Remaining Summer Pictures

I had a few summer pictures that I didn't get blogged before school started:

4-H Fair

We had one day to go to the fair before we went on vacation.  Luckily it was a gorgeous day and Todd had some ride tickets, so the kids got to ride just about everything they wanted!

Dance Party
Emerson's fun summer activity was to make her brother dress up and they had dance parties.  She'd blast the music and they'd both dance and sing.  She picked out the outfits! :)

 Camping at Chain O' Lakes
The first weekend in August, we went camping with the Davis and Frye families.  Friday evening it rained, but the rest of the weekend was beautiful.  After we went swimming on Saturday, Emerson complained of her ear hurting a lot.  We figured she probably had an ear infection, but of course no doctor's offices were open. So thankfully we got a prescription called in and got her medicine quickly.  Other than that, we had a great weekend!

Waiting out the rain inside!

 Swim Lessons
The kids both took swim lessons at the Nappanee pool.  They LOVED it!  We signed up for August thinking it'd be warm to get in the pool, but we were wrong.  Most mornings were in the 60's.  But that didn't stop the kiddos from getting in and swimming around with their instructors!

Tree Accident

One evening, a few days before school started, Em and I were going to Meijer to get groceries.  A storm had just rolled through and as we were driving, a large tree branch fell out of the tree right on our Honda Pilot.  Thankfully we were fine, but the hood and headlight were pretty banged up.  Over $3,000 later (thankfully covered by insurance :)), we have a nice looking new hood and front end!

Notice part of the tree still stuck in the light!

I can roll over!

But I DON'T like it! :) Landon learned how to roll over this morning. We knew that he was getting close, but didn't realize that he could do it until about 5:30 this morning when he woke up crying. Matt went to check on him and found him on his tummy! :) No one has actually witnessed him roll over, but mom found him that way after one of his naps today too. So as soon as I get a picture, I'll post it!

We also got our new car last night. It's pretty "sporty" looking according to Matt, even though it's our family car, and we have yet to try and fit 2 car seats in the back, but hopefully we'll be able to make it work! :) We like it pretty well for buying it at an auction without ever seeing it or driving it. I'll post pictures once I take some!!

I also have to post about how wonderfully thoughtful my husband is. He came home with these today: What for you may ask? No reason! :) He saw them and said he knew I liked flowers and didn't know that there would be tulips out already. What a sweetheart. Matt is always so thoughtful and considerate. He has been such a great support to me and is a terrific dad. I love to watch him with Landon!

Below are some pictures I had to share:

Looking cute in the crib!

Me and little baby girl. Can you tell I'm 21 weeks pregnant?? :)
Daddy loving Landon

Car, books, and Christmas

I guess we are now officially in the market for a new car. After talking with our insurance and getting the estimate from the body shop, the car is hardly worth more than it will cost to fix it, so it's going to be totaled. Which was not good news for us, since we weren't in the market for a car or a car payment at this time! And we were hoping the car, which was 5 years newer, would outlast our SUV. But not so. So I guess we are keeping our eyes open for a used (but not abused) car! :) And we'll have to make a decision over break since I'll need a car to go back to work in Jan.
In other news, I just finished the book Twilight, which is what the movie by the same name is based on, and I really enjoyed it. I had my doubts being that it's about vampires and I'm not so much into that, but I really did like it and would recommend it to anyone looking for an easy read that's not violent or has profanity in it. I think I'll try to continue and read the rest of the series as well.
And finally, since it is Christmas Eve, just have to comment about how excited we are to celebrate with Landon this year (even though he has no clue what's going on!) and Kristina and Nate are home to celebrate as well. Merry Christmas! Love you all!

Steaks or Hamburgers?

Well for 3 weeks now I have been trying to rejoin the choir at our church. I haven't gone since Landon was born. First off for being gone for a few weeks and then feeling sick. But the first week was cancelled because of Thanksgiving, the next week Matt had a Wednesday night meeting, and last night a cow got in the way. Yes, I said a cow. Matt hit a cow last night on his way home from work. It was about 6:30, so it was dark, the cow was black, and it was standing in the middle of the road. So needless to say, he didn't see it until it was too late. Matt is fine, minus being a little sore, but the cow was not! :) We found out it was our neighbor's cow and they picked it up with a skidloader and took it to get butchered. The car is pretty messed up too. The windshield broke and the front right side is pretty banged up, so it was towed to the repair shop. But thankfully all people involved were safe. So, add to the list of Matt's accidents: hitting a tree, hitting a girl on a lawnmower, and hitting a cow! :)