Stacking blocks

Carys stacking blocks. Notice her funny expressions when the blocks fall over.

ABCs

Carys singing ABCs with Mommy. She's starting to catch on.

A few pics of Carys

To say that Carys is changing daily is an understatement. Sometimes it feels like she is changing hourly. Jeff often comes home from work and exclaims that Carys has changed so much that day. She is still a very sweet-natured 16 month old. She is a little too attached to Mommy, especially considering that the baby is arriving in about 8 weeks. She is also cutting her first year molars this month...she's handling it much better than her older sisters did, though it does wake her up more often at night than we would like. :-) Oh well, what's new?

Can Daddy take Carys on his trip?

Carys loves playing with baby dolls. Do you think she'll be this sweet with her baby sister when she arrives? I'm not too sure.

I bought this "My Breast Friend" pillow to replace my Boppy breast feeding pillow. Carys loves the pillow and is constantly pulling it out of the closet to sit in while reading.

Carys coloring with her big sister Avery.

The older girls built Carys a tent. Here she is hidden inside.

And, here she is peaking out. :-)

Picking out pumpkins

Two weeks ago the girls and I came down with the flu. We were down and out for days and prisoners in our own home. Finally, after being in the house for a week, we had to get out! What better place to spread germs than outside at a pumpkin patch. So, I packed everyone into the car (Jeff was at a day conference) with mud boots and drove to a local pumpkin patch. We were there for about 1/2 hour, picked out our pumpkins (1 small one for each girl and a large one to carve) and headed back home, coughing our heads off (especially me).

Cambria & Avery with their small pumpkins.

Carys, one of the few moments she smiled on this trip. She wasn't too thrilled about being in the jogging stroller. Note: The stroller has a seat for the new baby when she arrives in about 8 weeks.

Cambria posing in a pumpkin. Avery refused to participate.

All three girls with their pumpkins.

Carving the pumpkin

This past week we carved the large pumpkin...the girls also each have a small pumpkin that will remain intact. Cambria enjoyed being a part of the carving process. Avery just watched but didn't want anything to do with pumpkin "guts" or carving.

Scooping out the "guts".

The impossible task of getting a picture with Avery.

Cambria carves the pumpkin.

The finished product.

The pumpkin doesn't look as cool in this pic but the girls wanted a picture with it. :-)

Halloween 2009

It's been a ridiculously long time since I last blogged. I'll start with Halloween pictures and catch up with other October pictures. Last night our family had dinner with our friends at their cul-de-sac party. It was a lot of fun with all ages of kids, creative food and new people to meet. Afterwards, we trick or treated through our friends' neighborhood. Avery didn't last too long, so she, Carys and I headed home. Cambria went on for another hour or so with Jeff. She was really into the trick or treating and came home with a LOT of candy. It was a fun night for our family!

Mommy & Carys

Playing fall tic-tac-toe with candy corn.

More tic-tac-toe.

The girls -- two fairies and a UVA cheerleader (all three girls have worn the cheerleader outfit).

Avery & Carys checking out their candy after T&T.

Carys' first Kit Kat bar. Yum-O!

Silly glasses on Avery.

Daddy's tower of Smarties.