October 2008 archive

Woo Hoo! One of my favorite things to do for Halloween is carve pumpkins. The kids all had a great time, as well as the adults.  We got some really good looking pumpkins too! Click on the picture to see the whole night.

My Mom went back home on Saturday. We all miss her tons already. Before she left she went with Zoe to a Mother Daughter activity. They wore their pj's and did lots of girl stuff including painting their nails. They both did a great job painting. I had to take a picture because I have …

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Kalixta got the privilege of telling her teacher, Miss Kara, that she had a new baby sister. Miss Kara sent home a pink note with a picture of a baby that said "Someone special was on the way. Britain and Kalixta's sister arrived today. Congratulation!" It was the first thing she told me about and …

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We've had the name Victoria Sophia Basua picked out for a while.We will call her Tori!  Victoria is Adam's Grandma's name. Sophia is Adam's great-grandma's name. These were both wonderful, special women for Tori to look up to as she gets older.    Here are some of the details. Hope it's not too boring! We …

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GIRL!! That right FIVE girls! Our beautiful baby girl was born at 2:08pm on Oct 20, 2008. She was 8 pounds 6 ounces and 21 inches long. She has the biggest cheeks ever.  Victoria Sophia Basua Everything is going great! I will post more later! Don.t you love the Halloween bow!

Today is the day! We are off to the hospital. I am so excited. I will miss the moving and kicking in my stomach! I miss Ariana hugging my tummy and kissing the baby. BUT I will have another cutie to hold! I can't wait!! Woo-Hoo! I saw a picture like this and loved it …

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Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch. I love watching the kids run from pumpkin to pumpkin finding the perfect one. Kalixta was the fastest. Then spent the rest of the time playing the the hay bale maze. Ari took the longest and Nik couldn't find one big enough! We had a great time. I …

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My Mom flew in today to spend the week with us. Yesterday was her birthday so Marci thought it would be fun to do something she likes to do with all her kids and grandkids that are here. So we went to a museum! My Mom loves to visit museums. We decided the Bean Museum …

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I found this one Nik's desk the other day. It made my whole day! (I had to ask both of them who wrote it to prove it was Zoe and not Nik being silly.)

Nik's team won all of their playoff games and earned a spot in the Super Bowl. They played Saturday morning. It was COLD, but I was happy it didn't snow or rain on us. The Bears played hard, but the other was better! They ended up losing by ten points. It was a good game. …

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