Family of 5!

M & M absolutely love their new baby sister. They want to see her as soon as they wake up and they kiss her goodnight when they go off to bed.

M & M have been taking care of their own "babies" since mama is busy taking care of C.

Welcome Sweet Caroline!

Welcome to the world!

Caroline Quinn

 8 pounds 4.9 ounces; 20 inches long; born on Nov 29th at 9:45pm.

I was exhausted after she was born, but very proud of all that I had accomplished.

 The delivery and recovery went much better this time. 

Had a successful drug-free VBAC just like I wanted.

Our neighbor helped us home from the hospital. 

This was M&M's second visit. 

Smiles!

 

This blanket was made by Carrie's great grandmother, Maw Maw. 

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.