Jake's New Room!

Finally we are pretty much finished with Jake's room. After Abby's room I went through burnout hers was just too much of a pain. But we needed to get Jake out of chaos so he could have a nice room too. He loves it and has been playing up there a lot more already!! That means more toys out of the family room!! I think it's a perfect room for a sportsy little boy!

Basketball!

Basketball is in fullb swing in our house! After finding out Monday that Ben has a gallstone he started practice that evening. He's been having pain for about a year and a half now and just finally got it checked out. The Doctor in the Family said it was a "gigantic" stone! Anyway he'll probably have to get that removed maybe over Christmas break. So right now he's just really trying to watch what he eats.

Basketball brought out around 50 kids on Monday and already as of yesterday I think he has had 14-16 quit. The ones that needed t o so that's good! He has some pretty athletic kids this year so hopefully they can play basketball! He of course has been exhausted going morning and night but he is definitely back into it!

Our New Entry Way!

Well Jake decided it was time to redecorate. We've had some wallpaper problems and he took care of them. One day he was sitting on the stairs not to my knowledge of course. I was upstairs putting some clothes away and I heard him talking to himself. I didn't realize it was ripping the wallpaper right off. Oh well now we have a new look let me know what you think:) We are going to leave it this way until we actually buy it... that will give us some time to decide what color we want it. I also have taken on a new job... I'm stripping all the paint off the staircase and baseboards. Lets just say it's a lot of work I told Ben I was going to need something to do over the next 4 months and well that's probably as long as it's going to take!! There are like 4 layers of paint on everything. I think its going to look way better and not so dirty when I am done!

Happy Halloween!

Jake and Abby had a good time trick-or-treating! We went for awhile and Jake got to Ma and Papa's and wanted to help pass out candy. So we stayed the rest of the night there and Jake helped pass out candy! They were pretty cute our little pirate (captain Jake and little kitty cat!)

Alot has been happening!

Once again it seems like I just can't catch up so I'll try to fill you in a bit on what's been happening. First of all my sister and brother-in-law along with their two kids came to Kansas to visit! We had some good times! The kids pretty much kept themselves entertained and played and played and played! I'm so glad Jake and Abby have some special times with their cousins even though they don't get to see each other whenever they want. They were here to help Abby celebrate her 1st birthday! Pretty special for the birthday girl! It was nice to have some more kids there! While they were here they also had the chance to go visit some friends they have met through the trisomy 18 foundation. Two families over here close to where we used to live had babies with trisomy 18 around the time Kaleb was born. They were able to go meet these families and share similar stories in their journey of life. It was very special for them and I thank God they were able to do this!



Next Jake is back to school and ready for his first field trip! TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH! Abby and I had the privilege of going along with him and for the most part it was fun! You'll notice Abby wasn't so sure of some of the scarecrows:)

Last week Friday Jake had his first hospital visit... but just to get dental work done. He had so much to get done they actually just put him out. How I would enjoy that when I got dental work done:) He was perfect going in with the nurse but waking up from the anesthesia wasn't so

perfect. Overall he did great!

Next comes ARKALALAH... don't ask me what it stands for but it's the celebration of the town. They have a carnival a lighted parade, a kids parade and a very LONG parade... they have street games, lots of good food, races and more... it was a crazy last part to the week but it was fun!!

Last of our busy week we carved pumpkins... Jake's is a bat and abby's a cute little face! wow and can you believe its almost November!

Abby's room

Here are some pictures of Abby's updated room!! She loves it!

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Abby Is ONE!

Happy Birthday Abby! Today is Abby's 1st birthday! We are going to have some fun celebrating today! Then Aunt Julie, Uncle Kermit and Kaeli and Kyler come tomorrow so we'll have more fun celebrating this weekend! Abby has had a pretty quiet day, yesterday she was sick so today she is recovering a bit! But she's already had Jake sing to her and phone calls from family and watched Bear in the Big Blue house--- Tutter's birthday party:) and tonight she can look forward to dinner and ice cream with papa and ma and presents to open! We love you Abby and wish you a very happy and special First Birthday!

love,

mommy, daddy and jake!