November Days

 Sophia & Gavin showing off the gum that they are chewing....they have been really into gum lately and are asking for it CONSTANTLY!  It is so funny to watch them chew it...they seem so old when they are chewing gum for some reason:)

 Our silly little goobers:)

 We have had a few nice days in November as well as some quite chilly ones.  The kids got outside to do some bike-riding on one of the warm ones...

 This month we have also had a little sickness floating around our house, well, except for me I guess.  Patrick had a bit of a cold, then Sophia got pneumonia!  That kept her out of school for 3 days!  Now that she is almost healed up from that, with just a lingering cough, Gavin has had a cough now too for the past 2 days!  Ugh!  Just what we need to have hanging around with a newborn....hopefully we just get it all out of the way before we bring the baby home:)

 The Ipad is also a BIG hit at our house and is something that the kids are CONSTANTLY asking to play games on.  So, between Patrick and the kids, that Ipad is in constant use....not sure what happened to me getting a turn:(

 Sophia took this picture of G and I.

Gav's attempt at a picture of Soph and I.

This picture was taken with me having 5 days left to go before we get to meet our baby boy.  Patrick took me out for dinner one last time before baby's arrival....what a guy:)  Thanks to Sandy for babysitting while we had some much appreciated alone time:)

What is to come:

November has been a month of waiting for us all....waiting for 2 huge life-changing events to happen practically at the same time or one right after the other, happening in the same week.  On Thurs, Nov. 21st, I am having my scheduled c-section and we become parents of 3!  That is our 1st BIG life change....our next one is that on Monday, Nov. 25th we have our closing on our new house that we have been building and we move in that day too!  Yeah, it is probably the biggest week of our lives!  It is probably going to be a bit crazy and super hectic but we are EXTREMELY excited nonetheless. 

Stay tuned!

Sleepy Time

 Gavin and Sophia taking a nap together one afternoon....something that is a very rare occurrence these days.

 My sleepy boy....

and sleepy girl....yes, Sophia still sucks her thumb when she sleeps...just cannot quite break that habit:(

 

So sweet:)

Halloween Festivities

 

We all had a great 2013 Halloween!  The day started off with me volunteering at Sophia's Fall Party at school.  I ended up taking pictures of all the kids at the photo booth....it was fun and the pictures turned out really cute!  It was fun to see her with her little friends, put some faces to familiar names and meet some of the other moms that were volunteering.  Sophia had a great time too!

That evening we took the kids to our new neighborhood to trick-or-treat.  That was quite fun for all of us because we met so many people, including our neighbors which were all just great....we are sure are excited to live there....and in just 3 weeks!

Sophia was a vampire this year and Gavin was The Wolverine....they were both quite scary!

 Oooohhhh so scary!

 She plays the part well doesn't she?

 Sophia the vampire.

 Gavin the Wolverine.

 There now he is getting into it....

 The  kids all bundled up to go trick-or-treating!

Here the kids are trick-or-treating at one of the beautiful homes on Lake Bavaria just down the street from our new house...how stunning is that entryway!