Thanksgiving

These first few pictures are of Erin when she's a week old. Andy took the boys up to Nappanee for Thanksgiving, and I stayed home with Erin. Andy came back to work the day after Thanksgiving, but left the boys up north. It was a nice break for all of us. :) Then after Andy got off work, Erin and I went back up north with Andy. We picked up the boys and spent the weekend at Mom and Dad's new house. It was so nice to finally get to be in the house we've been watching be built all summer! The boys started playing in the basement and never really left. :) Unfortunately, I dont have many pictures of that weekend (I was a little busy). The bath picture is the only one from the new Jackson house.

First bath!

We had a little snow this week! And Andy happened to get home early that day. So the boys wanted to go out and get to work! It melted the next day, so it was good they got to play in it a little!

Erin's about 3 weeks old in these next pictures

New family photo

We're not dressed in our Sunday best, but at least everyone is smiling!

Erin's here!

Erin Louise was born on Wednesday (11/9/11) at 9:42pm. She weighed 7lb 6oz and 19.25 in long. As you can see from the pictures, she has the same complexion that Alex had when he was born----dark! The boys are quite taken with their new sister. But we'll see how long that lasts. :) Otherwise, not much to say. I'm sure I'll have more pictures to post in the next week or so.

Mom and Dad's House

When we drove up to get the boys we also stopped at Mom and Dad's. I couldn't wait to see the new house! Mom and Dad are moving in this weekend, so there's just a few finishing touches that need to be done. It was so nice to see it all cleaned up (most of it) and finished. They had just poured the concrete in front of the garage and made the steps out front this past weekend. In fact, it wasn't completely dry when we visited. But here's a few pics of the pretty well finished house!

back door in garage and deck

garage with all the appliances in it

back door into the kitchen from garage

same general area, just different view

pantry on the left, washer and dry will be on right

kitchen cabinets, counter and tile ---so nice!

basement

The boys will be disappointed when the basement is filled with stuff!

storage under the stairs