Sunday, October 31, 2010

This Is Halloween

Halloween 2010 happened something like this:

For me, my insides were still a tad unhappy from being on my outsides (love me a little c-section). Thus, I had the poo-poo prize of being the treat passer-outer.

Cole slept his way through ALL. Of. Halloween (we obviously need to work on his Halloween enthusiasm levels if he’s going to be a member of this family).

And Dave and Kate braved the ferocious monsoon with one goal—to fill the pumpkin bucket. Goal achieved, by the way.020

This is us in our costumes. As you can see, Dave and I called our costumes good with wigs and not much else. Kate was Super Girl, and Cole was a bat...a terrifying one.

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And how Dave and I are able to make such cute kidlings, I’ll never know.

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3 creepy babies—I think Dave was proud of himself for thinking up this clever shot.

By the end of the night, we lured in 138 trick-or-treaters. It was 40 less than last year, but I think given the icky weather, we did okay. We passed out prizes from Oriental Trading, which seemed to be a hit.

After all the festivities, Kate washed all the “pink” out of her hair and was able to wear matching jammies with her new little brother. Pretty darn cute.035

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Baby Cole Visits the Hospital

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And ready to go…

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Fresh from Momma’s belly…

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All cleaned up and irresistible…

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Proud Momma…

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Proud Daddy…

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Proud Sister…

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Happy family…

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Leaving the hospital…

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Home at last (and can’t wait for our new life together)…

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Introducing Cole David Blackhurst



Cole was born October 24, 2010 at 8:05 am. He weighed 8 lbs 5 oz, 19 inches long. Mother and Baby are both doing great, Dad and Sister are both exhausted. I'll keep you updated with more pics soon.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

A Little Glimpse…

 

into our weekend:

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Count them.  That’s right. SIX.  Six children all under our care for 4 whole days!  This wasn’t our first time parenting the 6, just the first time with 2 of them puking (one of them being Kate), and the rest of them with colds.  Lovely.  Luckily, everyone was mostly recuperated by Saturday, allowing us to get out.  Buca di Beppo and Cornbelly’s provided for a nice escape.   008

So here we are posing with the pumpkin man.  As you can see, Kate bravely sat right next to him.  But you better believe, she wasn’t about to take her eyes off of him!  After the photo the dude told her, “Someday you’re going to laugh at this picture.” I know it makes me laugh.

And what would a good time be without standing behind a cutout and getting your picture taken?

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And the last thing I’ll say is DARN that Boy Scouts of America Corn Maze!  That thing was near impossible.  Lucky we had my resourceful husband!  He used his phone to upload an aerial view of the maze, enabling us to escape our fate of becoming children of the corn.

Inspite of the BSA…always a good time to be had at the Cornbelly’s.  One of my favorite events of the year, that’s for sure.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Princesses and Blue Kitties

This morning as Kate’s waking up, I hear her talking to herself in her room for several minutes.  When she comes out, she’s holding her Sleeping Beauty doll and says, “Mom, I’m pretending Sleeping Beauty’s the Avatar girl.

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Confused. But once I saw the upside down crown, I had to admit, the resemblance was spot on!
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Kate’s brilliant. I’m pretty sure. And me, what a good parent I am! My child references her dolls to creatures she shouldn’t have ever seen. Oh, well.

Here’s the true sleeping beaut!  I snapped this a couple days ago.  Napping is such a rare occasion for this child anymore.

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