FINALS WEEK

Two days without a shower,
lack of makeup,
greasy hair with bobby pin,
and really ugly Walmart reading glasses.
It must be
FINALS WEEK!

Getting ready for the Holidays

Ella has a routine on sitting on this step stool for lunch. Perfect size!

Ella is growing so fast! Our little
lady is a big girl! Dancing with Daddy

Baby Kell is my Dad's new puppy and we get to watch her sometimes. She got a brand new sweater for the holidays.

Back into October

Here's a reverse synopsis of what we did this October. It has been one busy month!

Found this little friend on the driveway.

Adam and I turned into Cave People for Halloween. We went to two fabulous Halloween parties in one night. Then I took my online midterm at 11:15pm!! It was due at midnight. WHEW!

John and Ella turned into a ghost and a ballerina. They loved their Gogo's Halloween party and went to 'Trunk or Treat' too. On Halloween night they got lots of candy and came home to watch Star Wars. Adam, my dad, and I stayed up to watch PSYCHO. Gotta love that one!


Earlier in the month we had a lovely weekend with niece and nephew, Bastian and Andi. It was fun having a baby around the house. Ella LOVED...LOVED helping her sweet baby cousin.

Bastian and John practiced ninja moves.

Bastian had a blast running around with the kids.

My mom cam over to visit and cuddled Andi. What a great Nana!

We also took a trip to the zoo. Total fun petting the stingrays! This is my favorite part. I MADE Adam take a photo of Ella and me.

The new aquarium is a wonderful addition to the zoo.

John even made a new best friend! This fish would not leave him alone! We found out later, the fish was protecting little babies!

Enjoying the beautiful weather! What a wonderful month! We've endured the busy schedule and try to continue to focus on what's MOST important... Family! Johnny had an excellent last soccer game (they won!), Ella loves dance class, and I'm busy going to school full time. Adam also turned 31! These moments seem to fly by so fast.

Sweet Weekend

We had a very sweet weekend as our baby niece and nephew came to stay with us for two nights. They were the best little munchkins...so well-behaved and delightful. On account of their arrival, we weren't able to make it to the ZooWalk, but we did exceed our donation goal! Many thanks to my mom and Ella's preschool families for their generous donations!

ZooWalk for Autism Research 2009

Zoowalk is this Saturday if anyone is interested. This is a free walk around the zoo (approximately 1 mile...strollers welcome). If you would like to join our team or donate, please feel free to call or email Adam or me. Our goal this year is $100 to support research for treatments like nutrition and supplements for autistic individuals. We will begin our walk around 7:30am. The weather will be gorgeous! Last year, there were thousands of people and it was overwhelming how many families support autism research.

Autism grows.

Now, 1 in 91 girls and

1 in 58 boys has autism.

John's Twin

John reached in his mouth yesterday and pulled out a chunk of tooth. "This been bothering me," he said. I was shocked and looked into the back of his mouth and saw a giant lump of bleeding gums. "AAAHHHH!!!"

We made an appointment and went to the dentist this morning. I thought for sure he broke his tooth and had an abscess.

It turns out John's six year molar is coming in. After x-rays, the dentist realized this piece of tooth was a whole separate piece of extra enamel and tooth his body grew. It popped through the gums Sunday while his molar is still trying to come out.

The dentist, the hygienist, and I sat amazed at this little piece of the human body.

"IT'S HIS TWIN!!" I said.

Conference Saturday

John and Ella were sick today so it was an even better weekend to hang around and watch church conference. We were very lazy. My dad came by and visited. OH! And John is officially WITHOUT FRONT TEETH!