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Jovey Maboo

Her first car ride... isn't the hat so cute! She isn't enamored of the binky like her brothers were, in fact she screams at it most of the time, but she'll use it for a little bit after eating if she's working on a present for us.










Aww... newborn crossed eyes...










Coryn loves to hold her. He frequently comes and sits next to me and sticks out his arms without saying anything expecting me to read his mind and plop a baby in his lap! Of course, he also usually does this when she's eating...
Christmas eve pjs! I'm so glad she got to wear hers this year...










Great Grandma made these for her, snazzy, but a little short for this time of year. (and a little big for her still, so she'll probably get some use out of it in the spring)

(and just in case you're wondering the title of this blog is how Carter pronounces her full name, so we know he can say it, but prefers baby Jovis still)

Waiting... complete!

Grandparents came for a visit... unfortunately they weren't able to stay long enough to witness the new addition to the family, but it was wonderful having them here.
The day after Grandma flew back I experienced my first 'oh, my water broke' moment without the usually simultaneous labor pains. Yes, I had just bent over (to plug in my nearly dead phone) and pop! Followed by my leaping towards non-carpeted flooring. Interesting experience. Of course, Jackson was an hour away attempting to get his car fixed (faulty seat belt), Coryn was at school, and Carter had no idea what was going on... but then he is only two. :D
Three hours after that my contractions started, and another three hours later she came out. Much to the surprise of the nurses who had to deliver her after I had told every one of them that my labors start to finish are quick. (They claimed I never told them HA)
Both big brothers were very happy to meet her, and Coryn kisses her every night saying that she's happy to have such a handsome boy give her a kiss. So modest!
Carter is still unsure, but mostly because he's expecting her to pop up and start running around playing with him at any moment. He has given her the first nickname, calling her Baby Jovis, though sometimes I wish he'd stuck with Arizona.

No... Dad's not tired... not at all... as for Jovey, she came to us at 10 lbs 6 oz, 15 inch head, 22 in long, we named her Jovey Nauvoo. (and mom is doing just fine)

Its Beginning to look a lot like....

Snow. First snow of the year was on Halloween, second snow was my birthday, and then last week we got our third, and largest, snowfall so far. The weather guys are forecasting a twice than average snowfall for December... brr...







Out they went, spent over an hour moving and playing in the snow. So glad dad was home to help, since I still can't put on shoes and my big belly is making it hard to wear much of anything.









The kids had their first Santa visit a couple weeks ago (who happened to be a friend of ours from Virginia who also got assigned up here).




The kids are enjoying snuggling on the couch with a blanket and a lego advertisement...





and Coryn decided to pretend to be me for a while.

November birthdays

November started out busy, parties to plan, social gatherings to host, keeping busy while dad was gone at training. Of course, it got a lot less busy on the afternoon of my birthday... I fell down the stairs and broke my big toe, that combined with my being 8 months pregnant and I was laid up for a couple weeks and Jackson was sent home early to help out. Glad he was, it probably saved me from preterm labor.
Coryn's birthday was extra special since dad was able to be there, and he got about a gajillion legos that he got to build himself...



last year he gave us a list for what he was going to have on his cakes for the next five years... and though I don't remember exactly what order he put everything in, I'm pretty sure he did, and requested a Harry Potter cake. so I got the crazy idea to build a lego thing to put on the cake (not sure I'm talented enough for drawing HP in icing).
It was a huge hit!











The next day Coryn got to go get a hair cut. Lucky boy :D

Halloween

Pumpkin carving is a new experience every year it seems... Carter was willing at first, then grossed out.




Coryn didn't want to at first, but for the sake of trying new things, he slimed himself. :D






The one with 'scary teeth' is Carter's design, and the 'spooky mouth' is Coryn's design.
















There were several opportunities for candy collection, which was good because Halloween evening was sooooo cold, we only went around one block. I suppose that's what you get after it snowed that morning. (We trick-or-treated with some good friends we met in Okinawa and managed to follow to New York)

October birthday...

For Jackson's b-day we went to Canada. Started off with a fall foliage train ride, pretty awesome... pretty and the kids loved riding the train.



Next day we went for a walk all around Ottawa, capital of Canada, it seems like a very nice place. This made our fourth world capital within the last year we were able to visit... China, Japan, US, and Canada. Its crazy where you end up when you travel in the military! Of course, we also happened to visit Canada during their thanksgiving, which apparently they celebrate much like America does.
There are tons of statues around the parliament building, founders, recognition of important events, etc. This was the kids' favorite... I'm sure it has nothing to do with the sword.









It was a long walk and involved a stop at the museum of natural history. Tons of cool stuff there.