The Freemans

Baby Henry has entered our lives!
And he decided to come on his own, which was great!

NOTE: Sorry it took me so long to finally update our blog. Life with 2 little ones is going to be challenging, but will love every minute of it!

Quick story:
My water broke at 12:45am Thursday morning. We headed to the hospital and he was born 4 hours later at 4:56am!
Weighing in at 9 lbs, 15 oz and 21 inches long.

He is a joy and adjusting well. Jack and Andrew are loving their new baby brother. Jack is adjusting very well. He is very curious, but careful at the same time.

Please head to this site to see some great newborn pics of Henry:
http://kish.photosbylindsay.com/index2.php?v=v1
Click on "Your Little Miracle" link
Enter "henry" for the password.

I use to take Andrew to this pumpkin farm every year since he was 2 years old. Of course we stopped going a few years ago as he was getting older and too big for kiddie stuff like that - LOL!
Now with Jack and Henry on his way, looks like we'll be back on track to go every year again till they are "too big"! (of course Andrew had a blast showing his brother all the fun activities to do).
Every time I go to this farm, it gets better. This year they had a mini zoo where you could feed almost half the animals by hand, including a giraffe!
We had a great time!

The also had a camel you could ride.


Andrew had fun doing that!



The giraffe was really sweet and gentle. Jack wasn't too thrilled of him though!



Jack was more relaxed with animals his own size.

One evening I came home from a night out with my girlfriends to find my husband sharing his oreo cookies with Jack. Of course Jared looked at me an asked "It's okay if he has some oreo cookies?" I think it's a little late for that question!
I do want to keep sweets limited to Jack as long as I can, but you can't always control what will happen when you're not there!
So of course, I got the camera out to document this momentous occasion. It was so cute seeing him dunk the cookie in the milk and of course he shared like he always does! What a sweetie.

I went to the doctor yesterday for an ultrasound to see how big Henry is getting. I am 32 weeks today and technically I would have 8 more weeks - thank goodness I don't!!!
He is measuring about 4lbs, 9oz and 10 days early. He looks great and healthy.
Surprisingly, Jack was actually measuring bigger at this time. So maybe Henry won't surpass his brother and just be a regular "big" baby!
The doctor says we'll probably go about 37 weeks (one week ahead of schedule than what we have been talking about). So that means I have about 5 more weeks and still have a done of stuff to do - yikes! But we can't wait to meet him ;)

We finally made it to the Brookfield Zoo before the summer ended. This time around we decided to become a member and hopefully make it back at least once a month. I am really excited to finally attend their special exhibit in the winter time called Zoo Lights!

But back to our visit, we had a great time. Jack really enjoyed the animals, especially the monkeys (Brookfield Zoo has an amazing Monkey exhibit). Big brother Andrew helped him a lot by picking him up and getting a closer view. The day ended up being really nice and warm. We were definitely ready to head home once we finished up!



Jack of course wanted to get closer!


But this may be too up close and personal with a bat!


Loved getting close to the elephant standing by



Jack loved watching the monkeys - they were really active when we saw them.



Say cheese!





Roaming free like the animals!

A few weeks ago my cousin came into town with her 2 daughters from Texas. It was great seeing them and spending time. Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate - it rained all day. But the kids still had a great time playing inside.

Abby, Andrew and Emma


So pretty :)


Jack Jack trying to sneak out of the basement up the stairs.


Love my attempt trying to get them to all smile at the same time - kids!


This would have been adorable if Jack was looking at me too! But still is!


Can't wait to see you guys again! It was too short.

My mom found this great splash park for young kids to play in the water. Wish we would have discovered it sooner in the summer. We'll definitely be going here a lot next summer!
Jack had a blast. He learned to put his foot over the sprouts coming straight up - he had a lot fun with those. He still didn't like the tunnel of spray water - only went through it once with the help from a friendly kid. He also loved watching the kids get dunked by the pails of water, but he knew he didn't want to do that!
They also had a nice shaded sand area - of course he had a lot of fun there.