two turkeys

For anyone out there who still may check my horribly out of date blog...we're expecting baby Astin number 3 on Thanksgiving day.

We go for an ultrasound on July 10 and hope to determine gender then.

Now I get to put up a ticker. I love those things.

more busy-isms

This evening Annabelle has said the following funny things:

While playing with her new Lego Duplos (thanks Nana and Grandpa!) she asked me to build her a house. When I got done and handed it to her she put her giraffe in it and said, "Home sweet home."

Later I took her to go potty and set Emerson on the ground so I could help her. He was getting fussy so she went and brought back his toys (without being asked!). When she set down the toy basket she said, "TA-DA!"

While I was making dinner she was sitting on the counter while Emerson played on the ground. She looked at Emerson and said, "Baby is so cute...And you Mama, you're so cute."

When we got ready to eat dinner she started singing a song about Daddy being upstairs napping.

Two nights ago she woke up crying and when I asked her what was wrong she said, "MY TREAT!" I thought she said, "My drink" and that she'd spilled her sippy. So she said "My potty treats! My candy!" Apparently she'd had a dream that someone had taken her potty treats. She went right to sleep when I explained that her potty treats were safe.

Miss Busy-Bee makes me laugh everyday!

busy-ism

Last night as I was snuggling Annabelle I put in her new Children's Songbook CD. The first song is "I Am a Child of God."

She was snuggling me and singing along, especially to the chorus. When we got to the part where the song says, "help me find the way," Annabelle was singing, "help me FAR AWAY."

I guess this still works.

Christmas photoshoot

Nana Cathy got the kids really cute Christmas outfits. Here are some pictures.




Annabelle is always so shaggy. Why won't she just keep her hair in ponytails?


Cutest and drooliest baby!



Compare and contrast: above/after church, below/ before church.



There has never been a baby that smiles more!

halloween

Annabelle in trick-or-treating action!














I had a party with my co-workers and their kids. Many of us are on the same baby schedule so it makes for fun parties!


Grumpy Emerson and Annabelle stole a fairy's wand.







Emerson and his buddy Derek. They were both in Carter's costumes and they both looked so cute!

Emerson likes to eat everything, including friends and family.












How cute are they!







Out of his costume and looking like Mommy.


I tried to be crafty and painted a pumpkin. Sometimes I can make cute things!

fall antics

Annabelle loves to help in the kitchen, especially when she can play with dough and make snakes.











Notice the Grandma Bedell hot pads and the Grandma Ruth dough cloth.





Riding around in a leaf-filled wheel barrow. If we were always going to have a Newfie, I would totally invest in a harness and cart for Stonewall. It would save me a lot of trouble.








Eating while wearing another Grandma Bedell-made kitchen craft.









Bryan and Michelle gave Annabelle this leotard hand-me-down from Addyson. She LOVES it and wears it as much as possible. Sometimes, she doesn't wear all of it.










This is my life.

And my cute baby.











Busy also loves to help in the yard...Even when she's wearing her jammies and one of her old bibs because Emerson had a bib on.

vermonting in the fall

Yes these are cows, in the fall, in Vermont.







We live in the most beautiful place in the autumn.














Don't you all want to visit us? Please?