We are really out of it...

We are really desperate for some entertainment around here. With a newborn during Flu Season, it doesn't allow to you go to too many places that you are used to going, like the Grocery Store, Park or even Church....probably the germiest place ever for newborns.

So we finally carved some pumpkins...in the middle of November. We just never got around to it before and we still had the pumpkins sitting around so we thought, what the heck, why not?

They had lots of fun cleaning them out and drawing the faces.

Next we hit the road to Mt. Charleston to check out the leaves....We got all dressed up since it's starting to get chilly these days.

Our naive minds thought that the mountains would be a bit colder than the valley and that the leaves would be falling around this time....

Um not quite. I think the leaf phase passed a few months ago. We are talking full on snow at this point. Luckily the girls had their big coats on. We left Luke in the van and let the girls "play" in the snow, meaning walk around for 15 minutes. Joe and I were not prepared as well as we'd like to have been. So we wanted to keep it short because it was cold!

But the girls had fun playing in the snow :) And it was nice to just get out of the house! I really am suffering from cabin fever...

So ya, we are a little out of it. Can you blame us? Being stuck in the house for fear of catching the flu is a good excuse. And I am behind a week. This past week, we had more projects and I had some fun with friends.

Yes, I saw New Moon.

Yes, I loved it and want to see it again. I am still Team Edward but this movie had me seriously doubting...isn't Edward supposed to be hotter than Jacob? So not the case in this movie!

Thanks Stephanie and Erin for the fun movie rendezvous. And I don't know why a picture wasn't taken. I had even brought mine for that reason and I forgot...I always do that!

But it was so nice to get out and have a short break. Joe was such a trooper watching all 3 kids. I really appreciated him doing that so I could indulge in my guilty pleasure.

My battery is dead in my camera but I have pics of some of our various activities this past week that I will upload later.

2 weeks of life.

By now, Luke is almost 3 weeks old. But these pics are of him being 2 weeks old.

With the girls back home, things have really become chaotic around here. That with no sleep, we don't do a whole lot around here. Also, with the whole H1N1 attack on society, getting out of the house is the last thing I want to do. So I am experiencing some cabin fever. But it's totally worth it!

Luke had some mild jaundice and told us to give him some sun baths. Joe made some tanning goggles for him...lol pretty funny.

Kate loves "ruke" and constantly asks to say hi to him and hold him. She will just come up to him and snuggle. She's seriously a sweetheart.

Here's the gang the night they came back from UT. Jenny & Aaron were troopers for driving them 6 hours with my kids. But they did awesome. We were so glad to have them home!

Emma loves to sing songs to Luke, like "Child of God" & "Little Seeds" and other primary songs. Emma is such a great big sister. She becomes very concerned when he starts crying and consoles him. I love my girls.

I managed to take these on Veterans day. He is seriously the most adorable baby boy that i've ever seen in. my. life. I love this kid....(however, not loving the sleep schedule that he is on )

Winner?

So how you do you get ahold of someone who won without any contact information?

Lol

The winner of the pouch has not contacted me yet. Should I redraw a winner?

Luke at 5 days old

Lots of sleeping, eating and sleeping around here.

But I can't get enough of this little guy. I can't stop kissing his super soft face. I just want to cuddle with him all day.

Luckily Joe is home to help with the house. I am healing quickly but I am still hurting so i'm just taking it easy. The girls are having a blast in UT. It really helps that they are over there for this transition. But I miss them so much. Life is so boring with out kids. I can't wait for them to meet their little brother.

I took these today. I have many other picture ideas in mind for this guy but I wanted to try these out. Again, I love this little boy to pieces and love all of these pictures :)
These were taken yesterday so he's really 4 days old in these :)