September and October

This fall we have done some fun things as a family, although not as many as our busy summers.  Early in September we went apple picking down at the new Englebrecht Orchard on Petersburg rd.  Easton loved to tell people how we went apple picking.

Friends of ours, the Shepherds, came into town for one of the weekends in September.  It was nice going out to eat with them kidless on Friday night and then going to the zoo on Saturday.

Izzy, Ethan, and Eli

It was fun to see them all play together.



We had two birthday celebrations in September, Navy's and Tenley's.  Both parties were a lot of fun and the boys like helping them blow out their candles and open presents.

The first week of October brought the Fall Festival.  We usually go a number of nights because Nick's birthday fall on fall fest week and he loves it.  I think we were down there 4 nights total if you include the night we worked the booth with our small group.  By the third night with the kids I had reached my fill of fall fest.  A new item we tried this year was the Donut Bank burger.  It was actually really good if you like glazed donuts.

The rest of this month was filled with soccer ending, camping at Lincoln(post to follow), the Scott chicken Supper, Kenan's first report card (which was awesome), and much more.

3 mnths old

Sorry this is so late:
 Langston was three months old September 27th which was also her cousin Tenley's first birthday.  Last month I didn't post a weight and height because she hadn't gone to the doctor yet.  She went at 11 weeks and was 12 lbs 9 oz and 24 in long.  This is less than Easton was at this age, but still more than Kenan.  Everything checked out great and she got a few shots.  She cried a bit in the afternoon, but that was all.  None of my kids have been bothered by their shots much.

We have now become busy with school activities so the fun places to go each week have decreased.  We have started our routine of library on Tuesdays and nature center on Wednesdays.  Last week was the first library class and she loved watching all of the kids.  I have taken all of the kids when they were around three months to the birth through 2 year old class at Oaklyn.  This particular Tuesday her cousins Navy, Tenley, and second cousin Owen were all there.  She has also enjoyed going to football games and Kenan's soccer games.

Sleeping has just improved over the last month.  She sleeps from around 10pm-6am most nights and then goes back to sleep for another couple of hours.  She will take a good morning nap and afternoon nap and then is up most of the evening until bedtime.  Langston also seems to be very observant and good with her hand coordination.  She started batting at her toys that hang down over the playset and carseat much earlier than the boys.  She just stares at them and keeps hitting them and trying to get them to roll or rattle.  I have some video on my phone, but I don't feel like looking for my cord to upload it.  Another difference is her love for talking.  It doesn't matter if you are talking to her or she is babbling to you, she loves talking.

At the zoo

At Navy's 1st birthday party while she was getting ready for bed.

Easton and Izzy

I love to cheese

The girls

Soccer

So we decided to sign up Kenan for soccer this fall because he had been asking to start playing a sport and this was the first one of the season.  Nick agreed to be a coach because he said that he would rather be in charge than someone else.  At first I think he was regretting his decision, but I think as the team progressed with practices it got better.  Let's just say he knows why he is a high school teacher and not with 4 and 5 year olds all day.  These pictures are from the first game.  Kenan looks like he is all about it, but don't let him deceive you.  He is so aggressive when he plays sports at home, but when his on the field with the team he is very passive.  He will run and keep up with the game, he just does not like to be in the chaos trying to get the ball.  He rarely touches it, letting others do the work.  He says he is having fun though.  Being the competitive people we are, his dad and I would like to see a bit more involvement if we could be honest.  He wants to play basketball this year as well, but I don't think Nick wants him to because he can't handle it if he has the same attitude towards basketball as he does soccer.  We shall see.  We still have eight more games this soccer season.

warming up

Easton was excited to sit with the team on the sidelines.

Nick's dad is helping to coach

Langston 2 months old

So, time is continuing to fly by.  Langston is now 2 months old and getting bigger every day.  It is fun having a baby around the house again, and since she is so good it hasn't been that stressful either.  So far I have been blessed to have even tempered babies even if they show their true colors once the toddler years hit.  This month hasn't been nearly as busy since school started for both Kenan and Nick.  We hit up the Reinhart Reunion and the Indy picnic, met some good friends of ours for the first time, visited Aunt Edwina and Uncle Art in Louisville and went to the zoo there,  went swimming for the first time(and a couple of times since), hiked at Wesselmans, visited the Boonville Splash Park, hung out during Kenan's soccer practices, enjoyed the first football game, and much more.

Langston continues to eat every 3-4 hours during the day, but her nights have gotten longer.  For awhile she had gone from 4 hours at a time at night to 3 hours because she got a cold and I think it woke her up.  As she has gotten better the nights lengthened even more.  Last week she had an 8 hour stretch at night and since then, most nights have been 6-7 hour stretches with a couple hours after that.  She started smiling at us for real at about 5-6 weeks old, even though she still doesn't do it a ton.  Usually it is right after she eats and she is in a good mood.  I did love it last week when I had been at church without her because I came home to see her grin so big at me when she realized I was home.  She stays awake more during the day although she still sleeps after each feeding.  Sometimes it will be almost the whole time between feedings, where other times she will be awake a lot longer.  If we are out doing errands and she is in the seat, she will snooze the day away.  She has started to coo and make more noises as well as chew and suck on her fist any chance she gets.  I don't think it is teething yet, but we shall see.  When she is awake she can be very active and kick and move her arms like crazy.  That is fun to watch.  I don't have any weight and height stats right now because her appointment is behind this month.  She doesn't go in until she is about 2 1/2 months.  I don't like that because I want to compare her with the boys and that will be harder to do.  Oh well, we shall see soon enough.

At the Louisville zoo.



Great-great-aunt Edwina, Uncle Stephen, and Tenley



They both crashed.

Isabelle loves to hold Langston.  Granted it is for 10 seconds or less and then she is done.

Saw this on a card and thought it was cute.

Almost a smile

First football game.

Great-aunt Lynne