Scot

Scotland is doing great! He's really a perfect baby. He's been sleeping through the night now for quite some time, he never spits up, and he's generally very happy. He has his spouts of fussy time, but I can't complain. This week he's started playing with toys and using his hands more - he tried to grab my taco last night! His brothers continue to love him and shower him with a lot of attention.

For the record, he's not always in a seat, these just seem to be the moments when the camera's out!

German's Soccer Class

The last day of German's soccer class was this week and they got to wear their costumes to class. German was really excited because another friend was also a pirate. German had a lot of fun with these friends during their 10 week class, but I think his highlights will be playing dodgeball (actually throwing balls at Coach Adam) and getting a sticker at the end of each class, or maybe standing on coach's foot in order to reach the drinking fountain.

Pumpkin Carving Time

Well it's now tradition to carve pumpkins with Clint and Marianne and Baby Jack (since this was the second year in a row!). Marianne's haunted house and Joshua's skull and bones tied for the coolest pumpkin and my moonlit night won for best use of a moldy pumpkin.

Eli spent the entire evening saying, "me do it" and so we finally gave him one of the little knives and let him do it, with adult supervision of course. German did a fantastic job cleaning out the pumpkins. And sadly, Scot went to bed about ten minutes after we got started.

Life is Full of Changes

Why we haven't been posting...

A day or two before my birthday Joshua came home and told me that he'd officially been transferred to work in West Phoenix (Tolleson) and that he would be starting the next Monday. We're pretty sure that things were meant to be because our apartment lease was coming to a close and we were unsure about what to do next. After much searching and many sketchy neighborhoods we found a house to rent that cut Joshua's commute from an hour to 4 1/2 minutes! We've only been in the new house for one week, but we already see the benefits. Joshua comes home every day for lunch and then he's home by 5:15pm. I LOVE IT!!! (Can I tell you how great it is to be making dinner and not have the boys standing at my heals yelling at me for one thing or another?!)

These are the only two pictures we took of our entire move (I'm sorely disappointed with myself on that one):

Ten points to anyone who correctly guesses what's inside this box!

Our Trip to Utah

Two weeks ago we made the long drive to Utah to spend a couple days with both the Clark and Hallberg Families. We made it to Provo in time for dinner at Brick Oven Pizza - a college classic - and a tour around BYU. Saturday we were able to be at Cousin Haddon's baptism and then go to a pumpkin patch with the Clark family. Saturday night our families joined for Scotland's baby blessing. It was such a short trip, but wonderful to see everyone (We missed you Aunt Melissa).