Yay, I stole a minute to update!

Brothers!!!!

This is Ronan's favorite place, all over Archer.
Check out that hairline!

Eyeballs are still quite rare with this kid. He retreats to the quiet of sleep a lot still. His eyes are a bluish purple color right now. Very lovely.

Enjoying the rewards of Star Money- a Tootsie Pop!
Uh, wrong end, Ronan

Our first Sunday as a family of five

LOVE the puppets and puppet theater from aunts Cindy and Jennifer!

More Archer Pictures

We made it home on Tuesday around 5:00 pm and have been so glad to be in our own place. It has been either raining or snowing ever since we got back, but it has been working out pretty well. Archer is adjusting to his new surroundings and is adored by his brothers and grandparents.

As far as everybody else we are all recovering well from the time away from home and at the hospital. We were so glad to get out of there, we asked them to get us out early so we could beat the weather home as much as possible. Since baby and Mommy were doing so well, they had no objections. Yay!

And if you hadn't already heard about the delivery, it went really fast and easy. Hooray for natural birth that goes according to plan! I am barely feeling the effects of it. The lack of sleep at the hospital wore us out more than anything else.

Archer Wells Pike

Here he is. 8lbs 6 oz born monday dec 22 at 421 pm.
Carolyn will make this post better when she get's on next.

last call

last call for middle names, due date has officially changed to dec 22., on which day this baby will be induced.

'snow goes with christmas' - odin pike

how many people get to cut down a christmas tree from their front door anymore! the first tree we inspected was the perfect sized cedar growing in a cluster. making memories AND making room for forest growth at the same time. not to mention saving money. bonus.

lessons in how to drag a christmas tree

the first snowfall dec 13,
a super fun morning-
ok, now let's go build a fire

take a picture of us! ronan's cheesy smiles where he wrinkles his nose and squares his lips are hilarious. and he will hold it for as long as you need to take the picture. you can tell where the smile starts to become fake, but he still holds it.

apples at the miller's

picking apples on thanksgiving day. a super fun activity for all the kids while they waited for everyone else to arrive for dinner

baby prep update

our top favorite suggestions: kahn, ör, wells, cy, and didymus. i wouldn't be surprised if one of these became our name choice. thanks for the awesome ideas everyone.

now that we are down to the wire-week 36 this coming sunday-

i am starting to feel the pressure of getting things done.

so i assembled ronan's toddler bed (thanks again, kate) to figure out how the three beds will fit into the little room we have for the boys

this started a big round of musical furniture:

toddler beds kicks out big green recliner,

recliner moves to bedroom as it is this mother's other-well more like primary-sleeping arrangement

recliner kicks dresser to closet, which fits only if closet weren't overrun with cans of food storage

food storage goes under bed which is now fully reassembled (thanks again, mark)

storage cabin must now also be rearranged and cleaned up for sake of said dresser to fit in said closet because moving said food storage is still not enough space in the right place

what, we have too much stuff?