28 weeks: Reid turns 3 1/2

Reid has his 3 1/2 birthday this week! We love to celebrate. :)

 I tried shopping with Miles on my back for the first time, and it worked out pretty well! He looked around for a long time and then just fell asleep.

 Reid playing tractors with the bunny family.

 Making a house for the trains.

Miles is enjoying some lentil stew I made that is really yummy. 

 I accidentally said yes to the Kirby people. Haha! They're sneaky. The kids had fun with the bubbles and balloons he did for them though.

 We made cookies and ice cream for Reid.

 Fun night! Andy was gone for the evening at a work thing, so we ate fun dinner and played games.

 Monopoly Jr.

 Reid did great feeding Miles a bottle.

 We busted out the paints while Ruby was at school!

 Cutie Miles is getting so big.

 Ruby didn't have school on Friday, so we went to the Children's Museum. It was so fun.

 Cooking.

 My little chefs.

 We had fun with the clay...

 ...and they played in the water area for a long time!

 He took a nap, then watched and watched.

Chutes and Ladders! We play lots of games around here. 

 They were playing that Ruby was a baby and Reid was singing to her. It was so sweet.

 He likes grabbing hair.

 Reading to her little brothers. <3

 Ruby and I stumbled upon Spanish story time at the library, which was fun.

While Andy took Reid to get a hair cut. I said, "Reid, let me take a picture of your handsome hair cut." And this is what I got. Hahaha! 

 He likes sleeping on his side sometimes.

 Grandma Patty brought Cora and Ruby some dresses from Uganda.

 He makes this face with almost every bite of food but actually likes it.

 Snoozing.

 We started playing Clue after dinner some evenings with the kids on our teams, and it's so fun! 

 <3

 Yogurt mustache

All bundled up for a walk.

27 weeks: Halloween, and Miles turns 6 months!

Our little guy is 6 months already! We had a fun week with Halloween. I love these guys a lot.

This is what happens when you have older siblings. 

 Miles's first ride in a cart! I think Reid's first cart ride was at Costco too. He loved having baby sit next to him.

 And we officially have a roller. He rolled off of his play mat all the way over to the animal hospital.

 Ruby has "morning work" at school every day, but I think she gets done with hers pretty quickly. There is usually a cute picture or something fun on the back because she had extra time. She often gets "Quality work" on hers from her teacher as well.

 My and my baby chub.

 Little Gingerbread Man

 A Firefighter and a Tool Man. Reid would only wear his tool belt, not the hat or goggles. So it didn't really look like he had a costume at all. Hahaha

 We did trick-or-treating down our street, then we went to the neighborhood just north of us and got a lot of houses.

 Miles stayed warm and happy strapped to Mommy. We brought our stroller for Reid to ride in. It got pretty cold near the end and the kids were tired! But we all had a ton of fun.

 He fell asleep on his changing table.

 Checking out their loot!

 Reid loves to share his stuffed animals and blankets with Miles.

 Happy 6 months little guy!!! I can't believe he's already half-way to a year.

 We did a little photo shoot, and of course Reid wanted to join in.

 He's starting to sit up pretty well.

I just love his two little teeth.

 Napping with his feet up. Ruby used to do this too.

 Mmmmm... avocado

 We made a Thanksgiving tree. Every day we take down a leaf and write what we're thankful for. Ruby does most of them. Hahaha

 We got her Kindergarten school pictures back! She's pretty cute. And of course has a silly smile.

 We made pizza that was delicious and watched the last World Series game in our living room.

 Ah!!

 The boys and I had fun at the library. Reid made a crane, of course.

 Broccoli! He's loving everything we give him. Especially some lentil stew I made.

 On Friday I took all three kids (Ru didn't have school) down to a church in Beaverton where I did childcare for a monthly women's event. I was in Miles's room and we had 14 little babies and toddlers. There was another little baby the same age as Miles, and they were cute together, eating each other's feet, sharing toys, etc. Miles took a nice nap in the swing.

 Sometimes he just falls asleep when I'm holding him. :)

 Prepping for the time change. We had all three kids stay up half an hour later on Friday night, then later on Saturday night as well. They were so tired!

 Saturday morning pancakes accompanied by kleenex. We have a cold Ruby brought home from school that is just not going away. We're all coughing. :(

 I too Ru and Miles to Ruby's friend Penelope's birthday party at a community center on Sunday. She had so much fun!

 Intro to Where's Waldo.

 Happy bath time! He kept splashing and splashing.

 We dedicated Miles to the Lord on Sunday. It was really special. Our prayer is that all three of our kids live compassionate lives and really care for people the way Christ does.

 Poor Ruby had an earache.

 And lost another tooth! This makes 6. Her top teeth are really coming in well.

Ruby wrote all of the kids in her class in alphabetical order when she got home from school one day. I think there's a list posted in her classroom, but wow!