Happy Thanksgiving

We had such a great time visiting with Randa, Mark, Jack and David over at my parents for Thanksgiving this year. We spent our days laughing as we heard Emily and Jack's interactions. They spent hours in my parents basement communicating like two teenagers. Benjamin and David didn't have much to chat about, but David shared his affections for his new cousin with kisses on the head and cheek.

Benjamin at 1 Month

You can definitely tell these two are siblings.

Benjamin is growing like a weed. He weighed 9lbs. 7.5oz at his 3 week appointment. He's soaking in his surroundings and has a new expression every day.


Emily at 1 Month

Trunk-or-Treat

This year Aunt Kristen and Uncle Jose were gracious enough to take Emily to their church for their annual Harvest Party/Trunk or Treat so we could stay home with baby Benjamin.

Karley Jane

My sister Kristen and her husband Jose just had a baby girl on the 12th. She weighted 7 lbs 2oz and was 19 inches long. Kristen and Karley are both doing great.

I took this picture a couple hours ago, about 22 hours after she was born.

So far all her checkups have been great and she is completely healthy. That is a real answer to prayers. Praise the Lord.

Momma and Daddy are doing well also.

Snuggle Time

Caught you

Emily loves drinking water from my huge jug from the hospital.

Too funny

We've always said that Emily perfected the furrowed brow look from birth and it seems little Benjamin has as well.

Oh what a face.

5 days old

Emily loves holding her little brother

Benjamin's Homecoming

Soon will be posting video.

More hospital shots

Thank you Emily O. for capturing these shots.

Benjamin Edward

Yesterday, October 27th @ 7:06 am baby Benjamin Edward joined our family.

Benjamin weighted in at 8 lbs 15 oz and was 19.6 inches long.


Baby and his Moma are doing very well.

3 years, 2 mo. - Oct. 16

We had such a mild Summer this year and had lots of opportunities to get out and about which is perfect for Emily since she loves the outdoors. Along with walking with our friends on Wednesdays at a local park, we also recently visited a park that Charlie found while geocaching called Wildwood Park.

Emily continues to be my little helper and we're excited to see if that continues once her brother comes along. She still loves to clean the dishes and also loves to help Daddy make breakfast on Saturday mornings.

Emily has always loved to sing and dance, but recently she has been more inclined to sing around other people. My Aunt Neva taught her the Little Cabin in the Woods song and she can now do the motions to go along with the song. Hopefully I can capture that on video.

Baby Shower - Oct. 1

Thank you to all my family and friends who planned, prepared and participated in my baby shower. It was a great evening!!! We are truly blessed!!!!!!

FunPlace Database website

My sister and I have a new website project: http://funplacedatabase.com/ and we need your help!!! We're trying to build a central place to find all the places in your area to get out of the house with your kids. There's no good resource like this on the web, but we are going to need lots of help to fill up the database.

It only takes a couple of minutes maximum to add a place- if you could add one or two (or lots!) and tell your friends we would be grateful! Thanks!

Trail Camera

I got some new trail cameras a couple weeks ago. I put one out in the yard to test it out for a couple of days. Tonight I pulled the card and this is what I captured on my first picture.

I guess that Emily's curiosity got the best of her. I'm not sure how she found it so fast. The time stamp was only 23 minutes after I put it out, and she wasn't around when I put it there.

The never-ending skills of my Mother

A while back I saw an item called Size It Closet Organizer in a baby catalog called One Step Ahead and thought how useful this would be for me in the new baby's closet. I mentioned the item to my Mom and she very creatively found a way to make these. I love these and if anyone is interested in the how-to, let us know.

3 years, 1 month

I call Emily my little inquisitor this month or "Curious Georgeina". I really should keep a tally of how many times she asks WHY in one day. She really does keep me on my toes.

It's amazing to watch Emily's imagination run wild. She recently began picking up stuffed animals or dolls and carrying on full length conversations with them. I'm excited to see what conversations she will try to have with her brother in a couple of weeks.

This month she received some new toys from the Grandparents and has had a blast playing with them. Mommo brought back A Barrel of Monkeys game and some Silly Puddy from her trip to the Velvet Ice Cream Factory in Utica, OH and Gimmy and Pappy brought back a snake from their visit to Montana - yes, a fake one, although Emily would probably love to have a real snake someday.

8 months and growing

Well, we're getting closer every day. Only 7 weeks left. It has been a lot of fun feeling movement every day and wondering what part is where, but I am ready to see this little guy in person.

Seafoam

Over the part couple months I have treated 3 vehicles with an engine treatment called Seafoam. This stuff is really amazing. First me and Dad added it to his truck. His truck isn't really that old, so we didn't notice that much of a difference.

A couple of weeks later, I ran a can through my wife’s Jeep. The results were really impressive. The engine idles smooth again, the throttle response was quicker, the throttle was smooth. Gas mileage was up a little too.

After a couple months I finally got around to adding it to my truck. I have experienced the same results with it as well.

I recommend it to anyone who has over 100K on the odometer, or their vehicle is a little older then most. I would also recommend it to anyone who is having engine running problems with their vehicle(s).

It's very easy. 1/3 of a can goes in the vacuum line, 1/3 goes in the engine oil (keep in there till you regularly change your oil) and the remaining 1/3 goes in the fuel tank. Run it through the vacuum line while the engine is running and warm, then shut off immediately and let sit for 10-15 minutes. While it;s sitting, put the remaining Seafoam in the Engine oil and fuel tank.

After 10-15 minutes, start your engine up. It will run really rough and should smoke (a little or a lot) for a couple or maybe even several minutes.

Enjoy.

"His Life for Mine"

Very touching song.