Jade's Baptism

Baby Jade was baptized on October 31st. It was a great day and we were lucky to have all of our immediate family there. Julia had fun bouncing around up at the altar and had fun bringing here doll Ellie in a matching dress to church.

Halloween & LOTS of Fall Fun

It was a busy fall for us! Unfortunately I am trying to roll an entire three months into one blog post - my apologies! I know my Grandma Brown has been patiently waiting :)

We are in reverse chronological order here so bear with me as I attempt to narrate!

Halloween was great fun - Jade was baptized that day (we'll never forget her baptismal anniversary now! see next blog post for pics) and we hosted soup and trick or treatin at our house. Katie and Drew made the trip back which was great and the girls were super fun in their 'Princess & The Pea' garb!






































We made two trips to Vala's this year - one with playgroup and daycare and one with the whole fam for a campfire and cookout - lots of fun - probably will have to be an annual tradition from here on out!

We also went to playgroup at Ditmar's Orchard - ambitious of me with a 2 week old!


Julia loves her sister and enjoys her even more now that she is smiling at her! So Fun! She also thinks matching her is really cool!!! We'll have to remember that when she asks us in 20 years why she and her sister wore the same clothes :)

Pinkalicious!

We took Julia and her cousin Mallory to see the Pinkalicious at the Rose Theater on Oct. 1st. The girls had fun watching one of their favorite books play out on stage! We took them out for cupcakes afterwards to cap off an evening of girly fun! I also added a couple of good pics we took before Jade was born - our last pictures as a family of three!

Jade - 3 weeks

Jade was 3 weeks old yesterday and is doing great! She has been a good baby so far, had her 2 week check up and she was up to 7 lbs 10 oz (ironically Julia's birth weight) and 7 oz over birth weight so that was great to see. She is getting up twice a night which at this point is very manageable! Julia is still doing great with her and we have had a chance to get out and do some fun things as a family. We made our first trip to the zoo with Jade when she was a week and a half, then we went to Mt. Michael's Fall Festival last weekend. Julia had a great time this year, rode the horses, jumped in the bouncer, hayrack ride and carnival games - too fun!

Jade is looking a lot like Julia did at her age, major differences being less hair, very blond eyebrows (Julia's were dark), and more almond shaped eyes. We'll see how different these two become as time goes on! We are so excited to watch them grow up together.

Baby Jade!

We are thrilled to announce the birth of our second darling daughter. . Jade Victoria. She was born September 7th, 3 weeks early, but weighed 7 lbs 3 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long! She is 8 days old today and has been a sleeping angel . . we are waiting for that to change here anytime :) Julia has been a great big sister. She loves giving Jade hugs and kisses and holding her several times a day. She has been a great helper too, getting diapers and blankets for Jade whenever we ask her to! Kyle went back to work yesterday and today is his first day on call so we'll see how us 3 girls hold up on our own! Thanks everyone for the well wishes and we'll keep posting some updates!