October fun

Sammi LOVES to take pictures. Here is a picture she took of Braden on his 1 month birthday. At his 1 month check up he had already gained 3 lbs!- 11 lbs 2 oz and 22 inches.

Here he is at about 1 1/2 months-
Pumpkin Patch field trips:
Sammi's field trip was first. Here are 3 of the 7 in her class- Alexis' field trip came next. There was a giant corn pit to play in- In October, we tried something that we had never done before...bowling! We went with our friends Gavin and Gunner. It was so fun. Good things for the bumpers, though!

Carving pumpkins with Michelle and Uncle Jeff. Jeff grew these pumpkins!

An attempt at a family picture with the pumpkins-

Happy (early) Birthday, Alexis!

Alexis had her 5th birthday party at the end of October. A princess tea party.

And finally, Halloween!!

We went trick-or-treating with Siah and Kaitlynn again. Some new friends from Siah's school came as well.
The Jolleys- A pirate princess, pea pod and Princess Jasmine

Bees

At the end of September, we were on a walk to the "candy" store, when Alexis stepped on an underground bee hive. The bees swarmed and she was stung about 20 times. Sammi was stung about 6 times (once on the lip, making it look like she was in a fight). Thankfully, the bees left Braden alone, who was asleep in the stroller. Everyone was OK...no health problems but just very scared of bees.

A few days after the attack, Alexis had a field trip to an old pioneer farm. There a were tons of bees there. After many, many tears from Alexis and Sammi and a lot of convincing, we were able to enjoy the field trip.

Alexis, with her class in front of a log cabin-

Alexis, milking a cow- she was very good at this!

Taking a wagon ride-

More from September

Just a few days after Braden was born, school started.
Since Sammi has a summer birthday, she is in the young 3 year old class. There are only 7 kids in her class. She is loving it.
Alexis is doing 3 day Pre-K this year. On Fridays she stays all day. She's getting to be such a big girl!

Puyallup fair 2011:

Alexis & Siah on the roller coaster-

Sammi & Kaitlynn thought they wanted to ride all the rides but ended up being scared of most of them-

Riding the train-

Braden hid in the stroller most of the time. He was only 2 weeks old for his first Puyallup Fair.

Braden Scott Jolley

Mommy was induced on the morning of Sept.1- we decided to force our brother out! It was a pretty boring day for Daddy. He's not good at sitting and waiting.

Good thing he didn't have to wait too long. Braden was born at 3:59pm. Only 9 hours after checking in to the hospital- could have been way worse.

Dr. Roe was sure we were going to have a small baby. He was shocked by the size of him! 8 lbs 1 oz and 21 inches long. Not quite a small baby. He did a great job hiding in there!

Daddy finally has his boy. Well worth the wait.
Big sisters show up at the hospital. They love their new brother!

Big sister #1-

Big sister #2-

The Jolley family-

Getting ready to go home-
Home is a crazy and loud place compared to the hospital!! Good thing Braden can sleep right through his loud sisters and barking dogs.

Indroducing Jolley Boy

Our brother Braden Scott was born yesterday at 3:59pm. He weighed 8lbs 1oz and was 21 inches long. He was the biggest Jolley at birth even though the doctor was afraid he was going to be small. He and Mommy are great looking forward to heading home soon.

Time to make some changes...

So, we've given up on catching up and decided to just skip to the present. Tomorrow our baby brother is coming!! We made some changes to include him on the blog (as you can see) and at home.

On Christmas, the girls moved into their princess room- they got their Christmas wish from Santa.

We didn't even know Mommy was going to have a baby yet, but this move combined the play room and the girls' room, leaving an empty room for our brother. Here is his monkey themed nursery set that Mommy sewed.

Our summer was super busy doing things besides getting ready for our brother...

We did a lot of swim lessons. Both girls think they can swim by themselves. Alexis can go pretty far by herself, stopping to take a breath and then putting her face back in.

We played with our friends.

Sammi started ballet. She has been waiting to turn 3 so she could go to ballet class.

Alexis got her tonsils and adenoid removed at the beginning of August. She ended up throwing up for 2 1/2 days after surgery. It was not all the popsicles and ice cream that we all dreamed of. It was a long 10 days of recovery! She's back to her normal self now, without the snoring. Yippee!And to end our summer, we went on our annual Cannon Beach trip. Always fun! Now it's time for our brother to come and for school to start. Both girls start preschool next week. Plenty of fun to come!