Mid-November Randoms

 The boys love having their picture taken with their baby brother.  He was wearing his "Little Brother" shirt again and they wanted more pictures with him.  I love the first one with Major's tongue sticking out, but this second one was cute, too.  Thank goodness I have a blog and can put all the pictures I want to on it!

 Friday, November 18th, Eli had a Thanksgiving feast at school where he got to dress up as an Indian and Brady and I got to eat with him at the school.  We spent several days cutting out this costume and decorating it.  He is wearing the house shoes that Grams got for my mom when she was in the hospital after having me!  They look a little like moccasins, right?

 Eli and Brady at the table having our Thanksgiving feast.  It was great for cafeteria food!

Eli's kindergarten class Mrs. McDonald, Cornerstone Christian Academy, Sugar Land Texas. Top row: Jack Gowens, Eli Moore, Pierce Dalton, Anthony, Aiden, Chloe, Kelsey O'Neal. Bottom Row: Ben Mize, Hugh, Grant Miller, Cole Armstrong, Gavin St. Jean, Jazmin, Riley Miller.

 Me and my two big boys! 

Here is a picture of daddy and his boys on their way to the zoo.  They are so precious!  Just like daddy, long sleeved shirts, shorts, hats on backwards.  The zoo is a special place that all 3 of them love!  Now that daddy is done with football season, he has more time to play with his boys!

 These last two photos were taken right before church on Sunday morning, November 20th.  I love this outfit on Major.  My brother, James, said he's trying to decide if Major is going out to play a round of golf, or help Sherlock Holmes solve another mystery.  Either way, he is adorable!!

Ready for church!

4 months old!

 At 11:00 am on November 11, 1918...the armistice ending World War I was signed.  Fast forward 93 years later at 11:00 am on November 11, 2011...I took my 4 month old to the doctor for his 4 month check-up!  (Does one have anything to do with another?  No.  I am just a history teacher, so I had to add it in. :) )  Major weighed in at 16 pounds (the 75th percentile) and measured 26 inches (the 90th percentile).  He is wearing 6 months clothes and is smiling and cooing and rolling over from front to back and back to front.  He has met all his 4 month milestones, and several of his 6 month milestones.  The doctor said perhaps we should start working on our 9 month milestones, which makes this mama smile big! :)  He is sleeping through the night and really is a good baby.  Both our other baby boys had at least one of their month pictures taken in a Michigan outfit, so I thought little Major should have the same!

 Here is one of him smiling.  Love this baby!  I didn't have a chance to try and get anymore because he decided it was time to eat!  Picture time was over!

 I love this picture!  Major loves his Daddy!

And a sweet Major baby playing with his big brother, Eli.

Halloween!

It looks like I totally messed up when I uploaded these pictures, so they are completely out of order.  I took this first photo for Nana, (my mom) who made these trick or treat bags for my brothers and I when we were kids in Nebraska.  We are missing my brother DJ's, so these are mine and James'.  Sadly, since we don't have all 3, one day someone will have to go without the special bag.  But it is fun to have right now!  These kids brought in a haul!

This second picture is at the end of the night, Eli AKA Batman, and Brady AKA the cutest little dinosaur you ever did see.  This third picture is of the boys with their candy.  They got to choose one to eat before bedtime (it is a school night!).  It also seems that Major wants some...not yet little one!

This year, our friends Wayne and Rebecca Pace brought along their kiddos to come with us.  In the stroller is Allison who is 17 months, and with Rebecca is Zach AKA Spiderman.  Alex, their oldest, is somehow missing from this picture.  He was dressed at Captain America.

This picture of Major with the pumpkin was actually taken the first thing Halloween morning.  Happy Halloween!

Here is our sweet Major skunk.  Look at those jolly cheeks!  What a happy baby!

This is the traditional pose before going trick or treating.  Brady, Major, and Eli with the pumpkin outside our front door.

ROAR!!!!!!!!!



October 30: Pumpkin Carving

 Usually, I get a lot more pictures of the pumpkin carving festivities, but with a 3 month old who likes to be held, I only got a few this year.  What I loved about this year was that neither of the boys were scared about getting their hands in there and pulling out the seeds.  Secondly, Brady was totally mesmerized by the entire process.  He sat right next to Bill's side and watched intently the entire process (which took about 45 minutes).  I wish I had gotten a shot of Brady taking out the eyes and such, but as I said, I was holding a crying baby.  First, we have daddy taking off the top of the pumpkin.

 Second, we have reaching in there and getting out the seeds.

 And then somehow, we skip all the way to the finished product.  Yes, I know Eli's eyes are closed, but please notice the cry look on Major's face.  I only had a second to take this shot.  And I didn't get any pictures of the in between of Bill carving the pumpkin, but I will say that he did a really good job.

Sweet boys ready for bed with their freshly carved pumpkin.  Brady named this pumpkin, "Daddy".  And tomorrow...trick or treating!!



The End of October

 Look at this sweet boy!  I went to do some laundry and came back in the living room and this is what I found.  Melt my heart.

 The above picture is of Major in an outfit from Sven (Big Daddy and Gran Betty's German exchange student) in Germany.

 Periodically through October, Brady would wear his dinosaur costume.  Here he is on a random day playing with Major.  He is saying, "I clap my feet, I clap my feet, ahhhhh...getty, getty, getty!"  That is where Brady would tickle Major and he'd laugh and laugh.  They play so well together!

 Some brother hugs and some night time readings...every night I read a book and the Bible to Eli and Brady.  I guess one night Bill decided we needed a record of that event. :)

 More sleeping babies...I can't get enough!  I love when he just falls asleep places.  Although, I am not a fan of this whole sucking his fingers thing.  Hopefully, he'll grow out of it soon.

 Brady's note to me..."Momy love Brady" it says. :)

The last home game of the season was Friday, October 28th.  I went to get Eli and Brady ready to go (Major was already ready) and came back in the living room and here he was asleep again on the floor.  Such a precious baby!

3 Months Old!

Major turned 3 months old on October 11th.  This picture was taken on that day.  He is wearing his "Major" shirt that Amy McCathran (a friend from when we worked at Northland Christian School) had made for him.  I love this chunky little monkey!

A Day with the Boys

 Here is my precious Brady.  What is he doing with the blocks?  Playing football!  The blue ones are the Mustangs (Bill's team) and the black ones are the bulldogs (the team we played a few weeks ago).  He's been doing this about everyday since we played the bulldogs.  He is so cute playing on the floor.  He will dive with one of the blocks into the in-zone and have them tackle and recover fumbles and everything.  Sadly, the bulldogs win most of the time.

 This "little brother" shirt that Major is wearing is one that Eli got for him before he was born.  The boys have been excited about their little brother for a very long time.  Don't you just love the look on little Major's face?  It is the look he has most of the time when his brothers are in his face like this.  If only I knew what was going on in his mind...

 Look at this big boy holding his head up so well!  Crawling is just around the corner.  He has 2 big brothers to keep up with! (When these photos were taken, Major was just shy of 3 months old.)