Mixed Bag

There are a few new things to report on. We did the annual fall farm thing. (Not as cool as the Pittsburgh farms but still fun.) Here we are in the corn maze.

They had a gun that shot corn out using pressurized air. Both girls got a turn shooting the corn.

This is a catapult that shoots pumpkins. If you look very closely you can see the pumpkin in the air. It was fun to watch because it shot them really high and far.

They had a playground of hay. Emma is popping up from a hay tunnel.

Mia is 2 1/2 months old now and growing so fast. I am neglecting to take pictures of her but I wanted to get a few of her expressions. This is her pleasant smile.

Her big cheesy, I am goin to laugh any minute smile.

Her "What the .... " look.

There was a Halloween party at the school on Friday. Here are the kids in their costumes. Emma is a fancy witch.

Ellie is a hobo; previously viewed on this blog as a mystery birthday party costume. (I love it when they want to recycle).

My little Tinkerbell.

All the Lambert ladies together.

The girls with some of their best friends, all who live across the street.

We had Ellie's birthday party. It was held at a rollerskating rink.

Some of the girls had never skated before but it turned out to be really fun.

I really can't believe that my oldest child is nine. I know every mother says that as their children grow up but really, where does the time go? We love having her in our family. She is the best sister to have and adds so much fun and joy in our lives.

Avid for Adventure

This week at the girls' school they had a company called 'Avid for Adventure' come in and set up outdoor activities for the students to do. Yesterday Ellie's grade was outside all day doing the activities. After school parents were allowed to come and watch what the students had been doing and siblings were allowed to try. Emma's class goes today but she tried everything yesterday as well. There was a bike course with obsticles. Emma needed a little help on the big bumps but other than that she did really well.

Here's Ellie going over one of the obstacles. The climbing wall is in the background.

Both of my monkeys did great on the climbing wall.

So close to the top!!
There was a pool for kayaking.

The activities were alot of fun and the girls did great. What a fun school day!

Emma is six!!

Emma had her six year birthday. One of her presents from us was this American girl doll, Felicity. Brooklyn loves her and carries her around all day when Emma is gone. We had a birthday party at Fort Fun. We had pizza, cake, played games and jumped in a jumping castle. Everyone had a great time.

This is the kiddos on the bumper cars.

As you can tell Emma was quite excited about this present. One thing about Emma is that you never have to guess what she is feeling.

One of Emma's gifts was a 'swim to me puppy' that comes with these goggles. Brookie likes them better on her than the puppy.

This is the best I could do to get a smiling picture of Mia. She is a tough nut to crack so even though the lighting isn't good I thought I would post this pic anyway because I was excited that I got any reaction. She is already too cool for Kyle and usually looks away when he is trying to talk to her. Can't wait for the teenage years.

Six weeks old

It is Mia's six week birthday today. The weeks have flown by. She is growing fast and doing well. She has started to give a few smiles. You have to work hard for them though. I think I have heard one or two coos.

Brooklyn wants to do everything her big sisters do. She is all ready to go off to school here. Every morning she wants to follow them to the school bus. A few more years Brookie.

Ellie went to a mystery bithday party. She was given the character of a hobo so we put this costume together. We had fun ripping, cutting and drawing on clothes. Something that usually you are not allowed to do. I thought she looked great. The stick is a broken croquet mallet that Brooklyn smashed. I guess it isn't all bad when your kids break something.

Life with Baby

After Mia was born my mom came to help out for two weeks. At the end of th two weeks my dad, sister SaraLyn and her six week old baby Becca came to pick my mom up. This is SaraLyn snuggling the two babies. She declared this "heaven".

The cousins together. Cute together now, trouble together in a few years.

We went to a flower garden on the University campus after church. Brooklyn almost blends in with the flowers.

My big baby and little baby. Brooklyn all of a sudden looks huge. We have always called her 'baby' but now there is a new baby in town. It has taken us a little while to get used to calling her 'little girl' instead.

Big sister Ellie. What a great big sister she is. She is such a help to me and so sweet to her sisters.

Baby Mia

She's finally here! Baby Mia Grace Lambert was born on August 11th at 7:13 pm weighing in at 7 lbs. 12 oz. and measuring 20 inches long. I went into the hospital at 9:30 in the morning. By the time they did all the paperwork and finally got me hooked up to an IV (it took five tries and three nurses to finally find a vein that worked) I was able to get the pitocin started at 1:00 and my water broken at 2:00.

The epidural was at 5:00, pushing at 7:00 and baby at 7:13. All went smoothly and Mia is beautiful and healthy.

Mom and baby right after the birth.

Proud Daddy!

All the sisters meeting the newest addition for the first time. They were all very excited and fought over who could hold her.

Brooklyn loves baby Mia and wants to do everything she does from laying on a blanket to making smacking noises when she eats.

The hospital I was at offered a VIP package. We decided that since this is our last baby we might as well splurge. Included in the package was a huge labor and delivery room with this view,

A flower arrangement,

A gournet dinner (I had filet mingon),

A massage (no pictures of that), and a limo ride home.

The girls rode with us in the limo and as she was drinking sprite from a Champaigne flute Emma declared "This hospital rocks!"

Mia at three days old. Grandma is now here to help our for a few weeks and we are all getting used to the new arrival. We are grateful she is here healthy and wonderful.