A few people have asked how Jessica is handling having a new baby around. She is still just as excited as she was the day we brought him home from the hospital. Most days I have my hands full watching her closely while she kisses and hugs him. And quite often, as these photos show, I find her right next to him on the floor, just hanging out.
I loaded the pics backwards so Justin is almost 6 weeks in the top photo, and gets progressively younger as you scroll down.
Grammie got all of the kids cute halloween outfits this year. Here are a couple of attempts to take a group photo. Christian's shirt looks like a skeleton, Declan's has spiders all over it, Jessica's says 'Daddy's little pumpkin', and Justin's says 'I love my mummy' So cute!!!
I can't believe my baby girl is two years old already!! Here she is watching Andy light the candles on the cake.
I love the look on her face in the next photo - she is so excited for birthday cake.
Blowing out the candles with a little help from her brothers...
...and wondering why on earth her daddy just took her cake away. (We took the cake photos before eating dinner - so she wouldn't be so messy)
Rest assured, she was eating her cake ten minutes later and loving every minute of it!
One of her favorite gifts was a pink princess phone and purse. She immediately put the purse over her shoulder and began making 'phone calls'. 
Happy Birthday cupcake!!!
No pictures, just a quick update for our friends and family.
Justin is continuing to thrive. He is such a joy and we are so happy to have him in our family. His cute little cheeks and skinny little chicken legs are just starting to fill out. I have no doubts that he will soon turn into a chunky little monkey like his brothers and sister did.
Becca had her gall bladder surgery on Thursday night and is still recovering from that. We need to thank Mom and Dad Hedges for all they have done!! We could not have made it without them. It has definitely put our minds at ease knowing that the kids are well cared for while Becca spends her time in bed.
We are so hopeful that this will be the end of all of Becca's many trips to the hospital. We are grateful that her recovery seems to be right on track.
And we are very grateful that my parents were able to come and visit this weekend to meet Justin and play with the grandkids. They are always so excited to see "Grammie and Poppa"!!
We enjoyed having them over for lunch along with Grandma Poehlein, Meredith, Christian, Linley, and PJ, Leslie, and their family. Can't wait to see everybody again at Thanksgiving!
