First Bath

Precious.

Twinkle, Twinkle

Halloween

This year Chris took Lane trick-or-treating with the cousins on his own because I had just come home from the hospital that day. I was sad to miss the fun but she had a great time even without her Mom :)

Lane the bunny rabbit, Addie the witch, Colin the knight and Caleb the dragon.

Carson Robert Borchert

We are so happy to introduce our new addition, Carson Robert. He was born on 10/30/09 at 7:17am. He weighed 7lbs. 15oz. and was 19.5 inches long. Everything went really well (and very fast) which was such a blessing. We were able to come home the next day which happened to be Halloween. Below is a picture of the proud Daddy and big sister and Carson in his Halloween outfit.

Happy Halloween

Every year our group of friends gets together for a Halloween party. Rob and Rachel usually host and this year was no exception. Chris and I usually spend a lot of time and thought putting together our costumes but this year we were just happy to be able to make it to the party so our look is pretty simple. We had so much fun as always and love seeing how creative our friends can be. Take a look at what everyone came as below. Above is one of Chris's appetizer creations..a Mummy cheese spread....isn't the hubby so creative?

Chris and I as Octo-Mom and Octo-sperm. Probably not very appropriate but still kind of funny.

A close-up look at the 8 babies I carried....a little creepy, isn't it?

Rob and Rachel as Mario and Luigi.

Tim and Kate as flowers.

Jordan and Leah as "Balloon Boy."

Jon and Cricket as Dog the Bounty Hunter and his wife, Beth.

Brian and Tara as Jerry Seinfeld and Elaine Benes.

Jeff and Holly as Peter Pan and Tinker Bell.

Nate and Lisa as each other :)

Engagement!

This past weekend we were able to celebrate the new engagement of my sister, Karissa and her boyfriend, David. They were in town from St. Louis and he popped the question while at Holland's pier. We are very excited for them and thankful we were able to be a part of the fun weekend. We are looking forward to having another wedding this coming summer!

Happy Anniversary

On Sunday we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. We spent the afternoon at a park trying to get in some last moments as a family of three. We were also able to sneak in dinner and a movie on Saturday night (thanks M and Joel!) which is always fun. I have to say I have the best husband in the world and he has proved that to me many, many times, especially in the past few months as the end of pregnancy hasn't always been known to bring out the most attractive/kind aspects of a woman :) Thanks honey!!!!
As far as the pregnancy goes, I am a week away from my due date and feeling like it could be any time now. I've been having contractions on and off for a few weeks, complete insomnia and a lot of back pain. I just keep reminding myself we need to keep our eyes on the prize as we look forward to a new bundle of joy!!!!! We'll keep you posted...