Thanksgiving

Addie enjoying her first Thanksgiving dinner! She loved it all!

This is what happens when I want get a nice picture of all three kids!
Five Generations

My dad, my Great-Grandma, Paul, Me, Amelia, Addie, Granny Sandy

Table food?

Trying out spaghetti.

Adeline has decided that baby food no longer fits her taste. She wants more sophisticated food for her meals. The last few nights at dinner, I give Addie her baby food and she eats about half of what she normally does and she fusses until we give her whatever we are eating. We just cut it up very small and put it on her tray and she LOVES it! So far she's had lasagna, turkey tenderloin, sweet potatoes, spaghetti, roast beef, and mashed potatoes, and she seems to like everything so far! I can't beleive how big she is getting! She'll be 9 months old in less than a week!

So grown up...

Tonight at dinner, Amelia informed us that she wants to be called "Mia" and not Amelia. You would think she was 16 years old sitting there informing us what we're suppose to call her. You know, when they go through that whole "I hate my name, I want you to call me this" stage. Yeah, we're apparently going through that at 4-1/2 years of age! We've ALWAYS called her Amelia. Well almost always, but we've NEVER called her Mia. This is her nickname from daycare. Kevin and I have never been a fan of it. Paul calls her "Mimi" which has kind of stuck as a nickname by us and the rest of our family. Kevin and I thought it was hilarious that she insisted we call her Mia. Nope, not going to happen!!

Paul's birthday party

Paul had a fire fighter theme birthday party, complete with a tour of the fire hall! Here are the kids just before leaving for the fire hall. A fire fighter birthday party isn't complete without fire helmets! Thanks mom for bringing them for all the kids!

Brenna, Logan, Paul and Amelia

Buddies Logan and Paul checking out the fire trucks.

Logan is six weeks older than Paul!

Cousins Brenna and Paul

Brenna was born two days before Paul

Fire fighter Paul

wearing daddy's helmet!

Rylee and Addie

Rylee was born three days after Adeline
Birthday boy and his fire truck cake!

The Cake

it was made entirely out of cream filled chocolate cupcakes, it was a HUGE hit!

Amelia clearly was enjoying the cake

...notice the red frosting on her face?!

Paul wanted one of the wheels!

The birthday boy had a fabulous birthday, thank you to all who came and for the nice gifts, Paul really is enjoying them all!

3 years ago...

It's hard to believe that three years ago, I was laying here, anxiously awaiting my scheduled c-section to meet our new son or daughter. I remember not sleeping real well the night before. It was November 1, 2006. The night before was Halloween, so we dressed Amelia up in her cute bunny costume and took her down to the nursing home in Waterville to visit Annie, then we went out for dinner at Godfather's Pizza and back home to wait for my my and my Grandma to arrive, as they were going to be staying with Miss Amelia while I was in the hospital.

This is who we were blessed blessed with on November 1, 2006 at 9:26 am. Paul Francis weighed in a a whopping 9 pounds, 1 oz and was 20-1/2 inches long. Wasn't he cute? I loved his dark hair and his chubby cheeks. This picture was taking when he was only a few hours old! Oh how I miss that snugly little bundle that he once was. He was really a good baby. He took to nursing easily, he was a good sleeper almost immediately, didn't have a lot of needs, he was just overall a real easy baby, not that Amelia wasn't easy, he was definitely different that she was as an infant. Just proves how every baby/person is different and that no two babies are the same!
That first year came and went so fast! I can't believe how quickly my baby boy changed and grew up! The year between my when they turn one and two is a very fun period of time. Newborn stage is still my absolute favorite, but between one and two years of age is my second favorite age. They learn so much in that second year of life, it's amazing!

His third year of life he definitely lived up to the name on his shirt "Mr Mischief". He's one busy little boy. Last December he moved from his crib to a big boy bed within a month of our big move. Also in December of last year he had his first visit to the ER. Hard to believe he's growing up already!

Here is Mr Paul on his 3rd Birthday in Duluth aka "The Big Boat Place", Paul's favorite thing to do in Duluth is to watch the boats come in and throw rocks into the lake.

Can't wait to see what his fourth year of life has in store for us!