Maia

So this weekend the entire family took a trip to the E.R. because Maia got a bad cut on her forehead. She was running around after her bath, tripped, and went head first into the corner of a toy chest we have. We immediately went to the hospital and thankfully there was only 1 other person there. The cut was pretty deep, but it was clean so they were able to glue it together instead of using stitches. Maia was a trouper through it all. It was pretty traumatic for mom and dad, but she seems to have already forgotten. (She's going to be Alice from Alice in Wonderland for Halloween, so this cut is going to add a spooky touch to her costume...)

We kept a bandaid on it all day yesterday.

Here's what the cut looked like today.

Red Barn Pumpkin Patch 2010

Here are some pictures from our trip to the Red Barn Pumpkin Patch. My friend Chelsea said that this is our first "repeat" activity with our oldest children. We have a second annual event people! Halloween is next..

Chelsea and me with our new babies, Sage and Ruby

Sage

Owen

It was a fun afternoon!

One month old & other happenings

Ruby Ann is 1 month old today! It's amazing how quickly the time has gone. By our unprofessional measurements, she's about 8 pounds and 22 or so inches long.

It's hard to take good pictures of babies!

Aleks turned 30 on Oct. 3! I got him a chef's jacket for his birthday. He decided that he wanted to cook meat to celebrate. I'll let you ask him about his methods and menu. It was a fun day for him and a good day of eating for me!

(I think he's holding a lamb shank here)

Ruby finally got her first bath at home at 3 weeks old. It went as expected: it lasted about 3 minutes and Ruby cried because she was cold. (Now that I think about it, I should give her another bath today...)

I pulled out a step ladder for Maia to play on while I was nursing Ruby. I was looking for a distraction during the first days after bringing the baby home. Little did I know what an important part of our lives this ladder would become. She's been known to go to sleep and wake up from naps asking about the ladder. I've stationed it in the kitchen so that she can climb up and down it to eat and be with me in the kitchen. She's only fallen off a handful of times.

This is the new face that Maia makes while I take her picture. She's discovered the other end of the camera and likes to see herself after the picture is taken.

(In this photo she's wearing a sweater that Aleks' mom crocheted for him when he was a baby.)

Maia likes to finger paint. Enough said.