Tuesday the Tenth...

...of November.

Things are still moving kinda slow here, but we're doing pretty well.  Kevin is still off from work, so that has been a huge blessing!  We're very thankful for all the thoughts, prayers, food, and gifts that have been coming our way since Silas' arrival.  Family, both spiritual and physical, is a wonderful thing! 

Right now, Moses is still under the weather, but he's being very sweet about it.   I hope he's the only one that gets this 'stuff'.  

Here's a few pictures of the kids since that's the payoff for checking xanga.

Gearing up for basketball season:

Emerald in Blue

Moses in Crimson

Time to switch!

These kids have a lot of growin' to do, I guess.

And on to our third child...

No hoodie for Silas.  No clothes either, apparently.  (Don't worry, he has plenty of clothes.  This must have been during one of many wardrobe changes.)

And here is what Silas looked like just last night.

He's growing so fast! 

Have a nice day. 

Monday Evening Post

Ever since we took their picture a few weeks ago in their pjs, they think that we should always take a pj picture before bedtime.  Here's one:

Moses is definitely growing up too fast for me.

Here he is getting his hairs cut in our new (to us) barber chair (Thanks, Aunt Kimber & my husband!).  You can't see it, but it's there.

Ready!

All done!  (That is NOT an MU shirt.  Just so we're clear.)

Coincedentally, it's time for me to give him another haircut.  I'm off to do that once I'm done with this xanga post.

How old will Emerald be when she's allowed to get her hair cut?

10 is a good guess, but we'll just have to see.  I'll trim it (haven't needed to yet), but I don't want to cut for as long as possible.  I have Daddy's full backing on this one too. :)

Wild pigtails!

Some fall follies...

They like their lawnchairs.  Thanks, Grammaw Woody.

Moses took this picture:

Check out my man's practically perfect smile!  Praise God for His healing power!

And here is our beautiful tree with our color-coordinated son:

"Do you think I'll be as tall as this tree one day?" 

We shall see...

Bathtime, Baseball, & Bedtime

but not all on the same night.

Here's the latest pictures from our camera. 

Moses and Emerald's favorite part of their day is still bathtime. 

"Yes, bathtime is a great opportunity for me to gulp down a gallon of bathwater right before bed!"

"For me, it's a time when I can let my hair down and relax at the end of a crazy day with Moses."

And here is Emerald's hair from the back.  You can see why we wanted to snap the picture. 

One more pose from Emerald: "Where's my neck?"

"There it is!"  (Yep, she's still playin' that game.)

On September 22nd, three big things happened.  Moses was able to watch his first professional baseball game.  Ken turned 57, and the Royals actually won a game.

Moses beaming in his free t-shirt.

For some reason, Aunt Kristy had a clown nose in her purse.  There were a couple of clowns that couldn't resist.

Uncle Jeff & Daddy

Now for a bedtime routine.

October means footed pajamas in the Morton household.  We haven't had to turn on the heat yet which makes for great snuggling-under-your-blankets-in-the-morning weather.  The kids are super-excited about their footed pajamas.  They would wear them all day long as well if I let them (Emerald cries when I change her clothes in the morning).

The first one ready for bed is...

Emerald!

How's Moses progressing?

Ta-DA!

Then we try to get them to both smile at the camera together. 

Emerald is not picking her nose.  She is sticking one finger in each nostril because this is her "I know they want to take my picture, so I'm going to do this" routine.

Thankfully, Moses is still with us on this.

But, Emerald really likes her pjs.

Again...

Emerald being a little uncharacteristic.

And, finally...

That's as good as it gets...and I'm so thankful!