Merry Christmas

we had such a nice Christmas. Christmas Eve morning we Skyped with my parents and opened Christmas presents from them. Later we went to Christmas Eve service and then came home and let the kids open one present which was a new set of pj's. Jeff's parents were able to be here for Christmas too, so that was nice. The kids are at such a fun age now. Cole thought every present was for him and wanted to open them all. After we had dinner we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus.

Blake One Month

Blake was One Month Old on December 23rd!! He is such a good baby. He sleeps really well, only gets up once a night to nurse and goes right back to sleep. He only really fusses if he is hungry or tired. We have adjusted to being a family of 6!

Welcome Blake Maddox

On Wednesday November 23, 2011 we welcomed Blake Maddox into our lives at 3:17pm. He was 8 lbs 6 ozs and was 20.5 inches. I was unable to have an epidural because I had low platelets, however, it was my easiest delivery and recovery!!!





You can check out more Photo's from our Newborn/Family Photo Shoot Here:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.281921331854365.65460.230100377036461&type=3

Mom Mom and Pop Pop's Visit

Mom Mom and Pop Pop came to visit the week of Thanksgiving. They were such a huge help - cooking, helping us with the kids, decorating for Christmas, and preparing Thanksgiving dinner! Whew!!

We also celebrated Christmas with them (a little bit) while they were here.

Maternity Photo Shoot

We had a Maternity Photo Shoot the first weekend in November. I was just shy of 38 weeks. Here are a few of our favorites...







You should be able to view them all here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/111662754776540049769/MaternityPhotoShoot?authkey=Gv1sRgCJDg_ZXA6_TF8AE#

Happy Halloween

The Gerwings went as the cast of The Wizard of Oz this year for Halloween! Hayley was Glinda the Good Witch, Alyssa was Dorothy, Cole was the Lion, Jeff was the Tin Man and I was Scarecrow.

Cole didn't want to put his costume on at first, but finally he did. He was then scared of Daddy when Jeff put on his Tin Man mask. However, once it came time to do some Trick Or Treating, he knew exactly what to do!! He was so cute!! The girls had a great time too and enjoyed Trick or Treating. They practiced saying it all day today.






Now time to think of what we can be for next year...

Fall Fun

On October 7th, we took a Family "Field Trip" to the Cider Mill. When I told the girls we were going on a field trip, Hayley asked, "What will with field look like?" Just precious!!!

We love Three Cedars Cider Mill... it has a lot of fun things for the kids to do, as well as some good cider and yummy donuts!