Reed seems to be growing and doing well lately. Hopefully he is putting on a good amount of weight - we will find out at next week's appointment.
Eben's birthday was Friday. We kicked it off with presents at breakfast. I found him a large backpack - perfect for weekend packing. As a bonus, our children can also fit.
The kids had Friday off of school due to parent conferences, so my mom came up and we took them to find the perfect pumpkin. This was it.
Getting one kid to the look at the camera is hard enough - let alone all three of them. This must be a taste of family photos to come....
After much consternation, we got it into the wheelbarrow.
We had our friends and their kids over for Eben's birthday party. That's Dillon helping Eben blow out the candles.
It was a total 1960s moment - all the women and children were in the dining room eating cake while the men were in the living room drinking beer...
We are trying to finish up the chores at the cabin before the snow hits. This week it was splitting wood, stapling mesh over the holes in the eves to prevent birds from coming into the attic, and marking the driveway with snow stakes.
Reed comes everywhere with me.
At the schoolyard, playing pretend house in a floorplan marked by river rock.
Edison frequently asks to hold his baby brother.
Charlotte just wants to touch him and love him all over - maybe a little too much sometimes.
We finished putting hardwood floors in the kid's room at the cabin the weekend before I went into the hospital. Looks way better than the plywood that was in there before. Eben did a most of it, but I am proud that I helped lay some floor too!
