Blessing Day + Update

We blessed Natalie today. As Tyler puts it "She is official now." It was a beautiful blessing and of course she fussed through the whole thing but we still love her!
So thankful to have a husband who is worthy of giving our children blessings. It was especially neat today. With every child Tyler has tried to win them over but it never works. They have all favored Mom much more. Except little Natalie. She absolutely adores him. He has gotten smile after smile from her and when he holds her she just stares at him and goos! Little does she know that she already has him wrapped around her little finger and could get anything she wanted out of him. Don't you love the blanket my Mom made for her. It is absolutely beautiful. My mom has made one for each of my children and I cherish them.
Natalie has been such a joy in our family. She has such a sweet personality and is full of smiles. She loves to be held and loves everyone to love on her. She already smiles every time Dad and Annie talk to her and even Mom and Hallie can get a smile every once in awhile. She puts up with us (Barry) kissing her and poking her. We love you Nat!

Update on the rest of us

Barry: has been sick for awhile now with a cold and it moved to his ears. Remember he has tubes. Well, one tube either fell out or just got infected cause he has a really bad ear infections now. Poor little Buddy. He has been crying constantly and not sleeping at night. Now that we have medicine for him he is returning to his normal self. Happy and eating a lot! I love this picture of him sleeping in his crib.

Hallie:
Participated in her first school Halloween Parade and party. She loved it. She was so worried that I wouldn't make it to the party that she made her teacher call me and remind me of it. We made it! Annie and I got to go with her to her classroom and join in the fun of the party. Hallie was so excited and showed us every little thing she could manage. This is her with her teacher, Mrs. Loew, who she absolutely loves and things is the best teacher ever. I would have to agree.

Annie:
What more can I say then the pictures! She is a spunky little girl and everyone who is around her falls in love with her. She is the best helper with Natalie and loves to hold her. She loves preschool and is already starting to sound words out. She really wants to be like Hallie so has done everything much sooner that Hallie did. She gets to choose her own clothes everyday and it is quite hilarious to watch. Never imagined some of the creations she comes up with. I will have to capture some of them on camera so you all can see!
Bree:
Getting a better handle on 4 kids and loving the fact that Natalie does so well during the night. I spend most of my days at the Doctors office or driving kids here and there. Hopefully I will be back to running in the next week or so and I am so excited about that. Just wish I had a running partner to go with. (Amy, Marci, Aimee, or Megan want to come join me?)
Tyler and I watched the movie "Super Size Me" and I have officially banned fast food from our diet. We have gone strong for 2 weeks now, which is good for us cause we love pizza night! Sorry, no picture of me. Somehow I manage to stay out of the shots!!!

Tyler:
Half way through OB rotation! We will all be glad when that is done with. Has officially decided to go into Internal Medicine as a hospitalist. His I.M. Doc that he followed really liked him and said he would have a "high" chance of getting into the residency here. He loved working in the Hospital and loved the Docs he worked with. Looks like Ohio will be our home for the next 6 years!
His free time is spent playing with us and cuddling Natalie! If you want to see a picture of Tyler, then come out and visit us!