Trick or Treat

This was Lainey's first year to Trick-or-Treat. We don't really "celebrate" Halloween, but my Mamaw insisted that we bring the kids. So, we ended up going to 2 houses--my grandparent's and my brother's. Lainey argued with us that we weren't really trick-or-treating because we stayed at both houses and visited a while. We had fun dressing up and visiting.

Sam, Kyler (my sister's little boy), and Lainey

As you can tell, Sam was not too happy. This is a little late, but he went last week for his 1 month checkup. He weighed 10 lbs. They told me how long he was, but I forgot. He is growing so fast!

Sweet Little Cloth Diapered Boy

I decided while I was still pregnant with Sam that I was going to try cloth diapering. My friend Molly uses cloth diapers with her twin boys. I thought if she could do it with two then surely I could do it with one. I am in no way "green." In fact, I am generally pretty wasteful. But after figuring how much money I could save using cloth on my little man (not to mention future babies who can wear the same diapers). I thought it was definitely worth a try. So far it has been easier than I thought it would be, and a lot more fun. There are tons of options for both diapers and covers. And isn't he so cute?!

Sick Little Girl

Our little girl has had strep throat. We are so thankful that it wasn't the flu, especially with an infant in the house. She is feeling much better now!

Pumpkin Patch

We had a blast a the Pumpkin Patch! We can't wait to go back!

This was as scary as it looked. Don't worry...I was standing by ready to catch.

Family picture

Playing in the cotton

Playing in the corn. I think this was her favorite thing.

Feeding the Baby

Okay, so 2 kids is a little more work than I expected. Sam is still eating every 2 hours. He has finally gotten to where he sleeps around 4 hours at a time at night though. Lainey is a good big sister. However, she has gotten a little clingier to me. She is always wanting me to hold her, something she never did before. She is learning a lot about being a mom to her baby dolls too. One of the things she has learned is that bottles are way too much trouble and formula costs too much! She told me her baby was hungry and was pretending to breastfeed her:

Sam is Here!

Where to start to tell this whole crazy story?...In the beginning Sam was breech. Then, he wasn't (the last I told you about). We went this past Tuesday for a checkup, and he was breech again. I was so disappointed. Derrick and I both decided that we would just go ahead with the original plan to have the c section on the 24th. We got to the hospital and got admitted, and my doctor did an ultrasound before getting things ready for the c-section, and guess what... he was head down again. My doctor said he had never seen a baby do so many turns late in pregnancy. The funny thing is that I really couldn't tell when he flipped or which end was up. So, instead of a c-section, they induced labor while he was head down. Praise the Lord, I was able to deliver naturally before he did any more flips. He weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz. and 21 1/2 inches long. He is absolutely precious. We are so, so very blessed with 2 beautiful, healthy children. Here are a few pictures...

Baby Shower...and a few other things

We are so blessed. We have such a wonderful family, church family, and friends. I don't think we will have to buy anything for Sam anytime soon. Here are a few pictures of the baby shower:

The closest thing you'll get to a "belly shot"

Hostesses

I haven't blogged about this yet, but Sam is no longer breech. Woohoo!! So, unless something unexpected happens, I won't be needing a c-section. Of course now the 24th is up in the air. I go back Tuesday for a regular appointment so I guess we shall see.

Also, I got a new camera!!! It is nothing fancy, but the other camera I had was about 5 years old, and only working about half the time. So, hopefully now I will do better about posting pictures.

Back in July Lainey went to mini cheer camp. Friday, they let all the girls who came to the camp cheer at the pep rally. I kind of had a feeling that she wouldn't actually go through with it, and she didn't. But she looked pretty cute in her little cheerleading suit, if I do say so myself.