Welcoming Baby Boy Braid

My wonderful neighbor Katie Thomas was so excited to hear that we are expecting a baby boy that she begged me to let her throw me a shower because as she said, "every baby deserves to be celebrated". She is a great friend as well and we look forward to having our boys and girls grow up together. (She has an almost 3 yr old girl and a 15 month old boy) This was the adorable cupcake "cake" that Katie got for me in my favorite flavor. 

Everything is blue! Things are going to be changing at our house!

My other neighbor Tawnie was so much fun to watch playing this game - she had to see how many balloons she could stuff into her shirt. We were all in tears laughing!

My mom won this game - guessing my girth. Mom-in-love came in second.

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

We just couldn't wait to get out and play in the first snow of the season! The girls had their PJs on under their snow pants and coats. :) We made our first family snowman (complete with a University of Oregon hat and hammer hands). I think the girls enjoyed sweeping off the driveway the most though. Too bad it was melting as fast as they were clearing it!

Harvest Party

As a family, we don't really celebrate Halloween but we celebrate the season at the annual Harvest Party that our church hosts every year. This year Rosen dressed up as a ballerina (a shocker, I know) and Naomi was our beautiful flower.  Surprisingly Naomi kept her hood on all night without a fuss.

We stopped by Papa's and Grandpa & Grandma's houses on the way (Mom came by earlier during the day to see them) to the party to show off their costumes. (There are no pictures from Grandma & Grandpa's because they were DONE taking pictures and getting crabby before we even got to the party!)

Having a ball at the party... or should I say bean bag?

Daddy dressed up like a Cintas Manager!

Naomi did an excellent job of participating and waiting her turn.

She really loved this basketball game... we had to pry her away from it to go home. :) The girls came home with a grocery sack half full of candy (which Mom & Dad graciously helped them eat most of over the next few weeks)

Daddy's Girls

The girls thought that Daddy looked so nice in his work clothes that they just had to try them out for themselves. :) It doesn't get any cuter than this!

Pumpkin Patch 2009

This year we went up to Green Bluff with my MOPS group (Mothers of Preschoolers) to the Pumpkin Patch. The girls each got to pick out an apple from the orchard and began to eat them promptly. (Naomi took more time on hers..... she wanted to make sure to drop it in the dirt a few times for good measure).

Here the girls are going through the corn field maze.

Naomi thought she'd take an apple break...

Here the girls with the other kids in our MOPS group stop for a photo op. (I think there were two other MOPS groups wandering around also).

The kids loved Penelope the talking pumpkin :)

But not as much as they loved the pumpkin donuts and apple cider! The pumpkins on the table are the ones the girls got to pick out and take home.

I think Rosen was more interested in the hay on the hay ride then the tour of the orchards. :)

A pioneer homestead at the pumpkin patch. Rosen wanted to stay all day and play house.

Oregon Trip 2009

This whole trip was planned because Nathan realized that I had never been to a college football game and, more importantly, never watched the Ducks play in Autzen Stadium. So he bought tickets and planned this whole trip to Eugene, OR around the game. 

Here is the UO team plane that circled around the stadium a couple of times at the OU vs. WSU game. 

These beautiful people are the couple that we stayed with while in Eugene - Andrew & Heather Barber. They are also big Ducks fans (a requirement in this town). 

As you can see, we annihilated WSU. It was kinda sad to watch (but not too sad!) Everyone assumed we were Coug fans because we came from Washington to watch the game so we made sure to sport the team colors.

Heather & Andrew at their home where we stayed.

This is the house that was formerly the birth center where Rosen was born. Pretty sad to see it is being converted into medical offices due to the midwifery birth center moving closer to the new hospital. Thankfully the construction guys let us walk around and take pictures while they were working on it. (One of their daughters was born there as well)

This is the actual bedroom where she was born. 

The girls are standing where the queen bed was where I gave birth to her.

On the way home we stopped at Multnomah Falls to let the girls stretch their legs and get some fresh air.