Our family

In Pumpkins!

Isn't baby Tessa pumpkin adorable?

Oh, and in costumes....

I think I like us as pumpkins better:)

"You better read this whole post!"

Or Chase is gonna put the smack down on ya! Scary isn't he?

I can never keep our boots in the closet these days....

In preschool they made a poster of what the kids said they wanted to be when they grew up, can you guess what Chase said? Quinn's got 'em doing simulators already.

Sometimes I take pics of them just because they look so big to me. Why are they growing up so fast?

They are so strong!! Jack made this slide for Chase and held it for a surprisingly long time. Chase took a number of trips down. I think they miss their swing-set.

I am not the most fun mom. I don't regularly sit down to play with my boys. I always find myself preparing a meal, cleaning up after a meal, picking up around the house, putting things away, organizing papers (the list goes on and on) instead of just playing with my boys. The other night after they were in bed I lugged a couple buckets of toys up the stairs and set them up like this:

Just because. Just because I thought they might like it.

I guess I can be a fun mom sometimes:)

And now, the person you have been waiting for:

"Baby Girl"!

I have so many names for this little sweetness, here's a sampling:

"Sweetie Pie"

"Cutie Doll"

"Honey Bunny"

"Sugar Girl"

"Snuggle Bug"

"Doll Face"

"Little Sissy"

"Little Darling" wearing her "Pretties"

"My Pal"

We paint our nails together now.

The other day a friend of mine who has three boys (all the same age as my kids) said, "Lets get together and do something, I am in serious need of some girl time." I though to myself, "Oh, she probably needs some girl time because she doesn't have a girl." Then it struck me that I thought of the time I spend with Tessa as 'girl time'. It is amazing to me how different it is to have this little girl in my life. I love her so much!

She isn't ALL sweetness ALL the time though!

I love Jack's face.

Quinn took Tessa upstairs with him this morning while he got ready for work. I walked past my bedroom and this is what I found:

Just sitting and enjoying the moment...what a great daddy.