our big shoes on their tiny feet.

Our first snowfall (not much) was fun for Malia, but Michael proclaimed it was "too cold" to be outside in the backyard. We checked to see if the front yard was just as cold, it was.

Malia and Michael both love technology. Malia was checking out the PBS website for Elmo games.

The kids got these puppies for their 1st birthday. They went through a period of not caring about them, but now they love them again and must have them in bed at night.

Putting the pom-poms in the cut outs of the old containers. Checking out which are too big for the small holes.

The kids are ready for their new baby sister.

Teaching Michael how to play games on the Wii.

The kids discovered that the heat vent makes the balloons float in the air. Super cool.

Cleaning up the kitchen. I'll take any help I can get.

The "dance floor" turned into a comfy place to rest.

Yo Gabba Gabba

The kids love music, and their favorite show (besides Pocoyo and Seasame Street) is Yo Gabba Gabba.

basketball

x-ray

I've updated this post to include a picture of Michael's cast let. This was before we left to have the cast removed. He was such a trooper. He didn't cry at all when it was being cut off. In fact, he got a big smile when his leg was freed from the cast. Then we had a nice lunch with Dad.

Here is Michael's x-ray from his injury a couple weeks ago. The two bones are suppose to be parallel, but they form a K instead. Two fractures in the thinner bone and one in the thicker bone.

Fall!

I got the idea to take pictures on the bridge last week. Last week the colors were much brighter and varied greatly then, but it still makes for great photos.

Here we are goofing around.

The Ohio State University Marching Band - TBDBITL Halftime 10-6-12 Video...

This is a very cool half time show from the OSU marching band.

Football Season and Fall

Now that college football season has started, Malia is all about checking up on her fantasy team. JK

 What?

Malia's model pose.

Michael's model pose.

 Michael says, "We're number one."

The kids both wanted to play with our gadgets.

Cheesy smiles.

We love making silly faces.

The kids love all the baby stuff that we are pulling out of storage.

I let the kids play pretend driving. 

When one does something, the other one is not far behind.

I reorganized the toy room. Pardon the mess.

For my birthday, we installed a new ceiling fan.

I also took a painting class from a local artist.

 Jason created a standing desk, so we can access the laptop without being interrupted by little electronics junkies.

Good morning

So on the morning this video was taken, Michael was not a morning person and Malia was. Malia is normally very happy first thing in the morning and Michael is about 50/50. 

Enjoying the last weeks of summer.

Jason makes the best breakfasts on the weekends. These biscuits made everyone happy.

 The kids enjoy playing with the sandbox and watching the airplanes go by.

Michael listens for them, waves bye-bye, and then asks "Where'd it go?"

 The local radio station came to our neighborhood and had a block party.

The kids enjoyed balloons, boneless chicken wings, fries, and popsicles.

So busy, but having fun

We went on a field trip with Jenna, Olive, Eli, and a mom from my mom's club to a freshwater fish farm. We had so much fun and will be back to take more pictures soon.

We also went to the Twins Festival in Twinsburg, OH. It was so much fun to see all the twins, but we won't be back for a couple of years. It seems like the kids will like it more when they are a little older.

My neighbor took this photo of the kids walking the neighbor's dog. I just love it!

Right now we are passing around this sore throat/cough cold, we are having lots of visitors to the house, and I'm babysitting the neighbor's 3 year old daughter here and there, so things are really busy. I need to get the camera out again, so I can catch those super cute moments that pop up everyday.

Also - I'm tired.

But we finally picked a name for the new baby girl: Caroline Quinn Duffy. 

We will call her Carrie.