Family photos and Joe vs. the toilet?

Nicki came over to take some family pictures of us. Caleb enjoyed hamming for the camera. As mellow and quiet as he seems, he really enjoys being the center of attention and does some really funny things to get it...as Stacey can attest to his dancing ability!

Here's Lissy...
Here's the family...
Here's Joseph...by this time he was tired of pictures, and didn't want to smile, so Farris was trying to make him laugh, which he did, but then he wouldn't look at the camera.
Caleb was also getting tired of pictures and was just looking for sticks (he likes sticks).
I love this picture, but Caleb was hamming, and the rest of us were laughing at him.
There's my cute family! Sorry Seth is half covered up, he's cute, too.

Now as for Joseph vs. the Toilet...the score is Joseph-0, toilet-1. And Joseph has the shiner to prove it. Those of you who are in the midst of potty training, do not repeat this story to your child. I'm not sure how he did it (I was feeding Seth, thus calamities happen), when Joseph ran in and told me he had to go potty. I sent him to the bathroom, silly me. He was fine for a couple minutes, then I heard the toilet lid slam and lots of wailing from Joseph. All I know is that when I asked him what happened, he pointed to the toilet. I gave him ice to help with the swelling, but he's two, so he ate it, instead of putting it on his eye. He seems to think the black eye is funny now, he likes to look at himself in the mirror. I am glad this happened the day after family pictures. But I will have to get a picture to document this, what a great story to tell his future dates.

Joseph quote

This morning Farris lifted Joseph up to the window and said "Look at that!" Joseph gasped, was actually silent for a few seconds, and then said "Where'd the dirt go?" yeah, I'm hoping the next time he says that it will because we actualy have grass in our back yard, but our first real snow fall is a pretty good second.

cute pix

Last week my friend, Julie took pictures of Seth for his baby announcement. We took a bunch of pictures (the beauty of a digital camera), and here's a few of the favorites:










O.k., so it was more than a few. You should have seen me trying to figure out which ones to put on the announcement, Julie was very patient. Thank you again!
Last week was fun, with Halloween, baby showers, and Melissa, Nicki, and Mom visiting us. The kids had oddles of fun on Halloween. Jooseph chickened out about the Tiger costume, and instead wore Caleb's old duck costume, which he did look cute in. Caleb had a hard time keeping his hard hat on his head, but he loved being Bob the Builder, so (as Bob says) "Safety First!" so he kept putting it back on all night. Felicity was a fairy princess, and has been asking me all week, "How do you spell Fairy again?" On Saturday, I headed to Bountiful for my friend Andi's baby shower, hurrah! I was spposed to go to Farris' cousin's wife's baby shower (yeah, keep that straight) in Ogden also, but anymore driving and I would have fallen asleep. Did I mention that Farris and I were Tired Parents for Halloween? No costume required. Nicki, Melissa, Mom, Aunt Ellen, and our firend Erleen took Felicity to Park City for some all-girl time, and Grandma bought her a bright pink wig. She wore it all day long and Aunt Ellen said she made lots of people smile.

Last week

Well, Felicity had parent/teacher conferences on Thursday. She's like me (her handwriting needs to improve) and not like me (she's above average in math). She also needs to learn to tie her shoes, which is funny because I remember Mary Riley tying my cardboard practice shoes for me in first grade because I couldn't either. Overall, Felicity is doing very good, the teacher just can't let her sit next to her friend Emmalee, or both their grades would suffer. And probably the teacher, too.
All the kids are excited about Halloween, especially because Grandma Newey and Aunts Melissa and Nicki are coming for part of the weekend. Caleb is going to be Bob the Builder (not to be mixed up with Handy Manny, we don't speak enough spanish for that part), Felicity is going to be a fairy, and Joseph loves the tiger costume, but is too scared to put it on, so he might end up being a duck, or Bob the Builder #2. Seth has two costumes, too, my cousin gave us a cute bee costume and (hopefully) I'll finish his caterpillar costume this week. Felciity wanted to have a spooky house, which I'm really not into. So we (Nicki really did it) helped the kids cut out bats and jack o'lanterns and ghosts for the windows and I helped them make ghosts out of white garbage bags to hang from our tree. Spooky enough, although Felicity wants the orange lights and headstones and scary noises and all that. Going to school sure changes a kid. Well, sort of, she still wants to paint her pumpkins with rainbows and sparkles and pretty things. She's my girly-girl.

This is pretty cool...

I hate the big election years becuase of all the huge negativity that is thrown around. It seems like this year they are especially picking on Sarah Palin, so I enjoyed this video. Oh, and I just want to say that Obama really isn't a muslim (does it really matter anyway?), he's not a terrorist, and he does actually say the pledge of allegiance and salute the flag. Not that I am going to vote for him, I have other issues with him, but again all this negative stuff really does bug me. So here's this great video on Gov. Palin. And don't forget to vote!

Update

Just a quick blog today. Yesterday Seth had his two week checkup, he's growing! He weighs 9 lbs and 11 oz, and he is 20 and a half inches long, so he's grown almost a pound and one inch. Not too suprising, this kid likes to eat.
Also, I just want to say: I love to be able to tie my own shoes again!

Getting used to baby

I think we're all getting used to our new little guy. Felicity is still a little upset that he is a he, but she loves to hold him and snuggle with him. She loves his hair, "it's so soft, mom!" Caleb loves to hold him, too, and hasn't attacked Seth once. He always runs up to people and tells them about his new baby brother. As for attacking, Joseph likes to wait until I get settled on the couch with Seth and a blanket and then he pounces on us. Not a great thing, but no injuries yet. He also likes to snuggle up to Seth (sometimes a little too much snuggling for the little guy) and when Seth isn't in the room he wanders around asking for him. Farris and I are a little groggy much of the time, but we're staying away from heavy machinery and we've had cereal for dinner once, which isn't too bad for having baby #4.
Other news, Farris' sister Cindi had a little baby boy yesterday, so he's two weeks younger than little Seth. Hurrah for Cindi and Scott! And sorry we traded due dates again. My babies ('cept for Lissy) come early and Cindi's come late, and we always seem to be expecting about the same time, and it's twice now that we've traded. But that means our boys (Caleb and Tennesee are 8 days apart) are really close in age, so it's fun. We don't know the baby's name yet, Farris forgot to ask (men!), but my mom was wondering if they went with Tex? Just kidding, and congrats again.