Happy Thanksgiving week!

Have a wonderful THANKSGIVING week! One thing I am so thankful for is to have 3 beautiful, healthy children and a husband that loves and supports all of us! What are you thankful for?

(Here is a placemat the kids made for their Grandpa in Michigan.)

Day to day with a 7 month old

I (Carsyn Joy) am 7 months old today. Here is what I did today...

6:30 am-I wake up in my crib and start to talk to my sister. I try to tell her that Brother and Daddy are awake and that they are about to leave. We need to get Mommy in here so we can say bye to them.
6:35 am-Mommy finally comes in and gets me. I am much happier. She takes me downstairs and I give my big brother a kiss goodbye before he leaves for school and kisses to my daddy before he leaves for work.
6:45 am-Mommy feeds me. I am much happier now!
7:15 am-Big sister, Mommy and I go upstairs, get dressed, and do our morning chores. I really just pull all the books off sisters shelf, but mommy and sister make beds and clean toys up.
7:45 am-We go downstairs and I play with my toys in Mommy's bedroom and bathroom while she gets ready for the day. I love to hide under the bed.
8:30 am- Today we leave to take my big sister to school. I miss my brother and sister while they are at school, but I love hanging out with Mommy.
9:15 am- When we get home, Mommy lays me down for my morning nap. I am so tired!
10:45 am-I yell for my mommy to come get me. I am hungry! Mommy comes and gets me and then I eat.
11:30 am- We are off to pick up my sister. I can't wait to see her. She makes me SMILE!
12:15 pm- We get home from picking up Brenna from school. We eat lunch. I have bananas. I make a mess all over my hands, but they are so yummy!
12:30 pm- Sister and I go upstairs and play in the playroom while Mommy works on some projects. Yesterday, I played with my friend David. My friend Elise and Joshua slept the whole time. Here is my friend David and I playing...

1:30 pm-I am so tired..I crawl over to Mommy and tell her that I am ready to take nap.
3:30 pm- When I wake up from my nap, I feel much better. I also get some milk.
4:00pm- I play with Brenna downstairs while Mommy cleans up. I like to play with the silly noise makers behind the doors. (the door stoppers)
5:30 pm - We eat dinner. Daddy and Brother are going to be home later tonight. So it is just the girls eating dinner. I had chicken and broccoli. Yummy!
6:00 pm- I play in the kitchen while Mommy cleans up.
6:15 pm- I get to take a bath with sissy tonight. I love to play with my toys in the tub!
6:40 pm- I get some milk before going to bed. I am exhausted!
7:00 pm- Good night everyone. My big sister is in my room with me to keep me company.

7 random things

I have been tagged by my friend Amber to come up with 7 random things about myself that you may not know. Here it goes....
1. Most of you know that I grew up in Michigan, but I was born in Appleton, WI. Yes, I am a cheese head.
2. I have naturally very curly hair. If you see me in the summer or days I don't feel like doing my hair, then you will see my hair curly. Most of the time it is straight.
3. I have a reading disability called dyslexia. I have worked really hard in my life for this to not make a huge impact on my life.
4. My first broken bone was in middle school when I broke my wrist doing gymnastics. I was in a silly contest at the end of practice to see how many back walkovers you could do and it was my 3 or 4 one and the whole gym heard the crack. Ouch!
5. I hate to clean! Yes, I know many people say this. I do pride myself in a very clean, organized house, but I HATE cleaning!
6. I ran the disciplinary board in my sorority Pi Beta Phi at WMU.
7. I have wrote in a journal everyday since 1994. For the most part, it is not really that personal. It just gives you a snapshot of my day and what is going on in my life.

So here are the rules:

*Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.

*Tell seven random facts about yourself on your blog

* Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs (I am only do 5)

*Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog

Ok - tag, you're it:

April
Kate
Stephanie P.
Karin
Lindsey

See..that was really not that interesting!
Have a wonderful week. Try to stay warm!

First teeth

If you look closely, you can see what I see....

Yes, her first two teeth came in late last week.

No more gummy smiles, but I have to say that this smile is just as cute!

Election night

Brad and I did not know that our sweet girl had snuck out of her room and down the first flight of stairs to watch all the excitement on the TV and then fall asleep in exhaustion!



With all this craziness of the election stuff for the last 2 years..I think this picture says it all!

Halloween

While all 3 of my children are trying to recover from this nasty cold bug, we were still able to go tricker-treating on Friday. Last year we went with our friends, Jarrard's so we decided to make it a bit of a tradition and head over there this year as well. Aidan is good friends with Sydney and he always have so much fun with her. Brenna was a bumblebee, Sydney was Scoobydoo, Aidan was a juicy apple, Addyson was a cat and sweet Carsyn was a cow.

We were all tired out..including Carsyn.

Have a great week! Don't forget to VOTE!