A fun fall day!

Here are some random pictures from the past couple of weeks.  I have had a hard time getting pictures to load to my blog.  I finally got some posted!

Jenae, Aubree & Trey enjoying some time in the saddle on a beautiful fall day. 

Whitney & cousin Chase getting to know each other!

Jenae spending some time with Chase.

Aubree painting her pumpkin.

Jenae painting her pumpkin.

Kyle and Jenae with our giant pumpkins.

Whitney's first ride!

Whitney just hanging out!



Aubree getting some snuggle time with Whitney



 

The Pumpkin Patch

Here I am a week behind in my blog posting again!  Last Saturday was a beautiful day!  We took the girls to Lambert's pumpkin patch.  It is always a fun time!  We are lucky to have it so close to home.  We had a great time going on the hay rack ride to pick pumpkins, walking through the haunted forest & eating caramel apples & kettle corn!  It was Whitney's first real outdoor outing.  She slept through most of it!

Jenae picking her pumpkin.  I told her she could get one as big as she could carry.  I think she was
about at her limit with this pumpkin!

Kyle, Aubree & Jenae on the hay rack ride.

Me with my 3 daughters in the haunted forest.

Aubree taking a ride on the Molly Trolley,

Jenae took Aubree by the hand in the pumpkin patch and said "come on Aubree"
It was so cute I couldn't resist taking a picture.

Aubree looking at bats in the haunted forest.  She really enjoyed the haunted forest.

Whitney

Whitney 5 days old in this picture.

Jenae's Baptism

I am stilling finding it hard to make time to update my blog.  So as you can see I am still over a week behind. 

We came home from the hospital on Friday night after having Miss Whitney.  On Sunday Jenae was Baptized.  I was really emotional at Church that day.  It was such a big day for Jenae and I was feeling so blessed to have had Whitney arrive into this world so healthy, strong & perfect.  My emotions got the best of me and I started to cry.  They were truly happy tears!!  I am guilty like I think most people are of taking for granted all that God has blessed us with.  I was sitting in church when it really hit me hard that I have so much to be thankful for. 

Jenae has wanted to be Baptized for the past couple of years.  I was not sure if she was ready to, but after a visit with Pastor Joe, he said if she can say that she believes that Jesus is our saviour and he was sent to this world so that we my have eternal life then she was ready to be Baptized. 

Pastor Joe had a really nice service.  All of Jenae's Grandparents were able to be there as well as the Blackmore family to see her be  Baptized.

After church there was a potluck dinner.  We had some nice fellowship time before heading home for the day.  I think we were all exhausted by the time we got home!

Whitney did well for her first time in church!  She slept most of the service :-)



Jenae & Pastor Joe before she was Baptized.



Jenae getting Baptized. 

Jenae coming out of the water.

Whitney's first week!

Well you may guess from my lack of blogging for over a week, that adjusting to life with a new baby in the house has been a little crazy.  I had this silly idea since Whitney was by 3rd baby & Jenae is 7 and Aubree is 4, that it was going to be a piece of cake to add a baby to the mix.  Well....I think I may have over estimated my abilities.  Don't get me wrong, we are all doing really well.  I have just been a lot more tired than I was expecting.  It has been a busy week, so that may have something to do with being a little more tired.   I am very lucky as Whitney is a really good baby.  She sleeps a lot!  At night she is up every 2 to 3 hours to eat, but goes right back to sleep when her belly is full. 

 We left the hospital about 4:00 on Friday afternoon.  We stopped by my office on the way home so I could tie up some loose ends.  It was close 5:00 until we got home.  Hope fixed supper and brought over.  Whitney got to meet her cousins Trey & Chase.  Chip & Marilyn also joined us for supper.  Whitney did not sleep very good her first night home from the hospital.

Kyle had told some friends he would help load out cattle Saturday morning so he left home at 7:00 in the morning.  He got back from that about 10:00 and had to leave right away to help Chip work cattle.  We did not get to see much of Kyle on Saturday, most of his day was spent working the cattle.

Sunday was another big day.  Jenae got baptized at Church & we had a potluck after church.  I plan to make a separate blog post to recap that day.    In the afternoon my sister-in-law, Erin, & her girls came out to visit. 

Monday Kyle & Chip finished working the rest of the calves. Aubree is a real big help when Jenae is at school.  She gets to be the "big" sister not the "big/little" sister.  Jenae is really good help with Whitney.  She has done really well figuring out how to hold her and is willing to do what ever I need her to do to help out with Whitney. 

Tuesday Aubree & I made a quick trip to O'Neill to get the car seat installed correctly in the car.  It was nice to get out of the house and have some one on one time with Aubree.

Thursday it was back to O'Neill for Whitney's 1 week check up.  Dr. Winkelbauer said she is just perfect!!  Her weight was 7 lbs 8 oz.   By the time we got home from O'Neill, Kyle had taken off for Waco Tx.

That was a very short version on Whitney's first week!   I know a lot more happened than I am remembering to write about.  I will try to do a better job of keep up with my blog :)

Kyle with Whitney leaving the hospital.

Whitney getting some love from cousin Trey.

All 5 Whitaker Grand kids.

Whitney & Cousin Chase.  They are exactly 6 weeks apart.



Aubree, Whitney, Brooke & Allyx.



Whitney getting her first sponge bath at home.   Aubree was excited to get to help.




Aubree helping out with Whitney.



Whitney after her bath.

Aubree being my "helper" in the kitchen.