...and now we OWN it!

So, we've neared the end of our jouney. We're planning on moving to our new house this weekend. The painter is finishing up inside and there are a few things outside to finish. We closed on it last monday, the 26, to the exact day they'd said...crazy huh?



more later....

Gilbert's Baptism

Gilbert Evelyne and mom before we left for the church

In the pews with family

Gilbert running around at brunch!

After being baptized; he clapped for himself!

We finally had Gilbert baptized today! We decided to go back to our old church in NE Portland as we haven't yet found one around here to call home. We enjoyed going back and seeing old friends. The baptism went really well, Gilbert even smiled and clapped for himself at the end it was so funny it was like he was really proud of himself.

Afterwards we came over to Bruce and Joni's for a brunch with family, it was nice to visit and eat yummy brunch food!

Knights down

Things have been rough on the Knights this past week; Evelyne had bronchitis, gilbert is finally getting over his cold, I have a cold and Nathan broke his arm while mountain biking. Perfect timing for our anticipated move in a couple of weeks. Yikes.
Good news on the home front...our house should still be ready by the end of this month.

Organized Child

No, this is not an attempt at selling diapers on craigslist. This is Evelyne organizing diapers all in a row; first in one layer, then in two layers all facing the right direction and all in a line. I walked in her room thinking she was playing with toys and this is what I found...what does that say about mom and dad???!!!???

Happy Birthday Gilbert!

Gilbert as a skunk and mom as Medusa

Fun halloween treats: ghost marshmallows

Evelyne is a snake!

Gilbert eating his cupcake with "flower child" grandma gigi and "cowboy" grandpa larry

yummy cupcake!

We celebrated Gilbert's first birthday with his cousins, Brantley and Spencer who turned 7 and 4 one day before Gilbert's birthday! We partied at Lindsey's clubhouse in Lafayette with a costume party since it was just before Halloween. We gave a prize for the best adult costume which was won by Grandpa Bruce who came dressed as a Grandma.

The kids enjoyed playing traditional Fall games like bobbing for apples and a "prize walk" which was kind of like musical chairs.

Gilbert started walking about a week before his birthday and is now getting everywhere and getting into everything. He's starting to climb and hop like his sister and loves taking things out of the cupboards only to get himself in!