my HUGE baby...

So Jacob is a LARGE boy... At his 4 month check up (last month) he weighed 18 lbs and was 28 inches long. That is bigger than Hannah was at 12 months, and as tall as Joseph was at 12 months. I take him in again in about 3 weeks and we will see how much bigger he is...

FALL

I just love fall.... The air is not as hot, the leaves are so pretty, there are fun things to bake, and we get to do canning. Okay, the canning is a pain in the butt. I am SOOOO glad to be done with my apricots, pears, and peaches. Today I finished making Jacobs babyfood too, and I am DONE with food preserving! Anyway, there is some great satisfaction in looking at all those jars and bags of food storage and knowing you did all that.

Death

So death is part of life... but how do you explain that to three little kids who have lost 4 loved pets in the last two weeks? About two weeks ago I accidently killed our chinchilla that we have had since Sarah was about 2. Later that week, Josephs guinea pig got sick, and died. Well, unknown to us guinea pigs don't want to live "alone" after their littermate dies so they just starve themselves to death. Hannahs pig died three days later from loneliness... Well the kids were just so sad that their love was not enough for this little pig and that she would do that. It has been another week, and Sarahs pig died from loneliness today. How do you explain to them that it was not something that was their fault or a punishment from Heavenly Father (which is the new idea) and that death is just part of the deal? Anyway, just throwing it out there for thought...

new family pics!!!!

well here they are!!! I think they turned out pretty cute....