Welcome Baby Kade!

Kade Michael Ackley entered this world on 11.15.09, weighing in at 8 lbs. 8 oz. We are so excited for my sister Chandra and her husband Kevin. He is such a cutie!! We can't wait to meet him in person-Harper and I fly out on Thanksgiving for a quick trip to Ohio. Unfortunately Pat has to work so he's staying home :( We will miss him and I am not looking forward to flying with Harper alone...she is super antsy and he does a better job of entertaining her. It will be a lot of fun though, and I am very excited to meet Kade and see the rest of my family!

Week 2 of swimming lessons was much better...far less singing, which made me happy at least. Her favorite part was when they had to lay on their backs and hold onto a barbell-floaty device. She seemed to think the things on the ends of it looked like balls, and she kept LOUDLY yelling "ball, ball, BALL!!!!" for pretty much the whole second half of the class. When we got home we discovered a chewed-up bottle of extra strength Tylenol on the couch in the dog room, sitting next to a very guilty-looking Weimaraner (he got into Pat's work backpack). I made Pat take Leroy to the emergency vet, and luckily they confirmed that there was no trace of the drug in his blood...$280 later. We are happy he is ok, but he has been getting into everything lately!

I uploaded the rest of the birthday pics to shutterfly ( http://www.sheehan1.shutterfly.com )... Nikki did a great job, I hope you enjoy them!

We started parent/child swim at the YMCA last weekend. I expected her to love it since she loved going to the beach this summer, but she was a little unsure of the whole thing at first. She was fine getting into the water, but when everyone got in a circle and started singing she just scowled and glared at them and clung to me as tight as she could. The instructor even commented that she has quite an intense stare! I can't say I blame her; group sing-alongs aren't really my thing either. By the end she warmed up and was having a great time,so we'll see how next week goes.


Ready for swimming lessons!

Harper as Tigger at daycare...Debbie took her trick-or-treating at Bass Pro Shop

Harper as Raggedy Ann on Halloween...Pat had to work, so we visited him at the fire station