October Highlights

The month has come and gone, but I neglected to note a few fun things that occurred in October.

One Saturday we actually did something as a family which included a GPS treasure hunt, with vampire teeth as a prize, and then a drive to SLC.


Here are my children behaving themselves like they always do on Sunday afternoons. Aren't they the picture of perfection?

Or not...


On October 20th we celebrated Good Things #1's Birthday. He invited a few friends over for a Halloween party. I think he had a fun time playing games, eating doughnuts and opening presents.



Of course October 27th brought Good Thing #5. Like 2 of his siblings before him, his little heart did not like contractions. Every time my labor would get going, his heart rate would drop. The nurse would stop the pitocin, thus stopping my labor. After a bit of nothing she would start it up again and the pattern would continue. In the end, I progressed enough, pushed his massive girth out, and welcomed another boy into our family. Can you say, "Holy mission debt in our future?" I do admit I had just the tiniest feeling of disappointment that a little Rachel Cathleen was not born this time around, but I am happy as can be to have Joseph in our home. He joined the jaundice ranks that his siblings set before him, but fought it off after a few days under bili lights.




And despite a new baby and a very tired mommy we were able to have a Happy Halloween.
The kids begged for hot dog mummies for lunch
They carved pumpkins.

And enjoyed costumes and Trick-or-Treating.