Finally!

So last Thursday I finally had my kidney stones blasted! It took a long time to get it done because there were some issues with the urologist who originally helped me and I had to switch doctors, which means more wait time. So to make a long story short- it's finally taken care of. I am feeling a lot better now and just waiting to get the results of what type of stone it is- so I know what, if any, dietary changes I need to make to avoid this in the future. However, kidney stones are extremely common in my family, and so there may be nothing I can do to avoid them except try to drink a lot of water. Ughhhh! So to make this entry more pleasant, I have included Madelynn's cute outfit and our Christmas tree :)

My sister picked this outfit out for Madelynn and I love it because the jean pant legs are only like 8 inches long and she looks so hip. I wish this shirt came in my size.

This is our first Christmas tree! Every year we have traveled to either Chris' or my parents' house so we have never set up a tree. It's really pretty when the fire is also going.

Where did November Go?

We have had such a fun and busy November that it went by so fast! Madelynn is now 5 weeks and just such a sweetie. Grant really loves her and is getting more adjusted to having a new little person in the house. At Madelynn's 10 day pediatric appt. the nurse gave Maddie a poke for her PKU screening, so of course she started crying and Grant shoved the nurse to try and get her to stop "hurting" his sister.

Below Grant told Maddie that he loved her.

Although, 20 minutes later he got really upset about the attention Madelynn was getting. We have had a few instances where he really gets upset that she is getting the attention.

He likes to act like a baby sometimes too. I have found him sucking on her pacifiers and fake crying- because when she cries, she gets picked up and attended to.

Madelynn has started smiling, but I haven't caught any really good, awake "gummers" yet. But she is a very happy and snuggly baby. Here is one of her sleepy gummers.

She loves to look at lights.

Below is a picture of Grant at about the same age.

Not sure if she is about to cry or smile.

Maddie with Great Grandma Noyes

My happy parents came for Thanksgiving and Madelynn's baby blessing. In the background you can see an awesome teepee that my mom made for Grant!

We hosted Thanksgiving at our house and really had a nice time. I forgot to take pictures with people at our party, I promise we had family over. I do feel bad for Chris though, he got the stomache flu that morningy and so he stayed in the back all day and didn't feel good enough to eat anything. By the time he was feeling better all the leftovers were gone. Sorry sweetie, I'll make you a mini turkey sometime soon :)

Baby Pics!

We are really enjoying our little girl! She is such a sweetie.

One proud papa!

Grant used Rogaine longer than suggested. He loved his Halloween costume and was eager to wear it to the hospital.

My mom came into town to help out. We really enjoyed her visit! Madelynn is the 8th grandbaby for my parents.

Fall Festivities!

Two weeks ago we decided to go to a local pumpkin patch. We had a lot of fun picking out our pumpkins and Grant enjoyed the festive perks they had.

Grant enjoyed the wheelbarrow ride to and from the pumpkin patch.

He seemed very pleased to be involved in the pumpkin-picking process.

Da' boys.

Here's a post-pumpkin-pickin'-pic. It seems that it's getting hard to have a picture of Grant with him both smiling AND looking at the camera, so we happily take what we can get. :)

Chris was trying to get Grant to look at the camera, but we were on a hay ride being pulled by a tractor. Tractor + trailer = 2 of Grant's favorite things, so it was difficult to get him to focus on the camera.

Me and Grant painting Grant's "little pumpkin" as he called it. :)

Grant has been very interested in Monsters, Inc. recently, and Mike Wazowski in particular (if you don't know who Mike Wazowski is, we highly recommend reviewing the movie!). So Grant and I painted his little pumpkin in Mike's face, and Chris carved our big "for real" pumpkin into Mike's body. This was Chris's first attempt with the shaving technique for pumpkin carving and we think it was a good success, so everyone can look forward to a more complex design for next year!