Yesterday at church I stepped on Chloe and dropped Jude. Chloe was behind me and I stepped back and in trying to avoid stepping on her I think I stepped on her three times. Jude was in the pumpkin seat (thankfully strapped in). We all ended up on the floor. Aside from being embarrassed, I really thought the kids were hurt- for about a second. Jude never even woke up, but Chloe was crying hysterically. I was hugging her and asking what hurt. Finally between sobs and trying to breath she managed to say/cry/scream, "I don't have an owie, but you broke my doughnut". I walked to the snack table gave her another to which she replied, "thanks mamma, you cheered me up" and away she walked.

Backyard fun

Teeth!

Well, Jude has a tooth. Normally I would be excited about this step in development and at the same time mourning the loss of my baby, but I really am just relieved. I have been waiting for this tooth for a week and as you can see it's been a rough one. Poor babe.

My parents friends Steve and Sandy were in Africa working at an orphanage. While there Steve had heart surgery. He is fine and they are back in the states. Micah heard my mom and I talking about it.....

M: What happened to Mr. Steve?

Me: The doctor had to fix his heart.

M: Was it broken?

Me: Kinda....

M: (interrupting and very concerned) Can Jesus still live in it??

This picture may not seem remarkable, but considering this is where I left my van last night, I was rather shocked to discover it was no longer there. (for those of you not following... OUR VAN WAS STOLEN)

This is my new favorite park. There are great trees, duck and fish to feed and tons of stuff to climb on, and a coffee shop nearby.



Jude loves to swing!

Why would Micah learn to "pump"??? Dad can push so much higher!


Luke's parents enjoying the beautiful sunny day

Chloe loved climbing up this...slide?? She had a lot more fun going up than coming down. I'm not sure what it is, but it's definately not for sliding.

Trick or Treat?

These are the only pictures I have from Halloween. Notice Micah almost crying in the second picture. He was so excited all day and it was so frustrating to him that I was trying to get a picture.

Chloe was so scared of people in costumes, but our little girl is determined and has a sweet tooth. In the end, the sugar won out. There was no way she was missing it. Micah was ready to go home, but Chloe was carrying her bag of candy like a basketball and saying, "no, I not ready to go home. I need more candy". The best was Chloe handing back what candy people gave her and saying, "do you have any lollipops?"

HAIR!

I know these aren't the greatest pictures, but I had to show that Jude has hair (well, hair for a brouwer)


Don't believe me??


This is Chloe at 11 months


This is Micah at 11 months.....


Yup, JUDE HAS HAIR!!

Rub a Dub Dub, Three Kids in the Tub

Wow, it was hard to get a good "clean" picture of all three...


This was the first bath Jude took with the other two.

He was totally fine with Micah pouring water on his head. We often put kids in the shower with us because it is a really fast way to bathe them, I guess they get used to water in their eyes.

Food!

It's hard to believe Jude is almost 6 months. He looks so small in the highchair, but he loves food and is pretty good about getting it in his mouth.

People are always commenting on how Micah and Luke look alike. We were talking during dinner and I said, "Micah do you look like daddy?"
His response, "no, I have more hair"

Apple Picking

In Michigan we went apple picking with my parents and our good friends Joe and Em. I had my camera, but no batteries so I stole these pictures from their blog. My parents came too and Uncle Tim picked a bushel of apples in about 10 minutes. He was all business. He was not there to enjoy the day (which was beautiful- 68 and sunny)

The whole gang (well, not the whole gang- poor third child was sleeping)

Chloe, Levi, Micah and Noah. (Noah is about six months older than Micah and Levi is about 4 months younger than Chloe)

Camping (again)

Blogger only lets me add 5 pictures at a time, but I had to post these of Chloe. I have decided that the experts are right and marshmallows are choking hazards. She could hardly breathe with it in her mouth, but she was more interested in eating it than breathing!

"Camping"

The kids wanted to go camping in the backyard. It was too cold to set up the tent, so we just had a fire and roasted marshmallows.


See, they do love each other!





Jude was mesmerized by the flames