Prince Philip Has Arrived!

We had our precious baby on Monday! Philip Charles was born October 27th at 5:19 p.m. He was 8 lbs. 1 oz. and 21 1/4 inches. Everything went really well with the delivery and I must let everyone know that Nick and I are now huge fans of the epidural!! After delivery, I spent 24 hours in the hospital and it was so special to spend alone-time and co-sleep with my cute little baby. It was also nice to come home and be with Nick, Thomas and James again. I came home to the cleanest house. Nick had even scrubbed the white tile in our kitchen... and bought me roses. Good job Nick. He also insists on doing all of the laundry and shopping. My rough delivery last time is really paying off now! Thomas and James are fascinated with the new baby and love to help out in every way they can. James was so excited to hold him for the first time. We love our little baby so much and feel so blessed!

The Cat in The Hat

This is for the friends who have requested a "belly shot!"
What a silly dad Thomas and James have!

They were so excited to go to a "costume party!" 

"Then those Things ran about 

With big bumps, jumps and kicks

And with hops and big thumps

And all kinds of bad tricks.

And I said,

I do  NOT like the way that they play!

If Mother could see this,

Oh, what would she say!"

Thomas and James love to read stories, especially Dr. Seuss books. They are so much fun and have so much energy! I feel like I am the mom of thing one and thing two!

So, for Halloween this year, Thomas is "Thing One", James is "Thing Two" and Nick is the famous "Cat in the Hat." 

We went to our ward "Trunk or Treat" last night and had a great time. This week has been great to do some fun things as a family before our new baby comes. I am going in tonight to be induced so I will probably have him tomorrow! 

Thank you for the Baby Showers!

It was so fun for me to celebrate the upcoming arrival our new baby boy with two baby showers this week! I didn't expect anyone to give me a shower for our third baby but it was so fun to get together with friends and any baby whether it's the first or seventh is a huge blessing worth celebrating! Friends that go to law school with Nick threw us a baby shower last Saturday. It is so wonderful to have a strong LDS community at Stanford. Nick has loved getting to know his classmates. On Tuesday evening, my friends in the ward gave me a special shower involving an incredible culinary experience... dinner featuring my favorite Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa) recipes! I am so lucky to be in a ward with such fun girls!

 

Fun Visitors...

We had a fun weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Buehner out to visit! Thomas and James remembered them and were very excited to see them (and their keys). We went to a darling pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay where the boys not only picked pumpkins, but they also got to ride ponies, pet little animals, and ride the little train. Thomas and James are lucky to have young grandparents with so much energy! We went to a fun park while Gary and Nick went to Priesthood Session and Grandma was running UP the steep slides after the boys!