Pumpkin Carving

Tonight we carved our pumpkins. The boys have been waiting to do it but tonight was the best night. I called Brett and asked if he wanted to come home from work for a few hours to carve with us and he did. He was so happy and so was I as we have always done this together. So he got home and we started. The boys told us what they wanted and Brett and I did our best to follow their wishes. They would of loved to cut themselves but I'm not that brave! They scooped some but they didn't want to get their hands dirty. Go figure - my dirt loving boys didn't want their hands dirty by pumpkin guts. (rolling eyes) We are expecting our first snow tonight and into tomorrow so we'll see what we get. I'm hoping for something light and that it will melt quick.
Tyler got so into scooping!
Cody liked scooping for a quick minute.
Dylan did stick his hand in for a second but that was it.
Cody wanted to cut really bad so Daddy let him cut a line.
My boys with their pumpkins. They thought of the faces.

SCARY............

What a Weekend and Baby Pictures

Phew.....the weekend is over and I am exhausted. Doing a marathon drive like that takes so much out of you. If you haven't been following....Kevin and Kristie had their little boy on Friday. Her water broke Thursday night so after much thought we all decided to get a little sleep (yah right) and wait to head to MD on Friday AM. We were on the highway by 5:30 am and arrived at the hospital at 11.

Jack is adorable and looks just like his Daddy. Kevin is great with him. It was so neat to see my mom teaching him how to change the diaper. We had a great weekend with them and had to leave this morning to head home. That was super tough. I miss Jack already and can't wait till they come North. I have 3 very anxious little boys that can't wait to hold him.

While I was gone, Brett had "daddy duty" all weekend. My house was in one piece when I arrived home so that was good news. :) He had to turn in 2 football games with me being gone so that kind of sucked but oh well. The only thing that cracked me up is he did the laundry but didn't fold ANY of it. I guess at least it was clean.

Now onto the much anticipated pictures of my new nephew!

The Flower Family...
Jack Brady Flower..............Sporting his "pumpkin" hat. The hat is orange and has a little green stem on the top! Very perfect for a Halloween baby!

I think he looks like his daddy!

Jack Brady Flower

My nephew was welcomed into this world this morning at 8:23 am. Jack weighed 9lb. 30z and was 21 1/2 inches long. Kristie had a very long labor. Getting to the hospital around 10ish, started epidural at midnight and started to push around 6am. She then pushed for 2 hours. Mother and baby are doing fantastic and Jack is a little cutie! Daddy is doing great too and has changed a few poopy diapers today! :) So neat to see my baby brother doing that. I have pictures but you all have to wait till I get home on Sunday.

Baby Update

Kristie's water broke about 10 pm and they are headed to the hospital. Keep them in your thoughts and prayers...... Us girls are headed to Maryland and can't wait to meet the new addition to our family. I will have lots of pictures when I come home.

We love you Kevin, Kristie and Baby Jack.

Funny Pictures and Baby Flower Update

A few cute pictures. Well this one is cute only if your the mom of these three kids. :) Dylan had the bright idea the other morning to "hey guys, let's pull our pants up".....so the other two followed and they did. I called them Erkel and they just looked at me with a blank look on their face and asked "who's Erkel"? Funny they will have no idea who that is. So instead these are my 3 little Erkel's.....
Tyler, Tyler, Tyler.....my little man. He's sporting a new shirt he got! I love it! Baby Flower Update: For those that are following....Kristie had her 40 week doctor's appointment today. None of us would of thought she would get to 40 weeks. The doctor did an ultrasound and assured them that Jack is head down. They also did a stress test and Jack did great and Kristie was showing some contractions. She is dilated 1 cm....and so we all wait. If she makes it till next week they will talk about inducing her. Jack apparently is very comfy where he is at. I'll keep ya posted!

A thought...

Our paperwork came today for the endo. Wow - a packet, they weren't kidding. Now... I am used to filling out medical paperwork. I have thought about copying it all and just handing it in at every office we have gone to. Even though the information is all the same, the forms are all different. So I just have gotten good at this. This endo paperwork though is something so different. They want details. So I have some writing to do. One part of this paper work though kind of struck a nerve. Because we are dealing with even more stuff that can be genetic (beside from the cleft) it is asking for more family history. So at first thought, no big deal I'll talk with my parents. Done! Then there is the section for father's mom and dad. Not possible as Brett has no idea as to his medical history of his birth parents. Not that it matters a 100% because I feel that it's not all about genetics, we learn so much growing up from our parents and Brett and I have had great role models - but when it does come down to this stuff and with Cody this is something that we think about a lot. (sigh) So that section will remain a big ????? I however, am really anxious for this appointment and it is all weighing very heavily on my mind. I just have no idea what to expect.

Then tonight as we are watching Nick at nite - on comes Home Improvement. I love this show even though it is nothing but re-runs. So I watch it and it's the episode about Randy having hypothyroidism. Just kind of bizarre.

On a baby note for those following......my SIL is 40 weeks tomorrow. Yeah, she's about had it. It's funny when we get pregnant we can't wait to get fat, wear maternity clothes, feel the baby move......then the months drag on and while we still love it all a tiny part of our mind is going "ok, enough is enough".......then by 40 weeks - you've had it! You are now wondering when on earth is this kid coming out, you can't see your feet, you hate your maternity clothes, it hurts to walk, you can't bend over, you are so tired of looking at your bathroom you have re-decorated it a million times in your head and sleep is NOT happening. I think most people will agree! So tomorrow is her appointment and we are really hoping these doctors get things going. We are all so anxious to meet Jack!

Haunted Hayride

Tonight we went to a Haunted Hayride. A chilly night to stand outside for 2 hours but the kids did wonderful and we all had a good time. Tanya and Karly came to - Shaun stayed home with Connor as he is to young and is not into all of this scary stuff. By the time we were done - Tanya knew she made the right choice. Connor would of freaked!

At first you had to go into a barn and hear a story - slamming doors, warewolflf in the mirror - oh yah that was fun. Then we walked through this tunnel where it felt like you were in the twilight zone. As you exited the warewolf scared you to death. Thankful he didn't do it to the kids. We got on our wagon and off we went. Followed the path by lit torches and then we went into the forest. OMG! It was really neat. They had skits set up the entire way. Kids jumped out from the dark, huge spiders hung over head, chain saws started, trees fell and then a guy got on the wagon with his chain saw and pretend to cut. I thought we were really going to loose the kids at that point. We didn't. Then we went past a pirate ship and a pirate princess got on asking for gold. Next we came to the witches and they flew over head. My husband said it was nice that I lent them my stick! :) We all had a great time. A little cold by the end but it was fun.

The gang is ready to go....Tanya and Karly

Practicing our scary faces......."aren't you scared?"

By this point it's been almost 2 hours of waiting and we are freezing! They were humoring me...thanks guys!My new favorite picture of us.