A lot has been going on.

Timmy had his first real bath, (in the sink) on Oct.6. He seemed to like it. He just quietly laid there as I washed him up.





We had a lot of visitors for Timmy's baptism. From top to bottom. Maddison (the kids' cousin), Sophia and Timmy. Sara holding Timmy. Amy and Kelli (more cousin's of the kids). Uncle Chris playing a new lego game Max got as a big brother present. Aunt Coco reading to Sophia and Oliver (Sara and Eric's son).




Timothy was baptized on 10-10-10. Kathy (Steffen) and Dale (Steffen) are is godparents. And we were happy to also have Mom Steffen, my grandparents, Sami, Dale(Stiles), Madison, Sara, Eric, Oliver, Coco, Chris, Amy and Kelli all join us for the celebration.



Mom Steffen was here with us for 3 weeks. It was wonderful!!! She was so helpful! She got here September 19 and stayed until Oct.10. I/We were so thankful and happy to have her here. Even over her morning coffee she is doting over Timothy and playing make-believe with Sophia.




My grandparents rode the train out to visit us and see Timothy get baptized. They were here Oct. 7-13. We went on walks, you see they went up to the tree house, and played. We played outside with the kids two of the days they were here, it was a lot of fun - but I didn't get any good pictures of it. We were so glad they could make it.



On October 15 little Timmy turned 1 month already. It doesn't seem it's been that long.

Family and Hiking

Aunt Coco and Kelli came out to see Timmy and help us all adjust to life with a newborn again right away.They visited Sept.18-26. It was so great to have them here and I can't thank them enough for bringing Grandma Steffen out and all the help Aunt Coco was. Kelli and Sophia loved watching TV together in the afternoons. And Friday night we did a movie night at aunt Kathy's. Oh, and Saturday Kelli helped Randy make doughnuts. They were very yummy!




All the kids have loved having Grandma Steffen here. Randy and I have loved it too.




Alex and Max's (Randy is the leader for Max's group)cubscout pack went for a hike at Whetstone Park here in NY last Sunday (Oct.3). (Not far from Kathy and Dale's cabin). When everyone started the hike they were prepared for a 4 mile hike, it turned out to be closer to 6 maybe 7 miles though. Randy said it was a really pretty hike with some small waterfalls and even some little streams they had to cross. Most of the hike was on the ledge of a huge gorge, with no railing, so Randy said he held Max's hand most of the way. They all seemed to think it was fun. They ended up stopping at Kathy and Dale's cabin and the boys got to shoot some kind of gun for the first time. They thought it was very exciting, plus Aunt Kathy had made apple pie, which of course Alex loved. The two boys got home smiling in their sleep.

Quick update

I've been meaning to post since last Sunday, but it hasn't happened. I thought we'd let everyone know we're all doing well. Sophia has asked Grandma Steffen to move in and has informed Grandma that she can have her room forever. Alex and Max are doing well, and had their first cubscout meeting Monday night which they were both very excited about. Henry continues to climb on everything and get into anything he isn't suppose too (he keeps all of us on our toes.). The big news for Timothy is he had a routine weight check last Wed. and weighed 8lbs. 8oz! Which was great and 4 oz past his birth weight - yeah!!! Randy, Grandma and I are doing well, but tired. :)I'll try to post some pictures soon.