Happy Halloween

Fall Fun

We have been enjoying the mild fall weather so far and have taken full advantage of being outside. We painted some pumpkins this year, instead of carving them! We also headed outside to jump and play in the leaves. One of Norah's favorite books right now is a Clifford book where his friends, Cleo and T-Bone, and him gather leaves and jump into the piles. Norah thought this was pretty cool that she got to do the same thing as her favorite characters! This nice weather is supposed to stick around for a little bit longer, so hopefully we can get in a few more fun fall activities before the snow starts to fly!

This year we used painter's tape and made the girls' initials on the pumpkins!  Then, Norah painted the pumpkins, we removed the tape, and voila....pumpkins with an 'N' and an 'H'. 

Taking the plunge!

Sisterly love!!!

Hazel's first leaf pile experience!

Our precious girls!
Happy Fall Everyone!!!

First Photo Shoot

Hazel's first photo shoot. There are a few more I took, but those are being saved for her birth announcement! And I am sure this is only the first of many photo shoots! Now my goal is to have a little shoot with Hazel and big sis, Norah!

Hazel Gloria is here!!!!

Sorry this update has taken so long. Life has seemed to become a little more hectic all of a sudden!!! In a good way!!! Hazel Gloria made her big arrival on September 26th at 4:19 in the afternoon. We arrived at the hospital at 6:30am that morning because I was scheduled to be induced. Hazel was five days overdue, so our Dr. felt it was time to help her out! I started Petocin at about 8:00am, my water was broke at 12:30pm, and Hazel arrived after two pushes (that's right, two pushes....believe me, we couldn't believe it either) at 4:19pm. We feel so extremely blessed to have another beautiful daughter. We know Norah and Hazel are going to be the best of friends! Thank you also to everyone who visited us in the hospital, at home and provided us with food and gifts. We are so blessed to have all of you in our lives and our girls are lucky to have all of you surrounding them!

Last night as an only child......tomorrow she becomes a big sister!!!!

Hazel Gloria
Born at 4:19pm, 8 lbs. 13oz., 21in. long

Norah opening her gift from Hazel and Hazel getting her first bubba!

Daddy and his girls

Such a proud big sissy!

My view from the couch

Feeding time!

Norah doing what she does best.....reading!  Now she has a partner in crime to read with!

Hanging in There!

Well, clearly school has started back up because the blog has taken a backseat to the crazy, hectic schedule we have had the last few weeks. We are still here though, getting things ready for baby to arrive. I have had a wonderful first few weeks of school, getting things ready for my sub and preparing to be at home with our new arrival. Norah has readjusted to going back to daycare everyday. She loves going to see her friends!!!! We are now officially 40 weeks with our pregnancy, so Baby #2 could arrive any day! Keep checking back for photos of our new little one!

First day back to school!!!!

We have gone the last two weekends to watch Audrey and Lilly in their first soccer games! They are all so cute running around in their little shin guards and cleats! Great job out there Audrey and Lilly!

Lilly warming up!

"Go Audrey, Go!"

This was Norah's main concern at the soccer game.....popcorn and water!  Yummy!

She had her cheerleading moves all ready to cheer on Audrey and Lilly!

This picture was taken a week ago.  We are now officially 40 weeks....which means....come on baby, any day now would be good!
We did have a Dr. appointment today.  I am dialated to 3 cm and 50% effaced.  This makes me excited because it is farther than I ever got with Norah on my own.  We are getting very anxious, excited, nervous and just overwhelmed with the thought of our second baby arriving any day now!  We will keep everyone updated!!!!

September is Here!!!!!!!

We cannot believe September is FINALLY here. It seems like it has been such a loooong summer being pregnant and waiting for this month to come when we get to meet our new addition! I have been at school the past week for professional development and trying to get my room ready. I have met with my substitute and she is going to join me the first two weeks of school just to get an idea of how I run the classroom. I think things will go very well while I'm gone. We are soaking up every last minute of summer and our last days as a family of three! It is so bittersweet! We will be keeping everyone up to date on any changes and of course when the little one arrives there will be lots of pictures to share, so keep checking back!

 

Norah got to spend a little more time with Claire the other day when her and her mommy stopped by.  This is great BIG SISTER  practice for her!

We bought Norah a little battery operated quad runner because she is getting frustrated trying to work her tricycle.  I wanted her to have a little more fun before summer is over and be able to ride around. She is hysterical riding this thing around and the first time she got on she couldn't stop giggling!  Wish we would have bought this at the BEGINNING of the summer!!!

O.J. pit stop!!!

And the hand off to her pit crew -aka- Daddy