around the house

We have spent a lot of time at our house lately, needless to say! So here are some pictures of what we have been up to: book reading, heart checking, Quinn holding Tyndale, etc. As you can see, Tyndale is growing and changing every day...he is already so big!

Thanksgiving Party

Here are some pictures from Quinn's Thanksgiving party at school. They read a story and played pin-the-tail on the turkey. Lucy's mom made some really darling turkey cupcakes, and that was Quinn's favorite part. (My favorite part was the two-hour sugar rush that it provided...ugh!)

Funny

Last night Quinn made Brad and I laugh so hard while she was saying her prayers. She started with the usual, and then made a political declaration. "Thank you for all our blessings, thank you for watering the plants with rain today, and thank you for America being Umbama." Haha!

visitors

Tyndale has had many visitors already! He has been so happy to meet everyone, even though he has slept through most of it. :) I know there are more people that would like to meet him, but everyone is being so cautious because of the time of the year and all the sicknesses going around. The nurse at the hospital scared us to death about RSV, so we are glad that everyone is being so careful! (Now if only we can install the disinfect-o-matic so that Quinn can go through it every day after school...)

Sunday snooze

I loved how Tyndale was sleeping so soundly in this picture...and the words

on his sleeper say "off to dreamland." Quite appropriate! And here is the best big sister ever!

Sweet Baby Boy

Happy Halloween!

Wonder Woman scored tons of candy this Halloween! Our littlest pumpkin stayed in with Daddy, Uncle Nic, and Big Daddy while the girls went out on the town. We had tons of fun, and Violet made us laugh because she wanted to go inside every house that we visited!

Quinn's Halloween Field Trip

Quinn's class traveled to the Fire Station on Halloween day, and learned all about fire safety. They got to meet the Firemen and Fire Pup, see the fire engine, hear the siren, and squirt the big water hose! We were so glad that Gimmie was able to go along too..she took these great pictures.

Quinn's first field trip

Quinn went on her first school field trip to the Ag Museum in Jackson. She was such a lucky girl because her Daddy AND Gee were able to go along too! They went on a hayride and saw animals, gardens, and a big pumpkin patch. She even got to pick out her very own special pumpkin. Her favorite part of the trip was the hayride, but I think Gee's favorite part was the apres-pumpkin trip to the bookstore!

Tyndale Locke Boerner

Here he is!! We are thrilled to welcome our new baby boy Tyndale. He arrived on October 21st at 4:31 pm. He weighed 8 lbs, 3 oz, and was 21 inches long. He is so sweet! Quinn has been such a big helper and sweet big sister. We are a bit sleep deprived right now, but so thankful for this unbelievable blessing!

Our scary Jack-O-Lantern

We carved our first Jack-O-Lantern yesterday. Quinn wanted it to be really scary, and we did our best. She really loved scooping the pumpkin guts out, and loved it when Maddie ate some! Oh, and our sweet neighbors gave Quinn that shirt yesterday...she is not QUITE a big sis yet!

Daddy's little helper

The to-do list continues, as we continue to "nest." We are expecting baby boy anytime now, and you just KNOW that a baby can't thrive in this house without the door re-stained, right? haha!

Ballet Class

Quinn started ballet class last week. Of course, I forgot my camera, so I decided to document it this week. The first picture is Quinn with Mrs. Kathy, her teacher, whom she adores! The picture in the middle is of some girls in her class. There are 14! Today we went with Kate and Dorothy to get sno-balls after class..yum!

Happy 4th Birthday Hadley!

We celebrated Hadley's fourth birthday this weekend with a super huge waterslide, an aloha Barbie cake, and hula hoops! Quinn and Hadley were on the waterslide NONSTOP...they really enjoyed it. Here are some pictures of the event. Look closely at Quinn's green teeth in the last picture...a hazard of the grass skirt frosting, I guess!

Hurricane Gustav

We are so thankful that the storm was not as powerful as feared. We still had many trees down in our neighborhood and lost power for a night, but we are grateful that our family members and our house made it through without problems.

On the bright side, the Parnells were able to evacuate to our house so that we could turn it into a FUN weekend! As you can tell by the pictures, many girly activities were enjoyed by all. We did a bunch of painting, ballet, dress-up, and of course hair salon! Elise and Quinn had so much fun together that we were worried about what would happen when the Parnells had to leave to go home! They did return home yesterday, fortunately to a house with power and without damage. We can't wait to see them again!