Kiersten at 1 month & Baby Smiles

Here are some pictures of Kiersten at one month old. We are guessing she is about 9.5 pounds and 20.5 inches long using our bathroom scale and a tape measure.

Brief wardrobe malfunction

Here are my attempts to catch a smile on camera. They are a little blurry because I didn't want to blind her with the flash.

Had to include one shot of big brother. Its not many games when a referee gets to kick a field goal.

Pumpkin Patches

We have been celebrating fall by visiting a couple of area pumpkin patches. Here are some highlights...

Kiersten, the little flower
Aidan, the referee - Gotta love a costume with a whistle. This is what he told us he wanted to be on October 31, 2008 and he never changed his mind. Aidan squeezing through the hay maze.

At a different pumpkin patch

It was very chilly. Look at the ring toss form

My sweet puppy

Pumpkin Patch Past

Every year we go to the same pumpkin patch and take Aidan's picture with the measuring stick. This year we got Kiersten in on the tradition.

Kiersten's First Pumpkin Patch

2009

Aidan's First Pumpkin Patch
2006

2007 2008

2009

Random Happenings

Aidan's Home Depot tattoo (which is still on his arm a week and a half later)

Aidan feeding Kiersten a bottle. He is my big brother super hero.
At the Stars game.
During warm-ups, this puck actually flew off the ice and hit the netting at the end of the ice before hitting Aidan on the head.

Like Brother, Like Sister

Everyone keeps asking if we think Kiersten looks like Aidan did as a baby. We think she does, although she doesn't quite have the chubb that Aidan had at that age. Here are some pictures for comparison. What do you think?

Aidan sleeping

Kiersten sleeping
Aidan in the tub

Kiersten in the tub

First Swing

Kiersten tried out the swing for the first time yesterday. At the begining she was a little unsure. About one minute later she was sound asleep.

Dinosaurs

On Saturday, the weather was beautiful so we visited a local natural science museum that has a special dinosaur exhibit. They have life size, robotic dinosaurs set up along a path through the woods. Aidan, although he kept saying how much he loved the dinosaurs, was a little timid if the roar caught him off guard. He enjoyed roaring back at them which is what he is doing in some of these pictures.