Saturday, October 29, 2011

Fall Days

Well, summer seems to be over here and it's lovely! I had all the windows and doors open yesterday with a great breeze blowing through, and it felt amazing. Of course, that is aside from the "mighty machines" that have been working in the neighborhood. Luckily the jackhammering across the street has ceased, but looks like there was sewer trouble on the other side of the street. It entertains the boys at least!

So, Violet is one month old and getting so big and so sweet. She seems to be connecting more each day with us. She surprised me the other day when Andy came home from work she turned her head all the way to see him and just started smiling. :) I can see how this is going to go... very sweet. Here they are taking a little snooze together.


The boys and I took a walk to the grocery store yesterday and it's always a fun adventure. I got a picture of them in the candy aisle watching a commercial on this little tv! Funny, isn't it?





This is a cute little onsies a friend bought me back in TN, in honor of our Stroller Strides. Which I plan on rejoining next week, so wish us luck! With three little ones we shall see how it goes. I'm not too worried - as long as Franklin can keep up on his bike we should be good to go!
Well, there isn't too much else happening, but I thought I would check in and say hello. I'm not sure what we'll come up with this year for Halloween festivities. Plan is to check out the Foster Fright Night with friends from work. Should be fun. I have not pursued costumes this year with the kiddos since it's a little challenging getting around with 3 little ones and I don't know where I'd look for costumes other than on base, and those are not impressive... If we come up with something I'm sure you'll see a picture soon enough. When we went to the playgroup the other day I didn't bake anything - just brought cookies from the store, and I told the gals "I think I'm excused from that kinda stuff with  a new baby, so I'm gonna ride that train for a while." Laundry and dishes all in one day seem to be enough, let alone crafting and cooking (well dinner I do, oh wait I actually do all 3 meals a day cause I have to! Kids gotta eat!! haha)

P.s. We miss you all, can't wait for visitors. Thanks for all the super fun boxes in the mail. It really does make our day. If there's anything Japanese you'd like please let me know. The boys like sending out mail too! All our love to you everyone. See ya on skype!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Vanilla Sky is 2 weeks old!


Oh, wait I mean Violet Sunset... haha. :) That just popped into my head as I thought about writing this blog post. Here she is fresh from a bath - smells lovely!

So, I will attribute my renewed sense of picture taking and media posting to the fact that I have no job outside the home these days, and no friends to call and talk to during normal daylight hours. Not just cause it's a little girl, right? ;-) Everyone does these fancy pancy, adorable photos of their babies and I feel like I should too. However, it's not ever been my thing and I've no photographer friends here.  When I asked Andy his thoughts he says we don't have a nice enough camera! ((Of course he would.) This is not entirely false, but I am not going to let that stop me from attempting to capture beautiful moments in our children's lives).

Turns out there are some very simple editing tools in iPhoto (duh, right) that a completely average Jane can use. And so I have! It was fun to see some adorable pics of the babe, and I needed to take a nice one of all the kids together, so Gram can post it in the paper ~ thanks for the inspiration!

Today was also the first day in a few days that we've spent at home, no errands, so it made for a nice day to bake cookies, do some laundry and take pictures! Hope you all enjoy! xoxo.


Thunder, Lightning, and Sunset ~  2011

Big Brother & Lil Sis

Sleeping like an Angel

Her FIRST Dress... 

Honey Pie with a Bow
Little Tootsies, who doesn't love those!
One final note... The boys are just as smitten with her as I am. :)

Oh, and we got a new TV finally!! Hip-hip-hooray! It does help give the boys something to do when I've got baby chores - yay for entertainment. Soon we'll get the Netflix going and that will be even better! We did get to watch Bridesmaids the other night (yes!), and the boys can finally watch the WALL-E that we bought on Blu-Ray almost a year ago! They have added Rio and Shrek to the collection as well. p.s. Did you know the intro setting in Angry Birds Rio is Moose Lake, MN!!!

42 Sharp with fancy Yamaha receiver (andy's fav)