the daily grind

So we have been trudging through the weeks with our very hectic schedule. Besides caring for the kids, very little gets done Monday thru Friday, which means that our weekends are just as busy as the weekdays. Not to mention that we want to spend as much time as possible with the kids (while secretly praying for them to take a long nap so we can get some down time too). John and I are both sleep deprived, Evan is still struggling to sleep 3-4 hours at a time. But as the daily grind goes on, the kids are growing and growing. At any given moment, I would like to stop time and stay there for a few days, weeks, months. Anna continues to talk up a storm and has "mastered" running (she doesn't cry when she falls most of the time). Evan is rolling, rolling, rolling, and sitting up, and still spitting up. He has also found his voice, which sounds amazingly like Anna's ear piercing scream. He is also starting "buh" and thinks it's funny to roll over on the changing table. And he hates having his clothes changed.

John's cousin Bill and his wife Melissa welcomed their second son into the world recently. Isaac joined the Perkins team weighing in around 8 1/2 lbs. We are also expectantly waiting for the arrivals of a Baby Peterson, a Baby Trovini, and off in the spring - a Baby Trost.

So here are some pictures from the past few weeks:

Smiley, Happy Baby_______Rudolph the Red Nosed Anna

Anna in the pumpkin patch_______Evan picks one too.

Red-headed Evan???

Anna's first trick-or-treat!_____ Always more interested in nature.

Evan gets a Baby Ruth.

Two more days until Election Day! Twenty days until John's birthday. Seventeen SCHOOL days until Thanksgiving Break. Fifteen more school days until Christmas break. Seven months until a vacation on the beach.... But who's counting?!