September

Here's what everyday life looked like for us in September:

 Try to picture his legs flailing, trying to get the bib off of his face. We all know that hands would do the trick, but for some reason, he was convinced it was his feet and legs that could get it off.

 Gabe was finally big enough to use this sweet cart support that Lea made for us a few years ago:

 Gabe was really into this play mat during September. He loved seeing all the things hanging down:

Being the youngest means that your older siblings are going to dress you up a lot. We all got a kick out of this outfit, courtesy of Michael:

 I added tulle to the bottom of this shirt for Rachel. She loves it:

Since Camp Floyd, Michael loves dressing up as a Union Soldier with a century crisis (meaning he has medieval swords and modern machine guns)

 Books

 Baths

 And sweet naps

  We love hanging out in our new basement. 

 The Elders loved our playhouse. It brought out their inner child. It was kind of fun to see:

Gabe turned 5 monhs: 

And these shoes almost fit:

Kisses:

 Baths:

 Snuggles:

 And of course, lots of Lego creating:

 Brian and I watch way too much TV after the kids go to bed. Because of my hip, I slept on the recliner in the basement because sleeping in our bed was just way too awful at first. One night, I suggested that Brian blow up an air mattress and sleep down there with me. It was hard being in separate beds, separate rooms, and even separate floors. So, he humored me. I tried laying by him while we watched a movie together. It was so strangely comfortable.  

 In the middle of the night, Brian couldn't stand it anymore and went upstairs. I ended up sleeping on the air mattress for weeks after that.

Brian played football dad and ran Michael to all his games. Here's part of Michael's team:

It feels like a major accomplishment that we made it through September in one piece. And then it was October...