HEADING HOME: The family came to pick up the new baby and Mom to head home on Christmas Eve. Hospital rooms are not meant for 4 little boys.

The 4th baby boy Pettey arrived December 22nd. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and 20.5 inches long. We finally decided to name him Alexander Aurelius. We were thrilled to have a healthy new baby for Christmas.

What do you do when Christmas is near? Make Gingerbread houses.

One of Corvin's favorite activities is climbing into any space that will fit him. He loves cupboards and cubbies, drawers, shelves and boxes. He always has his blanket with him as well.

All this snow is really my fault. I complained last year that we moved to the inland Northwest and never saw an ounce of snow. Nature is making up for it this year.

Our snow activities: the boys playing and Scot shoveling and shoveling and shoveling.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Stay warm and eat lots.

For all of those who keep bugging me, here is a belly picture. Sorry about the quality, it is what you get when you give a 5 year old a camera. Notice my permanent attachment - if he is not being held, he is hanging onto to me. Tiffany at 32 1/2 weeks

It was a sad Halloween for us this year. I wish I had a cute picture of the boys in their costumes, but instead, you get this one.

Since the holiday fell on Sunday, we did not feel right about going Trick-or-Treating. Our only solace was the Ward Harvest party. I had to go early to help decorate and set up and while I was doing that, the older boys were running around. Poor Braxton ended up running into the door. We made a trip to the Urgent Care that night and Braxton received seven stiches. He was the bravest boy ever, really more upset that he was missing the Halloween fun. The boys found it hard to listen to the doorbell ring and see everyone outside and not participate on Halloween. We tried to make it up to them and did our own Trick-or-Treating in the basement as well as playing ghost games. We still got to carve pumpkins and make caramel apples and eat candy. Here are some pics of that.

Happy Halloween!