October update

It has been a busy month with a new baby and birthdays galore. Jared and Sam both had birthdays this month. Jared turned 30! Sam turned 3! We had small family parties for both of them and a combined birthday/halloween party.

Sam got a bike for his birthday. Here he is trying it out for the first time.

We went apple picking in Charlottesville. It was a perfect day for being outside.

Jared was wearing sunglasses so Sam wanted to wear some too so I let him wear mine. I kept telling him he looked awesome. He thought he was so big with them on.

I don't think this picture does this place justice. It was so beautiful and the leaves have started changing. The drive there was gorgeous.

The party had a monster theme so everything was about monsters and monster trucks.

Sam loves monster trucks and monster truck rallies so we incorporated one to the party. Sam and all the kids took a turn destroying the cars...

and then the "big kids" had their turn.

Afterwards the kids picked up all the candy left behind.

We had mummy dogs and brain salsa with chips.

We also had eyeball cake and

monster truck rally brownies.

Sam's new favorite song is Happy birthday. He's been singing it for a couple months now and pretends everything is a birthday cake. He was pretty excited for another chance at blowing out candles.

We had face painting...

and mummy wrapping. Sam made a pretty good mummy but

everyone did a great job at wrapping Jared as a mummy.

And after the tp was great for making tp angels and throwing on Jared.

On a side note, I took Caleb in to the drs. at 3 weeks and he's up to 81/2 pounds and 21 inches long. He's eating and sleeping great and is as sweet as can be.

1 week update

I can't believe Caleb is already a week old. Thanks everyone for all the well wishes. Caleb is a wonderful addition to our family. He is such a sweet baby.

We promised Sam we'd go pick out a pumpkin so we went to a pumpkin patch nearby the other day. It was a lot of fun going on the hay rides...

picking out a pumpkin...

taking a break to give baby brother a kiss...

getting faces painted, going on rides, and watching the pig races.

Here's a couple more pictures of Sam and Caleb. I love these guys so much and feel so blessed to have them.

Announcing Caleb James Martin

Born October 2, 2009 at 3:19pm

7 lbs 13 oz

19.5 in

Mom and baby are doing well.

First dates and rare moments!

Sam's first date:)

A very rare moment! He looks so sweet when he's asleep.

Potty Training

Sam is doing a better job at potty training his doggie and bear than I am doing with potty training him.

Any tips?

4th of July weekend

A month late...here's some pictures of our Independence Day weekend. We went to an amusement park. They had a BMX bike show. These guys were really good.

We went with our friends the Wolfs.

There is a water park in the amusement park. Good thing, it was hot!

Sam loves his friend, Tucker.

Sam fell and scratched himself up. I think it's the only time I've forgotten his rashgaurd.

I captured a couple of sweet moments too. He is such a cutie.

They weren't Disneyland fireworks but they were fun. Sam was so tired he fell asleep after a minutes.

Timeout

Sam sent his doggie and bear to timeout for spitting in his milk.