Halloween with the Berglind's

We were so lucky to have Stephanie and Hayden come and visit us! We did miss Matt though...he wasn't able to come. :(

The first day after they came, it was 70 degrees, so we took advantage and headed to the park. These little boys were in heaven. That first picture of Jack makes me laugh...he gets himself up there and just yells at me and waits until I come to help him down. It isn't that far of a drop, but apparently he doesn't want to let go. He looks a little worried in this picture.

Trying to climb up the poll. :)

Hayden pushed this car around almost the whole time. It doesn't take much to entertain these two!

That night we went out to dinner at CPK in Legacy Village shopping center. It was super yummy. The weather was nice enough that we were able to walk around for a few minutes after and go see the pumpkins. Jack kept saying, "Hooray! A pumpkin patch!" I'm not sure 10 pumpkins count as a pumpkin patch but they were still excited to see them.

The next day Justin braved watching all three boys for us while Stephanie and I went and got a pedicure. Thanks again for that Steph....it was so nice!! My toes still look perfect. I love it! It was nice to have some time without the kiddos to just sit, relax, and chat. Times without kids are few and far between these days!

Halloween was probably the highlight of the weekend. Jack and Hayden were so cute!! Hayden's giraffe costume was making me laugh. It kept covering his face and he couldn't see where he was going. He sure was cute though.

We took them out Trick-or-Treating around our neighborhood. It was so fun to see them get into it. Jack has been talking about going Trick-or-Treating for a month and was super excited when the time actually came. A lot of people in our neighborhood really get into all of the decorations. It was fun to see all of the different ideas people came up with.

When we got home, we dumped all of their candy out on the floor and let them go at it. After we dumped it Jack said, "Oh my gosh! Look at all this candy!!" He was a little excited.

Hayden has the cheesiest smile...I love it! So cute!

The rest of the time they were here, we just took it easy and enjoyed each other's company. Stephanie was a huge help with Jack and Anderson and even did my dishes for me multiple times. It was nice to have her come and just relax the whole time instead of trying to fit in a million things to do. It really was perfect. Now we just need to get Matt out here next! We did try to go and see an exhibit at the Kirtland visitor's center. It was a collection of paintings depicting stories from the Book of Mormon. When we got there, they said this was the first day that they started closing earlier for the winter. Since they had let us in though, we asked if we could run up and see the paintings. They told us that they had packed them all up that very morning and they were being shipped to Nauvoo. Talk about being a day late and a dollar short! We were so sad! So we just went out to dinner instead.

Jack and Hayden got along for the most part. Hayden learned the word "mine" which probably came from Jack and they had a few struggles with who was going to play with what car at what time. Other than that, they had a lot of fun together. It is fun to see them play get to know each other. I am glad they are so close in age, it makes it fun for Stephanie and I.

Thanks for taking the time to come and see us Steph!! I always love getting together and laughing about old times and old friends. I can always count on a good laugh!! Thank you for all of your help with Jack and Anderson. It was so great!!

And the best part is, we get to see them again on our surprise, last minute trip to Washington. We leave in the morning!! Hooray! It always makes the goodbyes so much easier. :)

More fun with family and some randoms

It has been so fun to have both of our parents come to see Anderson. Bob came out the same time as Denise, but had to go home after only a few days. We were so sad!! Thanks for coming out though Bob...it was so fun to see you!! We sure did miss you the rest of the time Denise was here...

This little guy has been growing by the second!! It kills me that he is going to be four weeks old on Friday. I hate it. It seems like he changes every day. I wish that he would stay teeny tiny for a lot longer. He has been a great baby so far besides waking up too much at night. The lack of sleep is catching up to me. Last night he only woke up at 1, 4 and 7. Maybe this will be the start of better nights to come! ...I hope.

Jack is loving being a big brother. He is very nice and careful with Anderson. I wish he was that nice to Justin and me. :) I just need to remind myself that he is only 2. I asked my mom if she thought he was a devil child after his horrible week he had when they were here. Her response went something like this... "I think the difference between him and some other kids his age is that they just cry and scream when they get mad, but Jack knows how to tell you off...and he does." Oh, my sweet little Jack.

On a different note, he has been super excited about Halloween this year. He is going as Batman, and has already tried out his costume at a couple different Halloween parties. My mom and Justin's Grandma Diamond both recently got him a Batman cape. Now that he has two he is SUPER excited about having friends over to play Batman. It's so funny because he really has no idea who he really is, but he LOVES to pretend that he does. He will do anything that we tell him Batman does, including eating carrots or other vegetables we have for dinner. We always tell him, "You should eat your broccoli. Batman eats it and it will make you strong just like him!" So far, it seems to be working.

While Denise was here, of course, we went to Patterson's. Even though it was not very warm and slightly windy, as you can see from this picture, we still had fun.

Jack was brave enough to try out the tire swing for the first time. He doesn't like swings very much so I am surprised he liked it.

Back in the trees at the farm... I love all the leaves on the ground and the pretty trees.

Denise was such a huge help while she was here. I don't know what to do now that I have to do my own laundry, take care of Jack and cook my own meals! She made my life extremely easy which made it so nice to be able to focus on Anderson. Thank you so much Denise!! It is definitely a different story now that all of our help has left. It took me three hours on Friday to get everyone ready and actually out the door to Target. Three hours! You might be thinking that is impossible, but it's not. I'm not sure why it took us that long, but it did. On Sunday, Justin has meetings at 8 and I was lucky enough to not have to go this Sunday (we usually go early with him because we only have one car). I looked at the clock and we had 45 minutes until we needed to leave. I felt at that moment that that was more than enough time and we would for sure make it to church before nine. Well, we got there ten minutes late. I don't know how people do it with multiple children. This is definitely something I am going to have to get used to.

So far Anderson loves the bath. The past few times we have put him in there he just looks around and hangs out. I love to see his skinny little body and his long frog legs. He is just so stinking cute!!! At least we think so.

Nice and clean!

I am super in love with this guy. He just makes me smile every time I look at him, even if it is 2 o'clock in the morning. He is a pretty noisy baby though. He makes lots of weird noises including one that sounds like a mixture of a grunt and a machine gun. It's really funny! I'm not sure why he does it but it makes me laugh. I just cannot believe he is going to be a month old!!! It is going by so fast, and I am not happy about it. Before I know it he will be telling me off, just like his cutie pie older brother.

P.S. This is the view from my driveway right now, looking down my street. Did I ever mention that I LOVE Ohio?! It doesn't get much prettier than that.

Anderson's Blessing

Both of our parent's overlapped their trip for one day so we wanted to take advantage of them being here and bless Anderson. Justin did such a great job and Anderson was quiet through the whole blessing even though he was hungry. I'm so glad that we decided to bless him even though he was only 9 days old! It just wouldn't have been the same without family here. We are so happy that they were all able to come.

My parents...

Justin's parents...

Anderson was a little too small for the outfits we had. This was the smaller of the two. He still looked so cute even though his pants went up to his armpits! You can't tell with his little shirt on, thank goodness. :)

It is so weird that we have two kids!! Things have gone good so far but we have had a lot of help. We will see when everyone leaves how we are able to manage having 2.

Jack did not want to hold Anderson in these pictures. He kept saying that he is too heavy. They are still pretty cute though. I guess it is a good thing that Jack doesn't really want to hold him and touch him all the time. Less that I have to worry. :)

Grandma & Grandpa Brownell

While my parents were here, we tried to fit in a couple of fun things among all the baby stuff. We went to see the lake downtown Cleveland and walked around for a while. We also stopped at the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame and took a tour of Johnny Cash's tour bus. We read the sign outside that said he had spent over $550,000 it in the 80's. We were expecting to see something extremely nice, and after the tour we decided that Johnny Cash got ripped off. It was not nice inside and there was nothing special about it! Totally lame... He later sold it after his wife died for $30,000 to someone who donated it to the Hall of Fame.

Downtown Cleveland

Does it get any cuter than that? :) I'm so glad my parents were able to come and see Anderson while he is brand new. They change so fast!! I already feel like he looks different after the week that they were here!

My mom must have the special touch. Anderson loved to snug with her! He would just crash every time. It was nice to have an extra pair of hands to hold him.

We also spent some time in Kirtland, the John Johnson Farm and the Isaac Morley Farm which is the picture above. It's always nice to visit the sites again and feel the spirit in all of those special places from our church history. We found out on Sunday though that we had picked the wrong day to go to Kirtland. President Monson was there on Saturday!! We obviously weren't in tune when we picked Tuesday to go there.

Jack and I went to the park a while ago with some friends and a little boy came in a full Batman costume. Ever since then, Jack has been running around saying that he is Batman. My mom and I found this mask at JoAnn's and we had to get it! This is Jack's Batman face. I'm not sure why he does that but we think it is hilarious. This bottom picture is my Dad's Batman face... wow. :) Doesn't he look just like him?!

Justin was really sick all week long, and Jack was being a grouch all week, but besides all that we had a lot of fun. As always it goes by way too fast!!! I couldn't believe it had been a week when I dropped them off at the airport. I'm not sure when we will get to see them next since we are staying here for all of the holidays... SAD!!

Thank you so much for coming Mom and Dad and for all that you did for us!! I miss you guys already. You better come back soon!! Love you!

Little Anderson

We've made it to day 5! Anderson has been a great little baby so far and we are loving all the snuggling time. My mom and dad are here and it has been fun to have them. We have been pretty lazy, but have managed to still do a couple fun things.

This is a picture of Jack with Anderson in the hospital. He wanted to hold him but about 2 seconds after, he told Justin that he is too heavy and didn't want to anymore. Jack has been having a rough time the past few days. We had to be to the hospital early so he stayed the night at Pete and Brittany's house the night before. (Thank you guys again!!!) He has had a bad cold, a new brother, and a wacky schedule...all of which have contributed to one grouchy little boy. Hopefully as he starts to feel better, his attitude will get better along with it!

Justin did a pretty good job of telling the story, but I will add the things that I remember...

We made it to the hospital at 6am. Our first nurse was really nice, but she was in training and could not get my IV in for anything. This was one of the worst parts of the whole day. I have a nice bruise from it now. She finally got it in the other arm and start the pit really slow. We hung out until 9:30 when I got my epidural which was wonderful. I had only felt a few stronger contractions up to this point so I was thankful to get it so early. Then Dr. Reider came in and broke my water and cranked up the pit. Justin and I pretty much just watched movies all day waiting for me to dilate all the way. It was actually a pretty relaxing day, strange as it seems. Around3:00pm, Dr. Reider came in and said that I was to a 9 and that Anderson was posterior. He asked me if I wanted to just try and push to see if we could make some progress or if I wanted to try a couple things to get him to rotate a little. I decided to try and push and see what happened... 25 minutes later he was born! It was fabulous. I honestly did not even feel like I had just had a baby. I hope my next delivery goes exactly the same way this one did. Everything went so smoothly and I hardly felt any pain compared to when Jack was born. It was such a great day. We are so glad to have him here!! And I am extremely glad to not be pregnant anymore!! It is such a blessing to have him here and know that he is healthy and that everything went so well. All of that anxiety of wondering how things will go is gone, and it is a great feeling. Now I just get to enjoy my little guy!!!

INTRODUCING ANDERSON KADE HEATON

This is the morning of the appointment just before we left our house to go to the hospital. We had to be there at 6:00 AM. so we got up at 4:30.

This is Stacey waiting to get her IV. By around 6:45 they had gotten us to our room, placed her IV and had started Pitocin. They were great! Just after he was born they took him over to weigh and measure him.

6 pounds 14 oz and 20 inches long.

He is getting dressed for the first time!

They had just put that goop in his eyes. I guess it is for a good reason and at least it doesn't hurt them at all.

This is the proud mommy just after he was born! She did a great job and I am so proud of her!

The nurse is bathing him for the first time. He cried a lot and didn't seem to like it at all.

I went and got Jack once things had settled down and Stacey had got to her new room. He could have really cared less for baby brother and hardly even noticed he was there. He was way more excited about the balloons and toy car that his baby brother brought him

We are now a family of four!! I am not quite sure if it has set in yet. This is just a taste of the pictures to come. Stacey is much better at this but I thought I would at least get a few up today. All in all it was an amazing experience and turned out so much better than the first time with Jack. We had an amazing staff and are so grateful for all of them. We are especially grateful for our new baby boy and couldn't be happier to be parents again. It really is the best feeling in the world!