Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone (I know a few days late). They had trick or treating on our compound, so Lillian dressed up as a Patriots Cheerleader, she was so cute! Greg came home a bit early so that he could take her around trick or treating, Oliver and I stayed home and passed out candy. Greg and Lillian had a great time out and about, she held onto her treat bag the whole time, she didn't want to give it up. Oliver had a patriots cap on, he was a patriots fan for halloween, I was a mum, and Greg was a dad, how original is that! Most of the kids on the compound dressed up, so it was fun to see everyone in costumes. There were lots of little fairies, little girls in party dresses with wings, good idea! When Greg and Lillian came home they sat on the ground and she took all her candy out of the bag and showed us what she got! When I was getting the picture of the three of them she tried sharing her candy with Oliver! She is such a sweetheart.

Lillian was a Patriots Cheerleader for Halloween

Greg came home to take Lillian Trick or Treating

Lillian didn't want to give up her treat bag

Look at the neat treats I got! Her face says it all

Lillian the Cheerleader, Oliver the fan, Greg the Dad

Oliver Charles Mickle

Oliver Charles Mickle was born a week ago, Saturday October 24, at 1:02 pm. He weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces, and was 20 inches long. We are so happy that he is here finally! He is perfectly healthy, he was born with his cord around his neck, so he came out looking very blue then purple. His face remained a bit purple for a few days, and his eyes are still a bit bloodshot, otherwise he is perfect. We brought him home on the 25th, and Greg was home for a week to help adjust, start all the baby paperwork involved, and to bond with our little boy.

Lillian is doing very well with Oliver, she is adjusting to having him around. He is a novelty, and she wants to poke at him. She checks in on him when he is in his pack and play. She doesn't yet understand gentle, so we are very careful when he is within her reach. So far so good. We still go out to the park almost everyday, and we go for walks, mainly to our little store on the compound about once a day. As long as we are still going out Lily seems to do okay. While Greg was still home we ran errands, went to the mall and a doctors apt. Tested out our new double stroller, it is very large, but it works very well. Lily seems to like being in the front, but she doesn't really like riding in it around the compound, she would rather walk!

Oliver is a very good eater and sleeper, it seems that is all he does. A few nights he gets up early in the morning and doesn't want to be put down, but so far I think we are lucky. He really lets out a cry if he is hungry and you aren't fast enough in settling down to feed him, but that is the only time he really gets upset so far. He takes a lot longer to eat than Lily did, and he doesn't burp as well as she did, but he does spit up a lot more than she did. He has already shown us that we have to be careful while changing him, he peed on the wall for Greg already, and he peed on Levi when she changed hi one day! His facial features are already changing from the first day when he was born, when his face seemed very flat to me!

Greg and I are realizing how easy it was with just one baby, and how much more work it is with two now! My toughest times come when Oliver is eating and Lillian wants something and I can't do both at the same time!

Here are a few pictures, there are more posted on Picasa

Lily meeting Oliver at the hospital, she wants to give him a hug!

Lily peeking in on Oliver

Oliver Charles, just a few hours old

Oliver and happy Mum

Oliver and his proud Daddy