Micah Update!!

After my appointment last week my doctor has decided that we will be induced on the 10th of November. I have been having some pretty icky back problems for the past 5 weeks and my tummy is measuring quite big so he believes it to be in the best interest of both of us. So, stay tuned :) Next week we hope to announce Micah's arrival to the world!

The "Flood" of '09

This last Saturday we got quite the down pour of rain, apparently the storm drains could not handle all the extra water. This is what I saw when looking out the window... Our garbage can actually floated down the street. Awesome.
That is my garbage can, all the way down by the green car.

"It's MY Molly"

Julia and Molly have become good friends since the older kids are now in school... Here is a photo of them watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse"

I awake!! I coming!

Well, Its official :) Julia is now in a "big girl bed" Thanks to Grandma Elise we now have a twin size bed just for little Julia. She loves it! She is excited to get to bed each night and in the morning I hear the pitter patter of little feet and the sweetest little voice in the world calling out " I awake!! I coming mama!!" She loves her new found freedom! I guess I have to face the fact that my "baby" is now a little girl and very soon we will have a new little boy to fill that "baby" place. I can't believe it is almost here!! 39 days to go to the due date! While I am super ready for this little guy to be out, I kinda wanna hold on to the last little bit of my last pregnancy :) I will say that it has been super fun to watch Julia turn into a little person. I love watching her personality unfold. Now if she would only potty train.....

Punkin' Patch

Today turned out to be quite a nice day, so we took advantage of Aunt Andrea being up for a visit and went to our favorite pumpkin patch! The kids had a wonderful time and the weather, although a little nippy, was clear and dry. I am so happy that we have such a neat pumpkin patch so close to home!

Here are some photos of our fun!

All ready to go "pumpkin hunting"
Julia wanted to ride the "cows" so we did :)

Just melts my heart....
Sisters
Micah
Happy to make it out of the maze :)
Feeding/petting the farm animals

Fun with dried corn ( I think they were making chicken feed??)
Pumpkin Launch!
Getting ready for our hayride!"Mama, I cold"
Duck Races. Reyna may be competitive.
Its a REALLY BIG sunflower mom.

Stiffler Family Pumpkin rule : If you can't carry it, pick a new one :)

As I am sure you can see, we had a wonderful time!!! Now the kids will have to wait a week or so to carve up these babies :)

Micah :)

For those family members that are far away I just wanted to post a photo of Micah and I. The pregnancy is just over 32 weeks along so we only have about 7.5 to go! We are so excited to meet the little guy!!!

First day of "Won do"

Now that Julia and I are flying solo in the mornings we decided to go ahead and enroll her in the toddler Tae Kwon Do class where Noah and Reyna have been taking classes. She was over the moon excited that she was gonna go to "won do" and talked about it all morning before we went. It is a mom and tot class so I was able to play with her. We had such a great time! Mr. Mason kept us super busy so I was only able so snap a few photos.
Julia pushing her ball through the tunnel.
Pushing the pad across the room and back. She was laughing and happy the whole time :) We then practiced doing somersaults over the top!
Getting ready to do a somersault solo. She is getting better and better at it.
Breaking the board! She was so excited that she got to break a board too! Just like Noah!

It was pretty neat, we played a lot of games that both got them moving physically and helped them with counting and colors.. Can't wait to go back again on Wednesday!

School Days!

Well September is now upon us..... With that comes crisp fall weather, leaves changing colors, Hot apple cider on the stove, dinner in the crock pot and SCHOOL!

Noah started the Second Grade this year and is really enjoying himself. I am so thankful that he really enjoys school. His teacher this year is really great. I can't wait to see what he will accomplish!

Here are a few photos of my "little" boy on his first day of school.




Naturally Noah is big enough that he doesn't want his mother taking excessive photos of his first day of school, so that is all I was "allowed"

However, Reyna started Kindergarten this week and I was allowed to take a few more photos of her orientation and first day. She is over the moon about getting to go to school this year. She is a little bit bummed out that she doesn't get to eat lunch at school like Noah. But sadly first grade will come before we know it! Today was her actual first day. Kind of weird to have your first day on Friday. She doesn't want to wait till Monday to get to go again. Oh well. We do love her teacher this year. I am so thankful that both kids seem to be put with teachers that really fit well with their personalities.

At Orientation day

Julia wants to be a big kid too!
Reyna and her teacher
All ready for the first day!
All three kiddos :) They were all so energetic this morning, this is the best photo I got.
Julia all excited to go!

All settled in at her desk.
With BFF Emelia at the end of a great first day!
Little sisters ready for their playmates to come home.