Halloween 2011

I can't forget about one of my favorite Holidays!
I LOVE the Fall
The leaves changing
The smell of Pumpkin candles

&
Jacket and scarf season!

We picked our pumpkins this year at a cute little Church festival.
Emme was on a mission looking for the perfect size baby pumpkin for Sissy.

Miss Sass looking for Pumpkins : )

Just like last year, she loved all the baby pumpkins and wanted to take them all home

Waiting in line for her pony ride

"Patches" the pony
*which she still talks about. almost daily.


How pretty is this girl??


Face painting!


Her exorcist looking "Dora" haha

My beautiful family <3



Carving the pumpkins we picked with our neighbors

Hi Pierce and Tye :)

Shiloh carving her boys some pumpkins

Emme and her pal, Tye making silly faces

After carving the pumpkins we had a potluck BBQ and of course S'mores!

Emme and Daddy with S'more faces :)

Charlee Halloween night ready to Trick or Treat

Pumpkin belly

Ready to go Mom!


Emme, ahoy!

My little Pirate Princess

Papa and Emmers

Emme and Avery being too cute!!


We all had an absolute blast and made tons of memories!
I love my family

New Orleans Zoo

We decided to make a day of it down in New Orleans.
After the race, we ate a DELICIOUS breakfast at a cute little restaurant Downtown, then headed for the Zoo! We have season passes so we try and use them as much as possible. The Zoo is gorgeous and there is always tons to do : )

Emmers and Daddy touching an Elephant

They feel exactly how you would imagine. But hairy.
So cool!

White Bengal Tiger
Gorgeous!

Papa taking a turn with Char

She looks like a baby doll : )


This guy was my favorite! He was enormous and really seemed like he dug the crowd that he drew in. The baby in the barrel started to mess around with Dad and pulled his hair while hanging on his back. It was cute how they played, very human like.

Handsome feller

It seemed like all the Monkeys were "posing" for pictures that day..

Emme watching the Orangutang family

They also had a new Dinosaur exhibit that had mechanical Dinosaurs in their own enclosure. I was more excited than Emme to check it out because growing up, I got to see "real" Dinosaurs at the Zoo I went to. It brought back some good memories. And of course, Emmers LOVED it. She was timid at first, but she is very intrigued with Dinosaurs so it didn't take long to warm up to them. Very cool exhibit : )

We had a very fun FULL day in Nawlins'
It is such a joy to live so close to such a beautiful piece of America.
We love it here!

New Orleans Jazz Marathon

On October 29th, Eric participated in his very first Half Marathon!
13.1 miles

Papa, Emme, Charlee and I went along for support.
We met Eric at 2 different points in the race to cheer him on!

It was the coldest morning we have had so far so we were bundled up pretty well.
Here is E patiently waiting to see Daddy

Emmers cheered on the runners
"Good job, guys!"
She also kept telling them
"You're not my Dad, where's my Dad??"
She was a crack up.

We found him :)

Hi Daddy!

Babe finished the race in 1:54.11. at a 8:43 pace.
That's a whole 6 minutes off his goal time!

Eric's Dad showing us what he used to protect his nips.
The only band aid we had were Dora's :)

E proudly wearing Daddy's metal

We are all so proud of you and the time spent to train and prepare for this challenge. What a relief it's over, right? ;)
We < 3 you!

Oh yeah, the foot stress fracture that you achieved in the race was pretty bad ass as well.

Choo Choooo

Since our little girl is so special by being born on Christmas, Daddy and Mama decided she gets to open her Birthday gift early and be able to enjoy presents on more than one day a year. Papa Jaeger came for a visit the last week in October to meet miss Charlee and spend some time with the girls. We had an amazing time and Emme wouldn't let Papa out of her sight. We love family time <3

We are SO glad Papa was able to help put together Emmers Birthday present. It was a tedious project that had SO many pieces to assemble. It took them all afternoon. It was worth it, she LOVED it!!

Happy EARLY 3rd Birthday, my Angel.

Charlee is 2 months!

SO much has happened in the last couple weeks!

Our poor Laptop is getting a boo boo fixed and we should have it back soon! That is where I work on my blog so to not have it is killing me! For the time being, I am using our pathetic Desktop that sounds like a train going by when it loads a page.

There is so much to talk about but that will have to wait until we get laptop back so I can upload more than one picture without crashing the computer ;) BUT for the time being I wanted to share Charlee Maeh's 2 month well baby appointment!

Here's what's NEW!

11lbs 5 oz Birth was- 7lbs 9 oz

22 inches Birth was- 20 1/4

Eats 2-3 hours during the day

Sleeps at night now for a solid 7-8 hour stretch!

She actually LIKES tummy time! She cracks up looking at herself in a mirror and always is smiling. She loves it when you bounce with her in your arm and sing a high pitch song. She loves baby talk and cooing right back to you.

She has outgrown 90% of her newborn stuff and even the 0-3 month stuff is getting snug.

She got her shots and that's always not fun but I can tell you it gets easier with the second child. Not THAT much easier, but easier non the less. I used to cry a little when Emme got hers. This time I had both my girls with me so no crying for Mama. Emme told the Lady who gave Charlee the shots "Baby didn't like the shots very much". I tried to warn Emme beforehand that when Charlee gets her shots she may cry but it's okay bc Mama will kiss her all better. I didn't want Emme scared thinking they were hurting her Sister. It worked, Emme helped Mama kiss Charlee's legs all better and it was all over before we knew it!

All checked out perfect for our little Miss. I talked to her Doctor about our Disney World trip we have planned at the end of the month and she saw nothing wrong with it. In fact, she is taking HER twin girls who were born MICRO-Preemie at 29 weeks to Disney around the same time as we are. They are only 4 months old too! She says she believes in the "walmart" method of exposing your kids rather than the "lock your kid inside all day" (which, since my baby has caught cold after cold is what I have been doing lately). Me personally, I think it's a little extreme of her taking her babies that young after being so premature, but hey, who's the doctor, right?

Regardless, we ARE taking our much needed Disney Vacation and I can't wait to frolic in Florida for a full week with my family!!

I can't put into words the amount of happiness this girl brings to me. Her airy coos and chuckles alone make you want to kiss her to death. She is such a joy to have and I can honestly say I have not had ONE negative thought about her. It's very powerful for me to say this for so many reasons. It means I am not only comfortable KNOWING I am human, therefore I make mistakes, It also means I am continuously growing as a person and a parent. Little things just don't bother me anymore as before I would let them completely overwhelm me. Having a baby in the house again has made me thankful all over again and left in awe of the wonderment of the miracle of life.

Most of all, I am SO SO SO Thankful I am enjoying my baby every second of the day!

I love you my sweet, wonderful Charlee Maeh!