After Labor Day I went back to work part-time, 3 days a week. Grandma (Michael's Mom) is watching the kids on the days I'm at work. She watches them at our house, which is such a huge help! Work has been up and down, which is pretty typical for this time of year. We're in the midst of Open Enrollment and are down 2 staff members so I've been stretched pretty thin BUT thankfully I'm able to keep on everything so I can still be part-time.
Our friend Carolyn visited from Texas for a few days, while she was here we went to the Pumpkin Patch and it was such a perfect day!
My Mom watched the kids for a night when Carolyn was here so we could go out. It was a nice evening sans kids, we went to the mall and then the Cheesecake Factory and caught up on things.I made a trip down to Central Oregon a couple weeks ago with both kids. Michael couldn't take any time off so I braved the trip by myself! And I have to say I'm very proud of myself and my kids, they both did awesome!!! 4.5 hours one way is a lot of time in the car and we only stopped 2 times each way to take a little break and feed Em. Caden talked almost the whole time we were in the car (surprise, surprise!) and Em cried just a few times. :) We got to stay with Nana, Papa and Uncle Andrew in LaPine...and we made a trip out to Christmas Valley and stayed with Great-Grandma and got to see Uncle Linn, Aunt Denise and meet new cousins! Caden loved seeing all the mighty machines on the farm.
Great Grandma with Emberly
4 Generations
Caden and Em with Uncle Linn
Caden hugging on Em in Great Grandma's yard
Caden being cute!
Emberly chilling in the tree
Caden being silly with Great Grandma
Cousin Savannah, Caden, and Emberly with Great Grandma in Christmas Valley
I don't have any "size" updates on Emberly yet because she doesn't have her next Dr. appt until the end of the month. Since I went part-time my insurance changed and we had to find a new Dr. for her so it took awhile :) Lately she's been rolling over and figuring out how her hands work. Before she would reach for things but it was only on accident when she grabbed something, now it's intentional and she knows how to do it. She's growing like crazy! And more recently she started sleeping through the night again....for about a month she was waking up around 3:00/4:00 every morning and wasn't able to go back to sleep on her own but now she might wake up, cry a few times and then go back to sleep on her own. Yay, I see more sleep in my future!!! :) She also must be getting teeth in because she's really slobbery and constantly putting something in her mouth to chew on, and she has the occasional red cheeks too. So far no teeth have broken through so we're just waiting....Em at 4 months, sleeping with her thumb in her mouth
For Halloween, Caden dressed up as Super Man and Emberly was a lady bug. We went to the Harvest Jam at church for a little while and Caden played some carnival-type games...he got candy for playing each one but he really didn't care about that part, he just liked the games! :) After the Harvest Jam we went over to Andrew and Wren's to hangout for a little bit until it was bedtime for all the kids. Caden can't get enough of his friends!!!Caden hugging on Emberly :) Sooo cute!!
"Superrrr Man!" So serious too, haha!
It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is 3 weeks away!!! I'm still so amazed how fast time flies when you have kids. Busy, busy, busy! We're going to have Thanksgiving at our house this year and will be in LaPine for Christmas. Annie, AJ and Jacob are flying up for Christmas so that is going to be wonderful!! I'm really looking forward to both, I love Holidays! And I don't get to see my sister enough so I am very excited!!!