...and we're back

We've had a rather rotten couple of weeks!  Daniel was sick off and on for almost a week and a half.  Then he seemed to pass the bug on to me!  I don't think I have ever had the stomach flu in my life.  Hope I never do again.   It is hard enough caring for sick children, but caring for them when I was sick definitely was not easy.  Good thing Matt was able to take the day off  when it was the worst for me (day 1)!  I couldn't have done it without him.  So far, Will and Matt have stayed healthy!  Yeah!

I'm playing a little catch up with pictures.  Scroll down to see a few recent photos of us!

big brother, little brother

tummy time & smiles

a visit with baby graham

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Babies, Babies, Babies!

What a fun weekend! On Friday, we got news that Ryan and Jill had their baby! Our newest nephew's name is Graham Nathaniel! He weighed a healthy at 7 lbs. 14 oz. What fun that Will and Graham are only 6 weeks apart! They got home from the hospital today. Congrats to the Tanis family! We'll be thinking of you when we are up in the middle of the night too! ;)

Daniel has been practicing saying his cousin's name. He calls him "Baby Am." He doesn't quite get the "Gr" on there... It's cute. He is also a little confused. I showed him pictures of Graham today and he thinks that it is Will.

On Saturday, we celebrated the upcoming birth of Emily's baby! She is due on December 1st. We had a great time hanging out with our college girlfriends and Emily's family. My mom and Sarah's mom were there too and it was great to have their extra help with everything!!! Em, her sister Katie, and her mom drove down here Sutton's Bay, Lisa and Danika came from Chicago, and Anne wins the prize for flying in from Boston for the shower! The rest of the girls were in the area. It was so nice to have everyone there. Can't wait for her baby news in a few short weeks!

Thanks Amanda, for posting your pics so quickly. I can't believe I forgot my camera!!! I borrowed this one from your album on Facebook. ;)

Yuck.

Daniel caught a little bug on Thursday and is finally feeling a much better today! Thank goodness---cleaning up throw-up is not so much fun. Those of you with kids who are still in cribs know that changing the crib sheet is not easy, especially when it is the middle of the night and dark in the room. Ugh. We are thinking it was some type of stomach bug. The norovirus seems to be going around the area--Hope College is closed until Wednesday morning because they had so many sick students! Yuck! We're just hoping that William doesn't catch it! So far so good.

fall festivities

We're having fun this fall! The weather has been gorgeous these past few days--we're bummed that our 70 degree November will be leaving us tomorrow! Daniel loves to check out the huge pumpkins at the Meijer Gardens, he's been playing in piles of leaves with daddy, and he had a great time trick or treating for the first time--we only made it to about five houses. Daniel was dressed up like a lion and Will was a cow this year. We had some family here Halloween night for dinner and to see the kids in their costumes.

Today was my sister-in-law Jill's due date! We are awaiting some baby news from Ryan and Jill and big brother Tryg very soon! Hopefully not too much longer! :)