My new niece, Autumn Elizabeth is here! She was born on Nov. 6th, weighing in at 7lbs, 11oz and is 20.5 inches. Everything went really well for my sister, and she is happy to be home and adjusting to life as a family of 4. I rushed up to the hospital as soon as I finished working, and I couldn't get there fast enough. I was giving a quiz in my classes that day, and I was checking my phone every 5 minutes just waiting for a picture. I was so happy when I finally got there, and I was able to hold her. She is precious. I'm excited for our whole family to have another baby in the family, for Kayla to be a big sister, and for my kids to have another cousin!
We had a great weekend, and it was one of the first weekends in a long, long time that we had absolutely no plans. All four of us were home together, and it was kind of nice to just do whatever we wanted. Sunday, we spent a few hours at the mall. Unexpectedly, we ran into Santa! We didn't even know he was there this early, but as soon as Kenley saw him, we knew there was no turning back. We were just going to wave to him because the kids definitely weren't "picture ready." Charlie had smeared chocolate chip cookie everywhere, and Kenley insisted on dressing herself that day, and was wearing a shirt about 2 sizes too small, and she had what we call "crazy hair." But, as soon as Santa saw us, he walked right over! He wasn't busy at all, so he talked to Kenley and she sat on his lap in with a shy sense of awe and talked to him for a good 5 minutes. He suggested I put Charlie on his lap to warm him up a little for when we do come back for pictures, so I brushed off as many crumbs as I could and put Charlie in Santa's lap. He loved Santa! I was surprised he wasn't afraid, and he was snuggling into his lap with the biggest smile. We will see if they are both so happy when we go back for another visit and get a picture.
We've had a few really good weeks. Kenley and Charlie are starting to actually play together a little bit, and it so cool to watch them having fun together. Charlie just turned 15 months, and he is talking a lot, but not walking so much. He says so many words, he says, mama, mommy, dads, "ne-ne" for Kenley, all his grandparents names, "Go-go, Mimi, and Papa", bye-bye, funny, and repeats Lots of other words. This week, as we were listening to, "Let it Go," in the car and Kenley and I were singing, he joined in singing, "go! Go!" It was so cute. He's really getting into music and dancing. He is still working on walking, but he is making progress. He's a pro walking around and holding onto something, but he has only ventured out to about 3-4 steps on his own. He finds a way to get into everything though, and he is quite he climber! Kenley is doing great in school, and she has made some new friends this year. She is also is having a great time in ballet class. She has her first little Christmas musical coming up in early December, and I can't wait to see her perform. She's also very excited about her birthday party, and has been talking about it for months already! It's going to be a fun couple of weeks coming up!
My new niece, Autumn Elizabeth is here! She was born on Nov. 6th, weighing in at 7lbs, 11oz and is 20.5 inches. Everything went really well for my sister, and she is happy to be home and adjusting to life as a family of 4. I rushed up to the hospital as soon as I finished working, and I couldn't get there fast enough. I was giving a quiz in my classes that day, and I was checking my phone every 5 minutes just waiting for a picture. I was so happy when I finally got there, and I was able to hold her. She is precious. I'm excited for our whole family to have another baby in the family, for Kayla to be a big sister, and for my kids to have another cousin!
We had a great weekend, and it was one of the first weekends in a long, long time that we had absolutely no plans. All four of us were home together, and it was kind of nice to just do whatever we wanted. Sunday, we spent a few hours at the mall. Unexpectedly, we ran into Santa! We didn't even know he was there this early, but as soon as Kenley saw him, we knew there was no turning back. We were just going to wave to him because the kids definitely weren't "picture ready." Charlie had smeared chocolate chip cookie everywhere, and Kenley insisted on dressing herself that day, and was wearing a shirt about 2 sizes too small, and she had what we call "crazy hair." But, as soon as Santa saw us, he walked right over! He wasn't busy at all, so he talked to Kenley and she sat on his lap in with a shy sense of awe and talked to him for a good 5 minutes. He suggested I put Charlie on his lap to warm him up a little for when we do come back for pictures, so I brushed off as many crumbs as I could and put Charlie in Santa's lap. He loved Santa! I was surprised he wasn't afraid, and he was snuggling into his lap with the biggest smile. We will see if they are both so happy when we go back for another visit and get a picture.
We've had a few really good weeks. Kenley and Charlie are starting to actually play together a little bit, and it so cool to watch them having fun together. Charlie just turned 15 months, and he is talking a lot, but not walking so much. He says so many words, he says, mama, mommy, dads, "ne-ne" for Kenley, all his grandparents names, "Go-go, Mimi, and Papa", bye-bye, funny, and repeats Lots of other words. This week, as we were listening to, "Let it Go," in the car and Kenley and I were singing, he joined in singing, "go! Go!" It was so cute. He's really getting into music and dancing. He is still working on walking, but he is making progress. He's a pro walking around and holding onto something, but he has only ventured out to about 3-4 steps on his own. He finds a way to get into everything though, and he is quite he climber! Kenley is doing great in school, and she has made some new friends this year. She is also is having a great time in ballet class. She has her first little Christmas musical coming up in early December, and I can't wait to see her perform. She's also very excited about her birthday party, and has been talking about it for months already! It's going to be a fun couple of weeks coming up!
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