McKartny's blessing day

We were able to bless McKartny yesterday. She didn't cry at all during church, instead she decided to have a huge blow-out all over her right before Kurt took her up to bless her! It was a mess to say the least and I spent all day yesterday soaking and scrubbing the dress and I think I finally got it all out! Kurt did a great job and I am really proud of him for being such a good Dad.

Since our family wasn't able to come out Kurt had Marcus Yetter (left), Hadley McArthur (right) and Jesse Riley (not pictured) stand in the circle with him. We are truly grateful for good friends that we could ask do this for us.

Our happy family! I am so blessed to have 2 beautiful healthy girls and an awesome husband!

My pride and joy!

Althought she wasn't happy at the beginning of the day she turned things around and decided to finally smile for the camera, I just can't help but smile when I see this pic!

Halloween Fun

We went to a Halloween party at another Podiatry students again this year. The neighborhood was very nice with alot of people out giving candy. Kylan went to about 5 doors then decided she was done and was gonna be a little stinker the rest of the night. She cried and whined at the drop of a hat so we only stayed for about 20 minutes. Kartny surprisingly did really well! Kurt was too lazy to get her out of her carseat for the pic, that and it was a little chilly.

Our little devil!

Pumpkin carving was an adventure this year. Kylan was afraid of the gooey stuff on the inside & didn't want much to do with it. So she helped me make caramel apples and after eating a few caramels let us know that her belly hurt so I told her to go sit on the couch & rest, which was followed by throwing up all over the couch. So after getting her taken care of & McKartny fed Kurt and I finally got to finish our pumpkins. His is on the left, the grim reaper, and mine is the skeleton on the right!

Kurt helped her dress up as Mommy in my hooker boots!

Update

Last week (6 weeks) she weighed 11 lbs 13 oz. She doesn't sleep & cries ALOT! I am definitely learning some major patience!

The other day Kylan and I made Halloween cookies while Kartny was sleeping. Kylan made an interesting creation with raw cookie dough, sprinkles, & white, orange, & green frosting, Yummy!

Great weekend

We had a really fun filled weekend together as a family. We spent as much time outside as possible enjoying the absolutely gorgeous weather and beautiful fall colors. We went back to the same pumpkin patch as last year, Mapleside farms, and ate yummy food, picked out pumpkins, Kylan got face/arm paint and rode the ponies. We opted out on the hayride this year, McKartny had had enough.

Kurt couldn't resist buying the biggest bag of kettle corn he could, it is absolutely amazing and you can't stop eating it!

She wanted a butterfly on her arm, not her face, she's like her Dad, hates people touching her face.

A little different than the horse ride at Mom's, much smaller and much less skiddish!

Mom told me about an ad she saw for something called Old Fashioned Christmas in the Woods in Columbiana so we decided to check it out. It was only about an 1 and 15 minutes away and as we pulled up over the hill this is what we saw, but imagine all the green spaces you see filled in with cars, we got the picture as everyone was leaving. We guessed there had to be about 1000 cars. We thought, "well I guess it must be good!" It was way cool, about 200 vendors set up little booths in the middle of the woods (grove of trees in the picture above) with tons of crafts, woodwork, blacksmiths, food, music, it was quite the set-up, BUT there were sooooooo many people and it was not exactly stroller friendly. So Kurt and I decided we are definitely going back next year WITHOUT the kids! I can't wait to be able to explore more and get some ideas for new crafts.

Growing . . .

Kylan loves to hold McKartny, when she's not screaming.

Fighting sleep!

I set McKarnty in the crib so I could get some things done and thought she'd be safe from Kylan but I cam back in and Kylan had climbed in the crib right along with her!


I was surprised that Kylan actually shared her precious pink blankie with McKartny! No sibling rivalry YET!

Home at last

Mom with Kate (Sarah's girl) & McKartny. Thanks for coming and helping out so much, we wouldn't have survived without you!

Kate & McKartny

See any similarities? Above is McKartny below is Kylan

New Addition #2

McKartny Sage Kinghorn

7 lbs 8 oz 20" long born 5:05 p.m. September 9, 2008
(Thanks Jesse for letting us use your name!!!!!)

It was a long rough day but we made it! Everything went fine, baby's healthy and strong

New big sister really isn't sure what to think, she's just excited to sit in Mom's bed and drink her water and eat her snacks

Proud new Dad. This week has been tough with tests but he's surviving and can't wait for the week to be over

Our new (blurry) family

New Addition #1

We have 2 new additions to our family, plus another on the way Tuesday morning at 5 am!Our new house. So far it's been a pain in the butt, but hopefully we can get all the little kinks figured out and it will feel more like home!
The main reason we moved: the backyard so Kylan can run free and get some of that energy out! And Kurt has been in heaven being able to shoot his bow whenever he pleases.

Dining Room, we have some chair railing that Kurt has been wanting to put up just hasn't had an ounce of spare time to do it!
Living Room
Kitchen

The bedrooms are still a work in progress, when I get time I have a few more little projects to finish them off, but I have to say Kylan LOVES her pink bedroom. And the basement is not worth talking about, I only go down to do laundry and it's good storage space, we'll leave it at that!

Soon to be Big Sister!

Kylan eating one of her favorites: chocolate doughnuts!

Her new favorite toy; she walks around jammin' out saying she's playing Rockband! She loved playing at Kristy's house and when we're in the car and she hears a song that she heard on Rockband she tells me to turn it up and sing!