A Year Ago This Week...

I was finally taken off bedrest! I was 36 weeks pregnant and Greta was looking great, so the concerns about her arriving early were shrinking. That 2 months in bed plus many, many drugs had worked!

We celebrated by getting some maternity pictures taken since I had never gotten them done with Fin (he surprised us by showing up a few days before we had scheduled the pictures).

All of these were taken by my amazingly talented friend Michele. Check out her awesome work at Michele Stange Photography.

Greta arrived a few days later, healthy and happy and wonderful.

The Official Halloween Recap

We started the evening out over at PopPop Doug and Carol's house so the kids could go trick-or-treating with their uncle Liam. The boys had to investigate the pumpkin, of course.

Have you ever seen a cuter mouse and tiger?

The boys did great going to a few houses. They were very polite and both got a pretty reasonable stash of candy.

Neither Fin nor Greta looks especially happy in this picture, but it really was a fun night.

We headed over to GaGa's house for dinner and a little more trick-or treating later in the evening.

Some of her neighbors were having a block party in a cul-de-sac and Fin wanted to go check out the happenings. One house was a haunted house with a line down the driveway and around the corner - we didn't go in. They also had a live band of kids who were probably 10-13 years old and they were rocking out to Green Day, Nirvana, etc. They had a stage, lights, a projection TV with Halloween trivia on it, everything! It was pretty impressive.

As we approached the first house, the owners called out to Fin to let him know they were sitting in chairs at the end of the driveway. Fin said "Trick or Treat!" to the first man, thanked him for a couple of pieces of candy and then walked over to the woman sitting a couple of chairs away. She also gave him some candy and then Fin noticed the chair in the middle was empty.

So he just scooted himself into the chair and proceeded to watch the show for a few minutes.

GaGa and I were cracking up at how very cute he was. He never looked around to see if we were there; he just knew there was a show going on and he was going to sit down and check it out.

Too bad I didn't have the camera with me for that part of the night.

My Little Pumpkins at the Patch

It's that time of year again... Time to hit the pumpkin patch in 90+ degree weather. I hear this time of year is something called "fall" in other parts of the world, but it sure was hot here yesterday. The kiddos looked cute, anyway.


Greta Boo wasn't a huge fan of the hay, but she still smiled for us.

Finny is looking like such a big boy these days. I can't believe he's almost 3.

A little Daddy and Greta cuteness

Me and my babies!

Finally, a full family shot. The kids look a little dazed, but at least we're all looking in the general direction of the camera, so I'm calling it a success!