Pumpkins!!!

Hello everyone!  We had a good week.  On Wednesday I went to my parents house and then went and visited my grandma.  Kenna got to see Lilly so she was super excited about going :)  Then on Friday our friends, Lisa (and Peyton) and Jen, came over.  Peyton is a week younger than B so they had a good time playing.  It's fun to watch them interact with one another.  Also, after watching them play it is very obvious that B already plays up being hurt by her sister.  Because there were things that Peyton did and B didn't even make a peep, but if Kenna would have done it B would have had a fit.  :)  On Saturday Robbie went to the Gopher game with a bunch of guy friends.  It was a good game!  I hung out with the kids.  They all did great!  Finally, today we took the girls to Target to use some gift cards they had and then went to the orchard and picked out pumpkins.  Kenna painted her pumpkin, but B took a late nap and did not get hers painted today.  Hope everyone has a wonderful week! 

Here are some pictures from the week...

Hanging out with Great Grandma White

Sleeping during the Vikings game :)

Thanks for the Twix bar grandma!!!!

Look who had a good day at school!

Making hocus pocus buns!

Testing them out ... she said they were nummy delicious :)

Stretching out

Checking out the pumpkins

B picking her pumpkin :)

Kenna painting

Bowling Fun!

This week Kenna got to go bowling with her pre-school class.  Rob, Wade and I went and watched her bowl.  She did great!  By the time we got there the kids had already started bowling and Kenna did not need our help to bowl.  :)  She's always our little miss independent.  The entire time Kenna decided to yell ... "Ms. Greden!  Is it my turn now?!?!?"  Even when she had just gone.  Ms. Greden did let us know that this is her class that everyone needs to be first and everyone loves to help each other...even when the other doesn't want the help :)  Here are some bowling pics...

Waiting ... as patiently as she could :) ... for her ball

Rolling the ball ... she would just run up there ... I was so nervous she was going to fall or drop the ball

Watching her ball go ... she even started to do the lean :)

Eating her cookie and drinking her milk!

 

Brynn has been doing really good with Wade the past couple days.  She definitely tests us, but she has started to learn that she can not touch him.  I kept them home on Friday so she has had some extra time to be at home with him and learn her boundaries.  She is such a funny girl, though.  She is starting to try and say more words and she loves to try and make us laugh.  She has also learned to fight back against Kenna now.  The problem is that Kenna is a drama queen so we hear a lot of crying and yelling now :)

Wade has been doing great sleeping.  Robbie went back to work on Wednesday and I was a little nervous I was going to be up a lot.  He's been sleeping like a champ, though.  Since Rob's been at work he's been sleeping anywhere from 5-8 hours straight!  He's starting to stay up a little more during the day too.  My mom brought the bassinet to us so we could lay him down in the living room without the worry of one of the girls stepping on him.  This has helped out with him being up more because he likes to change up his scenery and positions :)

Robbie has been really busy with football and work.  It's playoff time for football so they are putting in extra time for practice.  He just went back to work and he also got into the Emergency Response Team for Winona County so he had to get his gear and get all the information for that.  He's really excited, though, and gets to go to a SWAT school in the cities in May!  (Gives him even more motivation to get/stay in shape because he will have to pass a fitness test)

I'm doing well.  I'm almost done with the cleanse phase of the 24 day challenge.  It hasn't been too bad.  I haven't felt hungry or sick during it so that's a good thing :)  I'm loving being home with the little man.Which of course makes me start to think about keeping my eyes open for jobs closer to home :)

Here are more pics from the week...

All stretched out

B taking care of her baby :)

Kenna making Jack-O-Lantern pizzas

Finished product :)

Our little fork eater

Little man :)

 



Fire Safety Fun

Wow!  Where did the week go?!?!  I can't believe our little man is going to be 2 weeks on Tuesday!  He's doing great.  He will sleep for 3-4 hour spurts at night.  Which is really nice for mom and dad :)  The girls have been great.  They are still going to Vicky's which I think is really good for them.  B loves being able to go and play with the other kids ... and get all sorts of attention from them.  :) 

Kenna and B went to my moms for a long weekend.  They got to go to Winthrop for fire safety week and play with balloons, eat hot dogs, and go on a fire truck ride.  Kenna also got to meet a fireman at pre-school this week!  They also got to make cookies and play with cousins!  Kenna LOVES when she gets to see her cousins as you will see by the pictures :)

Rob and I got to get out on Saturday and go to a Gopher game.  Unfortunately they lost ... and it was raining throughout the game.  But it was still nice to get out and spend time with each other.  Our friends Melissa and Travis came with us to the game.  It was nice to spend time with friends, too!  (and be able to have my first beer at the Gopher game ;) )  Our other friend Lisa and her little boy watched Wade.  (THANK YOU AGAIN for watching our little man!)  Then Rob and I spent the night hanging with the little guy and we all slept in! 

I have started a 24 day challenge thing that Advocare has.  Hoping that it will bring me back to pre-pregnancy weight!  I will let you know how it goes ;)

Here are some pics from the week!

Just chillin :)

Being silly!

She loves her brother so much!

B decided to take a little rest while playing :)  She's such a funny girl!

Our Junior Firefighter

B was sitting at the window watching the combine...She's ready to go help grandpa!

Wide eyes ... he never seems too impressed with me :)

Our friend Trav is always Mr. Prepared.  He brought a ziplock bag to put his phone in and was texting through the bag :)

So he was being a little crabby so I thought I may as well give him some tummy time and make him work his neck....see how this worked out :)

Cousinly love!

I'm thinking B picked up this little boys truck :)

Waiting in the fire truck for their ride!

Hoping everyone has a wonderful week!

Busy, Busy, Busy

So...we are home and starting to get into a routine...until Wade changes things up I'm sure :)  Things are going pretty smoothly, though, and we couldn't ask for a better baby.  He's pretty laid back and mellow.... he needs to be with 2 sisters :) 
Robbie got the week off of work, so that has been really helpful since we are all getting used to waking up in the middle of the night again.  Nice for keeping the girls entertained also. 
Kenna loves her brother.  She wakes up in the morning and asks where her baby is.  She wants to hold him all the time and give him kisses.  She's such a good big sister!
B is starting to understand that he is real.  I think in the hospital she was thinking he was like one of her dolls.  Now that we are home and she is in her element she realizes that he's real and will run to his door when he cries wanting us to get him.  :)  She does try to touch him and love him, but she is still pretty young to understand that she needs to be gentle. 
Wade is doing great.  He is starting to sleep longer stretches at night and he is eating like a champ.  His first appointment is tomorrow so we will see how he is doing weight wise.  We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has sent him gifts and has come to visit us. 
It's been a crazy busy week, but it's totally worth it!  We are loving having the little man around and the girls are doing great with all of the changes. 
Here are some pictures from us being home.

Kenna and B hanging out

Look who came to visit :)

Trying to keep him up during the day :)

My three babies!  They were all just chilling out and being awesome for me while Robbie had to go to film for football.

Kenna having a conversation with her little brother :)

Just chillin

They all thought they needed to ride Robbie :)

Who's the baby??? :)

Grandpa came to visit!

It was a long weekend....

 

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!  Crazy to believe that on Tuesday our little man will already be a week old!

Wade Charles Floerke

He's here!  Our little man was born on October 2 at 8:18 AM.  He was 7lbs 3oz and 20 inches long.  He is the perfect addition to our family!  I will write more on Sunday, but I wanted to get some pics out to all of you so you could see our little stud! :)

Right after the nurses were done with all of his vitals and making sure everything was ok

Grandma White

 

The girls giving him loving for the first time :)

Kenna LOVES him!

Grandpa Floerke

Grandma Floerke

 Our Family

 

Wade all dressed and ready to go home....we had to use a different outfit because he was too little for the other one :)