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Laurie, Paul and Owen

New Blog

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Thanks for following our adventures!
Laurie, Paul and Owen

Family Photos Fall 2012

Several weeks back, our photographer Joyce was in town and captured some photos for our Christmas cards.  She does such an AMAZING job of getting Owen to cooperate!  Each time, it gets harder and harder to choose which ones we should order!  Here are a few of my favorites.

The Halloween Blues

Halloween 2012 wasn't one to write home about unfortunately.  Owen was very excited to be a fireman and our neighbors lent a costume to him.  It was a hair big, but he loved it, so a fireman he was!  He started to get his 3 year molars the week before Halloween.  He was crabby, had a fever and wasn't eating well, so he was home from daycare for two days.  Then he seemed better over the weekend and on Monday.  On Tuesday though, I got a call from Heidi saying that he was acting lethargic, not interested in his normal activities, was shivering and just wasn't himself.  So, I went and picked him up and by that afternoon, he had a 101.7 temp and was miserable.  I even asked Paul to bring a shake home for him so he'd get some fat and protein.  He's been living off of jusice and fruit/veggie pouches.  By about 7:30, I decided to take him in, just in case.  He got his finger "pinched" (blood drawn) and a strep test.  That came back negative, but his white blood count was really low, which meant he had a virus. 

He seemed to be acting more himself the next morning, but he still had a fever and couldn't go to Heidi's for the big Halloween party. :(  I tried my best to make it a fun day, but there is only so much that can compete with treats, costumes and parties!

After we convinced him to eat a few bites of dinner, we put his costume on and made it to one house before he was whining and not into it anymore.  We made it to a totaly of 3 houses, and then we were back home.  He did have fun handing out treats to a couple of kids, then off to bed. :(

These are the treats I made for Owen to take to his party at Heidi's. 

 Showing off the mask he made at Heidi's the day a few days before Halloween

 Our little fireman

 Our neighbor doggie, Bella.  Owen said, "Bellla looks nice!"

Daddy's Summer Project

Paul has been working his behind off on the deck this summer/fall.  He has missed out on a lot of fun outings and some fun/not so fun times with Owen because he's been putting in such long hours working his magic in the back yard.  He's doing such a great job! There's still a ways to go, but here are some progress photos.

It's a......!

This weekend, we were lucky enough to celebrate with our friends, the Born family, as they discovered the gender of their baby.  We joined them at their gender reveal party and had a lot of fun as we anxiously awaited the news!

Owen decided it was going to be a boy, so he picked a blue bandana

 Dear Santa, I'd really like a drum set for Christmas...just like Sully's!

 Becky and Justin pick their bandanas

 They took the sealed envelope from the doctor's office to the bakery.  The baker filled the cupcakes with either blue or pink filling.  The big reveal...we all bit into our cupcakes...

 What color is in there????

 PINK!  It's a girl!  Sully is going to have a sister!

 They were really hoping for a girl, so the Born family was ecstatic to learn the news!  Well, Sully was just happy to get to eat a cupcake!

 Owen enjoying a cupcake with Ronda and Terry

 Then the sugar kicked in and Owen and Sully got silly!

Pumpkins, Buddies and The Boo Bash

Last night Owen and I painted the pumpkins we got at the pumpkin patch while daddy worked on the deck.  I'll have to post some progress photos...the problem is that is is too dark to take them in the morning and it is now fairly dark when we get home and get organized enough to get outside with a camera!  Anyway, back to the pumpkin painting!  He thought it was so funny that we were painting on our pumpkins!  He had a blast.

Tonight was the Kowalski's Boo Bash.  For those of you following us from out of town, Kowalski's is a local grocery store that always puts on a really nice event for the kids each year.  They get to follow the perimeter of the store and "trick-or-treat" for animal crackers, cheese sticks, apples, Cheetos, pretzels, a few little candies, etc.  Ronda invited us all to go together and then go back to her house for pizza afterwards.  It was such a great time!  The boys loved being together and the Shaffer girls (the kids Ronda watched before our boys) are old enough that they helped play with the boys (who idolize them!) so we could enjoy a few minutes of adult conversation.  It was such an enjoyable evening!

Owen and Ronda watching the kids in costumes

 K.C. and baby Logan

 Our two little fireman checking each other out

 Sully insisted on carrying his goodies

 But finally agreed to put them in his bag

 This was my best attempt at capturing 7 smiling faces in one photo!

 Owen smirking because he has the girls to himself, well with baby Logan of course!

 Enjoying some dinner with Buzz Lightyear

 And showing off because he's with the girls

 Looking at Ronda's "fortune teller" in the parlor

 Making each other giggle! :)  Such good buddies!

Heidi's September Update

Our new daycare provider, Heidi, has a website where she posts newsletters and calendars for us, but also photos that she takes of the kids while they are doing projects and playing.  Here are some photos of the fun things they did in September and early October.

Playing in the jump tent with Lily and Kendall

 Washing the toy dishes from their kitchen

 Riding on a "trike bike"

 Each month, they work on a color.  October is orange month, so they made orange

playdoh last week.

September was red month, so they had to bring something red this day.

 Back row: Owen, Madison, Lily and Lily

Front row: Luke, Kendall, Drew, Lila and Kaden.  Baby Sophie must've been napping!