Trick or Treat??

Does it look like we just finished trick or treating or what???? 



Nope.....we just finished the Francesville Fall Festival Parade on Saturday!!  I am certain we got more candy here than we do when we trick or treat.  Guess its a good thing we won't be around this year for Halloween because we are set in the candy department!!

 Just a couple snap shots from the day.  Boys waiting on the parade to begin.  Elijah was over with Liberty during the parade so no pictures of him.

 Sweet Ellie in her festive wear(yeah I realize its not July 4th) but this girl has got to get good use out of the clothes she has:).

Here is what Liam does when he see's the loud firetrucks coming down the road!!!  Never mind covering the ears....just the eyes:)

Cereal

I had the go ahead to start Ellie on cereal at 4 months old from the doctor.  However I wasn't quite ready which is totally strange for me.  I fed all my other boys at 3 months old.  I think I just wanted one less thing to have to think about now that I have 4 kids:).  But this morning as I was grocery shopping I thought, I would give it a try.  So when we got home we did the cereal thing and it was interesting.

 Tried the bumbo seat first.  But didn't work.  So moved her to the bouncer which is where I fed all 3 of my boys their first cereal.   It worked a bit better, but she was gagging so much!!  She would make some silly faces too like it was gross or something.

 

Here she is with an "I am not sure about this stuff" face.

 And here she is at the end of the 30 minute feeding frenzy!  I tell you what, that was harder than I remember it being.  Im sure within a couple weeks she will be a pro at it though.

First Day of School

Today September 4th was the first day of school for my boys.  This year they are attending Cornerstone Private Christian School.  They were super excited.  It will be a change for us all, as I now will be driving them 20 minutes each way to drop them off and pick them up from school.  They start school at 8am and are finished at 2:30pm.  I also get the honor of packing them a school lunch everyday, except wednesdays plus get my other two kidos up and out the door by 7:30am.  Ready or not....here it comes:)

 Both boys posing by the front door.  They have "uniforms" as well.  Jeans, any shirt with a collar and no decals, and tennis shoes.

 Daddy stayed home this morning to help make breakfast of Puff Pancakes, sausage and oj.

 

Then it was time to get into the school bus.  Waibel School Bus #5

Elijah decided it was #5 due to the fact that there are 5 people in the bus.  Front seat is reserved for 5th graders, middle row is reserved for nonschoolers, and back row is reserved for 2nd graders.

 Next stop.....Cornerstone School !!!

 

And of course a picture infront of the school doors.

 Boys~ May God bless each day as you attend school.  Be Godly examples, and put your best foot forward and work diligently and hard.  Love you two!!

Labor Day Camping 2012

Labor Day Camping this year was fun and wet!  With the drought this year we kept our boat home.  The lake was 3.5 feet lower than normal which isn't bad, but we also knew it was calling for lots of rain.  And the weather men were right!  The kids wanted to go to the beach, even though the sun was not out, and the water was cold.  They played hard and had fun, and even went back the  next day.

 The rains came, the floods came, and the kids got on their swim gear:).  Here is liam catching rain water off the awening. 

 Thankfully lemans brought the "smoke tent" so we could keep the fires burning while it poured!!

 So this is where the fire was until the floods came.  Then we found some dry land and rebuilt our fire elsewhere.  The kids thought this mud pit looked fun.......

 The kids took turns riding their bikes through this puddle over and over and over again.

 ......and so these kids (mud buddies) dove right into this mud pit and came out with some healthy skin (don't they say mud is great for the skin???)

 Our new dry fire area with some grass around it:).  Was a bit muggy out after the rain so we sat far away from the fire:).

 The kids, minus Ellie, that sure had a fun time.  Even though at times it was a headache and a half for us parents trying to keep mud out of the campers and getting meals ready with rain pouring down.....these kids made some amazing memories they probably won't forget.  Such good friends they all are too which makes camping that much more fun.

 

 

And now for the video of the mud buddies!!!

Till next time:).....

Almost There!!!

Oh so CLOSE!!!  That silly little arm is still in the way.  I just had to post this, because I found it pretty cute she was waving hi to me at the end of the video:).

4 months!!

Wow, yesterday she turned 4 months already!!  This is definitely the fastest any of my kids have grown up to me.  I am really enjoying this stage, this time around.  Usually I am anxious for them to grow up and be on the move, but not this time.  She is the most perfect baby.  She rarely ever cries, she is always happy, she is full of smiles(just look at her and she will give you a grin), and she sleeps and eats like a champ.

She weighs a whopping 12 lbs!!!  I know, what a peanut.  She is ONLY 24 inches long which her new cousin Jacki was born at 22inches so Jacki will soon pass her up I am sure.  I really love this dress that she got from a good friend Mindy but it is just swimming on her.  I went ahead and took pictures in it anyways and hopefully when the cool months come I can find a little white sweater to go with it so she can wear this dress to the fullest.  And I got this cute flower for her hair from a good friend Stacy.  Oh and just for the record...she got 2 shots today and she still gave me smiles for her mini shoot:)!! What a miracle baby I have!!

Thank you Jesus for this very calm, sweet baby girl you gave to us!!  We are so VERY BLESSED!!

Niece #7

This past saturday we took a little drive to Ft. Wayne to see our newest little niece on my side.  Its hard to believe this makes 7 nieces for us and only 1 nephew on the Gutwein side(I'm the one who has all the boys:)!!

MEET  Jacki Loretta Huber.  She weighed 8 lbs 2 oz(just like Ellie), and was 22inches long!!  (thats long folks:).  I think she looks alot like her uncle Andrew Huber thru the eyes.  But I do think she has Joy's forehead.    We all had to take turns holding her of course.

 Caden was the first to jump up on the couch and hold her.  But this didnt surprise me, as he is the first to take notice to his sister too.

 Elijah was holding her, but she wasn't very happy in his arms sadly.

 This was as close as Liam got to holding her.

 Of course we then had Ellie do her "holding".  I just LOVE this picture.  Ellie thinks she is big stuff, and well....Jacki isn't sure she feels safe in her arms.  Oh they will be great friends.....only a little less than 4 months apart!!

 We are so happy for you Jason and Joy and Jayla.  You have a keeper and we are so thankful everything went well for joy and the delivery.  I just have to say she did great.  No epideral, got to the hospital and had her water broke.  She was 7 cm dialated and was NOT in PAIN!!!!  1 hour later she started having contractions and in 45 minutes Jacki was born.  AMAZING!!!  (we just love our delivering baby genes:))