Thanksgiving

Johnny drinking his "kids wine" and LOVING it!

Curtis making sure Grandpa was carving the turkey correctly!

Curtis JUST wanted to eat the leg...NASTY!

Andrew getting into the X-Mas spirit the day after Thanksgiving!

I'm Thankful For...

On Friday, Johnny came home from school with a laminated place mat for Thanksgiving. On it are his hand prints and it says, "I'm thankful for my toys!" I told him how nice the place mat was. Curtis looked at me and said, "I made one too, but mine says I'm thankful for TV!"

I pretended to cry and said, "You aren't THAT kid.....couldn't you have said you are thankful for your Mom or Family? You said TV?!"

Curtis started laughing and then Johnny looks at me and says, "Well, I really wanted to write I'm thankful for BREAST MILK, but my teacher wouldn't let me!" I was DYING! What do you think the teacher thinks of us!

Andrew helping me do the laundry! Wish my mom was still here! (Though, I'm pretty sure she ISN'T wishing she was still here!)

Curtis came home from school all excited that he had a Thanksgiving Hat! I busted up laughing and had to post the picture! Nothing like wearing a leg of turkey on your head! Johnny thought it was SO cool!

Multi-Tasking At It's BEST!

Granny's Visit

French Vanilla Cappo=Check
Gossip Magazine= Check
Favorite Snuggly Grandson= check

LIFE IS GOOD!

Boys

Johnny watching me change Andrew's diaper. Classic! It's amazing that this is the same kid that gags at a pumpkin getting gutted out, but he can throw a live frog in the ceiling fan over and over to watch it fly off! (No, the frog DID NOT live, and I DID NOT know about it until it was stuck up there!)

Andrew at 10 days old...

Andrew's motto is- "Have Chest, Will Rest!" He would lay on anyone's chest ALL DAY LONG if you allowed him too!

Go Pack Go!

Our first snowfall! Curtis comes inside on Friday morning and yells, "Mom, come out and take a picture of me throwing a snow ball, and send it to Aunt Ann Marie and tell her I GOT HER!" So, there you go Ann Marie, consider the first snowball of the season thrown! I think in two weeks when you come up here, you need to teach Curtis what a "facewash" is!

It looks like Minnesota acquired another Packers Fan! My neighbors will be happy to see this!

More Pics from the Week

Colleen, Kyle, and my Mom in the waiting room at the hospital!

My cousin Johnny came and surprised me yesterday from Milwaukee! He wrapped up the "Cousin of the Year" award.

Erik in our favorite new thing- "Sleepy Wrap!"

Andrew LOVES it and so do we!

Erik and Andrew chillin' tonight!

He's Here!

Introducing...

Andrew Erik

Born on Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

8lbs.1oz.

21 1/4 inches longAndrew when he got home today in Daddy's arms!

Sleeping in the swing, during our first supper as a family of FIVE!

Pictures my dad took in the hospital.

Proud Daddy!

Nurses put daddy to work right away and he had to bathe Andrew.

But, not without some help from Johnny.

Aunt Colleen- my HERO! She came and stayed at our house, cleaned it, and watched the boys while I went into the hospital! She rocked!

Grandpa Dan...aka- "Buck-9" made the long drive from Chicago to see Andrew for a half hour, before driving back! Nice to know Andrew is so loved already!
Granny and Pop drove up too to see the newest addition to the family and then drove back to La Crosse. Was a GREAT surprise to see almost my whole family in the room after the delivery!

Well, it's finally OVER! On Sunday, I went into the hospital for an induction. The first few hours in the hospital were spent with me getting an antibiotic drip, since I had the "Strep B" virus. Then at 11am, they started the pitosin. At this time, I was already at 4.5 centimeters dilated. Once the pitosin started, it went pretty quickly. By 2:45 I was ready to push. They called the doctor, and 7 pushes later, Andrew entered the world!

Everything went REALLY well, and we couldn't have had a better experience! I LOVED the nurse that delivered the baby! If I could take her home, I would! She also worked the night shift and gave me MUCH needed sleep on my last night in the hospital. I was the ONLY person on the entire floor- so I had my own wing and I was spoiled!

Today, it's back home, after stopping to vote. Now the "fun" begins. Erik's home all week to help me. So, I'll just try to do some bonding and resting, before the REAL fun begins on my own next week! I'm SO glad that it's all over, and every one's healthy!

Sneak Attack!

Just when you all thought that Megan had "Sister of the Year" wrapped up, Colleen drove here for the weekend and BLIND SIDED her! As you can tell from the pics I've posted, I'm VERY pregnant and getting swollen. Yesterday, Colleen cleaned my house top to bottom. She even lifted up couches and cleaned the floor under them. I won't tell you what she found or how long it's been there...but she did all of it to make my life easier here in my last days! It's going to be a tight race come December. Now, let's see if Ann Marie can blow them out of the water! She's always got something up her sleeve!