We're Home!

Yea - we finally made it home! We had a fun - but long - trip!

Saturday night we got to visit with Mr. Mike, as Kaelin calls him!

Then Sunday we had brunch with the Wilson's, and spent the afternoon in Indiana with the Navarro's.

Monday we vistited TLN, had lunch with Mr. Mike and then that evening Amy Z. and I took the girls to Chucky Cheese, while Justin was at a work dinner!

Tuesday was a very busy day - we spent time with Bethany, had lunch with Sarah, and then spent the afternoon visiting the newest Wilson family member - baby Rowan at the hospital.
We started driving home Tuesday night, but we didn't make it very far - we didn't end up getting home until 7pm on Wednesday - the trips are a little harder now that Kaelin is older!

Here are some pictures:

Mr. Steve and Hailey

Jill and Steve and the girls.

Mr. Mike and Kaelin

Hailey's first time in the pool.

Kaelin and Daddy in the pool.

The beginning of our trip...

As most of you know, when our family moved to Ohio in May, we left our home in Chicago still on the market (since February). We finally got an offer on it about 3-4 weeks ago! While we gave in to a lot of demands by the buyer - and feel we are giving our home away - it is set to close on November 14th! Thank you Jesus!

This is why we are now in Chicago (Aurora suburb). We are here for the weekend to visit friends, and will sign our portion of papers on Monday. Then our attorney will handle the rest - Thank you Elsa!

We started our trip Thursday night - staying in Toledo overnight. As we pulled into the parking lot of our hotel, Kaelin said, " Mommy, that is a BIG house!". so cute - and correct :) We finished driving up yesterday and since have been able to enjoy: swimming in the hotel pool, a visit to our favorite chiropractor - Thank you Dr. Dalan, Friday night pizza at Dominick's - yum! , and My Gym class for Kaelin - she had so much fun! She misses class we think!

We have more visits with friends scheduled while we are here, and Justin has some meetings for work. We plan on driving home Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. Please continue to pray for this process to come to end this week!! We are ready for this chapter of our lives to be closed, however it has been a little sad seeing our first little house closed and empty! Justin and I put so much work into making it ours! Hopefully we will be able to do the same in Ohio in the next few years.

Big Girls!

Our 'little' girls are getting so BIG! Kaelin is so independant - "I do it myself!" We have let her move to eat at the table all of the time - with her booster (no more highchair seat for her!). She loves it - Mommy hasn't decided yet! She loves to play with her baby sister. Hailey is attempting to sit up and working on rolling over (she did it for the first time this past week!). She is also working very hard at trying to get the toy in her hand to land in her mouth.

Pretties~

The other night Grandma Barb and Papa Tom came over. Grandma and Kaelin disappeared for a while back in her bedroom - when they came out - this is what we saw!

'Helping' Daddy Clean up the leaves :)

Halloween

We went trick or treating last night and Kaelin had a blast - and got a lot of candy!!! She did inform one neighbor that her sidewalk was broke, and they needed to fix it (the concrete had a crack). Other than that she just loved to run from house to house. Here are a few more pictures of the girls in their costumes.

Kaelin is learning early - no pictures please!

The Loot!

Edible Playdough

So yesterday Kaelin was getting antsy while waiting for Trick or Treat time - so we made edible playdough (dry milk, honey and peanut butter). She loved it! I am pretty sure she had more fun eating it and the decorations than actually playing with it!