He's Here!

Carter Trevor Misseldine was born Sept. 26th weighing........drum roll please........

7 POUNDS 14.5 OUNCES!!!!!!!

It's a miracle!!!

Family, Where Would We Be....

So I'm looking for some pics of me pregnant, and came across these from my family reunion this summer. We had so much fun!! Not everyone came, but it was still a blast. We are missing 23 family members from this picture if I counted correctly. And I love pics like this where we all look like we've been playing hard. 

And a sibling pic. Too bad you weren't here Kevin and Alysa. We missed you and your families!

It's been so much colder lately. I'm wishing we could go back in time and have a second Summer. Don't get me wrong, I love Fall, but I love days like this. Picnic at Grandmas!

Soccer Update...

First of all, THANKS SO MUCH KIKI!!!! Your advice about getting cleats and shin guards was perfect. I almost didn't get them because el hubbo said he thought it was unnecessary. However, when we showed up at the game and the ref told another kid he wasn't going to be able to play unless he got cleats and shin guards, I was so relieved that I had taken your advice!

We have had terrible rainy weather here the past few days. Logan got all ready for his practice three hours before we had to be there. Talk about excited. About twenty minutes before practice started, black clouds rolled in and poured buckets and buckets of rain down for the rest of the night. So no practice! It got cancelled! Logan was heartbroken.

Then last night Logan's team had their first game. It was so funny. Half the kids had never played a lick of soccer...ever. Logan included. His coach was so awesome. He was on the field telling the boys what to do and helping them figure out what was going on. Seriously, we lucked out with him. But here's the funny part. About a quarter of the way through the game, the coach told Logan it was his turn to kick the ball from center field. I never played or watched soccer, so I have no idea what any of the rules are. Sorry. I know I'm totally annoying some of you with my descriptions. So Logan goes to kick the ball. He kicks it as hard as he can and the ball barely moves, but Logan's shoe went flying high across the field. I was laughing so hard. The game was going on and there was Logan hobbling across the field trying to find his shoe and then sitting down on the ground in the middle of a scrimmage. Ahhhh, I guess you had to be there. Wish I would have gotten that on video. 

So his next game is on Saturday and I cannot wait to see what funny stuff happens. I had no idea this could be so amusing!   

back to school!

It was a sad day at my house today. Logan and Samantha went to school. Logan is now in Second Grade, and Sami is in Kindergarten. It felt weird. Phoebe was lost without them, and to tell you the truth so was I. I love my kids. 

Samantha loved her first day. I walked her into school and stopped at the door of her classroom where her teacher was waiting. She took her teacher's hand and didn't look back. Sad. I can't help but want to hold on to her, but I'm glad she was so confident. She did nothing but chatter on and on about everything when we picked her up later today. She met the Principal, she played animals in the gym, she had recess, made a few friends and one little boy cried all day long.

Logan is loving his new teacher so he says. I walked him into school today, and then he walked himself to his room. Now that was sad. He's not so little anymore. Logan made a few new friends which is a very good thing. We're hoping last school year's friends will be forgotten since they were such a bad influence on him. They do tend to make friends with the kids in their classroom, so PLEASE let there only be good little boys this year! Here's hoping. Oh and Logan starts soccer tomorrow! I have no idea what he's supposed to wear. I never played soccer. He got soccer as a birthday gift (something he's wanted to do for years!). I don't think he has tennis shoes that fit, and that may be a slight problem. They don't have to wear pads or anything like that, right? No special cleats or anything? I hope not. Logan's primary teacher is his coach, and let me tell you HE IS EXCITED! I guess we'll see at practice tomorrow. This should be interesting!

I took all my kids out a little over a week ago to take their "back to school" pictures. I ended up taking the pictures at the temple, even though that wasn't my intention. As I was passing the temple, on a whim, I pulled into the parking lot. The sun was in the perfect position and the lighting was so beautiful that evening. I think they turned out even better than I could have hoped. Unfortunately I found out that Phoebe is fighting PKS (photographer's kid syndrome) pretty bad. And sadly I know that Logan will always have it because of how I learned on him. I wasn't always patient with him, and his smile is always forced. Poor Logan. Don't tell him I told you this, but he worries so much about his smile looking real, I've caught him practicing his smile in the mirror. LOL! If I tell him not to smile he gets even more self conscious about it. So I've decided it's best not to say anything to him for now. Pretty much I'm just a bad, mean mom. I ruined Logan. I'm sure it will pass with Phoebe just like it did with Samantha, but it makes me sad about Logan. I hope Phoebe's real smile returns soon. 

Now I know you'll be looking, so I'll label Phoebe's real smile. Otherwise she's faking.

 Real smiles all around

 Real smile FYI

 Real smile here too!