Thanksgiving Celebration -

Paige had her Thanksgiving celebration at school while I was in the hospital with Ali.  Luckily, Angie was able to take her.  Her class sang some songs and had a Thanksgiving feast.

 Paige made a family place mat (Ali still in my belly!) -

Ali arrives home!

The kids have been busy preparing for baby Ali's arrival.  A friend set up a playdate for the kids and they all made onsies for baby Ali, so cute!

 The kids have been spending a lot of time with their friends Charlotte, Peter & Arthur while we are at the hospital with baby Ali -

 Angie bought a birthday cake for baby Ali and the kids planned a birthday party for her arrival -

Everyone got a hat -

The kids were SO excited for baby Ali to FINALLY arrive home. They didn't get to come to the hospital so were meeting her for the first time when we got home.  Luke was standing by the front door for an hour before we got home and came running out as soon as we pulled up. 

Showering Ali with....things...

 First picture as a family of five -

The kids couldn't wait to hold and kiss little Ali -

 

In the hospital....

First picture of daddy with his new little girl -

 First footprints -

 Precious feet -

 In the weeks leading up to Ali's birth, Paige was very busy making pictures for me to take to the hospital -

 One of the first pics of little Ali -

Headed home - 

Visitors...

Lots of visitors in the hospital to meet #3.

Baby Ali is here!!!

Ali Wurtz Peabody arrived November 25th at 1:44PM She is 8 lbs 5 oz and 20 inches long.

Paigey Van Gogh

Paige has been doing A LOT of family portraits these days.  Most have a baby in my belly, some of her most recent work has the baby already born.  Sometimes she remembers to include Marley, sometimes he gets forgotten...out of sight, out of mind.  Very nice and colorful Paige!

Just Tuesday night dinnertime talk -

This was the conversation at dinner tonight:


Luke: When are we moving to the new house?

Mom: After Christmas.

Luke: How long are we going to live in this house?

(We clearly move around too much for this question to be asked)

Mom: We are going to be living in that house for a very very long time, until you guys are off to college.

Luke: Will I be there when I am 21 years old?

Mom: You’ll be in college then.

Paige: I don’t want to move out of the house!

Luke: You have to Paige, that is how it works!

Paige: I don’t have to go to college until after Luke because I am younger than Luke, right?

Mom: Yes, Paige. You guys get to move out after college, get a job and have your own family. Don’t you want to have your own family?

Luke: NO! I am not going to get married to a girl. I want to marry a boy.

Paige: I’m going to marry Brennan!

Luke: I’m going to move to California and marry a boy.

Paige: Oh yeah, and lots of beaches there.

Mom: But you won’t be able to have kids if you marry a boy.

Luke: Oh yeah, I’m just going to have a girl give me a baby.

Mom: What girl would just give you their baby?

Luke: Paige can give me a baby, right Paige?

Paige: Um, I mean…maybe I can do that Luke.

Visit with Uncle Dave -

We had a nice visit with Uncle Dave this past weekend.  The kids were super excited for his visit.  We kept it pretty low key, went to dinner one night, showed him around our temp digs and went to a PC basketball game the next night. 

The kids were up early one day before school and decided to make these crowns -

Luke made "lunchables" for the entire family this weekend, complete with Halloween candy for dessert -

Santa Paigey -