Happy Halloween!

Spiderman and Butterfly Princess had to earn their sugar this year. We stepped out into a drizzle and sprinted back in a minor down pour. We trick or treated until we were all (minus cozy Donovan who stayed dry, warm and asleep the whole time) respectably dripping wet.

  We never put much effort into Halloween, but it's fun to walk around and say hello to all the neighbors, not to mention that they LOVE getting trick-or-treaters and seeing our super cute kids all dressed up. The only negative was that the kids almost started crying at a 6 inch skeleton doll shaking it's hips, dancing, and singing "superfreak" on the doorstep of one of the houses.

 Post trick or treating warm pjs, sugar highs and veggie tales.

Our third little guy woke up to enjoy the cozy fireplace, the sound of rain on the roof and cozy family time. Such a sweet time in life : )

Family of 5

  We've officially been a family of 5 for two weeks now (not counting pregnancy)...

The little ones are adjusting well and the littlest one is so mellow, so far.  Here's a quick snap shot of a few things I've been doing during my "recovery" weeks.

Family Movie Nights outside.

 Donovan's firsts...first bath at home!

First experience getting man-handled by the siblings. Notice Ryan's concerned face.

Kaila= "I wanna hug you and squeeze you and kiss you.."

Kaila LOVES baby Donovan. She kisses him gently, "pets" him, strokes his head, holds his hand, rushes to him...

On the other hand, she finds out what is not ok, like pulling the bouncy chair all the way down and seeing him bounce up off the seat a few inches and squeezing his little nose. She is heartbroken when she realizes her action made him cry and I am always quick to hug her and help her understand what happened. I keep telling people that she is like Elmira, from Animiacs, the cartoon I used to love growing up.

 

Just trade that red hair for blond hair and put any small, defensless, relatively cute thing in her hands and BAM, you have our sweet, loving Kaila.

Happy Birthday...Happy Birthday... oh wait, Happy Birthday!

Thus it begins, Birthday season in our household.

October 6th- Happy 2 Week Birhday Donovan!

 

 October 9th- Happy 4th Birthday Josiah!

 

 Big thanks to Leslie for offering to host and plan this little get-together. I was in NO shape to be planning a birthday. Love this little 4 year old boy!

 November 1st- Happy 3rd Birthday Kaila!

 

 ...yet another big thank-you to our friend Amy who offered to plan and completely throw this AMAZING girls-only Princess Tea Party for three different birthday girls (all born within a few days of eachother). It was such a fun time with our sweet little girls.

Welcome Donovan Thomas Hayes

Welcome to the world Donovan Thomas Hayes! We love you so so much already!

More fun pictures to come for now,

Donovan was born Monday, 10/6/2014

10:39 am.

Weight: 8lb 6 oz

Length: 20 1/2 inches

I can honestly say that with every child, we just enjoy the process of welcoming them into the world more and more. The stress of worry becomes less and less and we enjoy our time together and the baby more and more in it's place. 

Donovan has been so fun to watch. Ryan and I call each other over to see him look at new things, see sweet little facial expressions, watch how he prefers to be held and snuggled at that moment, watch how he responds differently to mom, dad, and then to new people. 

Donovan is truly a blessing to our family.

Watching Ice Melt

Feels like watching ice melt is the only "action" that is happening around here these days.

I'm sitting around, trying to be busy but not really having the motivation to do much, waiting for Baby #3 to arrive.

The kids are...well, they actualy are watching ice melt.

They were really excited about this. We had a whole explanation of the water-ice-water process and they were asking all day when they could watch ice melt.

I'm such a giving mom, I was more than willing to throw some ice on the concrete for them.

So here we are. All sitting around.

Watching ice melt.

Lost Camera

 I know this may be hard to believe. But as you will recall, we lost our camera. I know what you're thinking, 

"really!? you guys!?...but you're so organized and always have it together." 

I know, I know. Must have been a fluke.

Anyways, here are a few photos to catch up on a the main events that got lost with our old camera.

Cousin Jacob's and Brittany's Wedding...the kids were flower girl and ring bearer.

 Ryan and I had an awesome 4 day get-away in a little airbnb cabin right on the fall river, coffee, breakfast on the river, exploring the mountain towns and rivers...it was awesome! Thank you mom and dad Hayes!

Ryan surprised me with an Ozomatli concert date...although I'm certain baby #3 enjoyed the music and dancing as well since there was quite a bit of both, loud and strong the whole night. Ryan even invited my sister along "so I could have someone to dance with." My husband is awesome.

Ryan went to Hawaii for Dave and Liannes Wedding.

 

Good Chico Times!