4 months old, 5 months old, Karina's birthday, Ya Ya and Far Far's Visit and Halloween!

A lot to cover in this blog. The boys are now 5 months old, hard to believe! In these past couple of months Karina turned 3, Ya Ya and Far Far came to visit, the boys are rolling over, Neil has 2 teeth, the boys are eating solids and Karina is on her way to being potty trained! Yes, I guess you could say we are keeping busy :)

Here are some of the highlights:

5 months old!

4 months old!

Red Sox fans!

In September Marie took a quick trip to Boston for a conference and luckily was able to squeeze in some apple picking with Rinus, Daniel, Emilija and some friends.

The Ericson children! We still can't believe we have 3 kids!

Pretty girl. Showing off her smile.

Princess Karina. She is definitely a girly girl. Loves to dress up!

Ya Ya and Far Far came to visit to meet the boys and celebrate Karina's 3rd birthday!

Karina's party was at a local pumpkin patch, complete with hayrides, pony rides and cupcakes!

Picking pumpkins.

Taking a hay ride while Ya Ya and Far Far watched the boys.

Karina "helped" bake cupcakes for her friends.

Karina, Ya Ya, Marie and some friends did a 5K walk for Women in the Congo on a beautiful fall day. This is how Karina moved the fastest.

Birthday cake!

Far Far with his grandsons.

Far Far (aka Nixon) deplaning from Air Force One at the Boeing Museum of Flight.

Abby Cadaby (or Abby Dabby as Karina says it).

La la la la la la la la la la la. Neil and Paul turned quite a few heads with their smurf costumes, mostly parents since kids these days don't seem to know who smurfs are.

Another cute 5 month shot.

3 months old and the last days of summer...

The boys are 3 months old! Time has really flown by. Marie went back to work last week and we are trying to get into a routine. We found a great nanny, Shannon, who has been taking great care of the boys! Karina is still loving her daycare/preschool and started swim classes this week. She will be 3 years old next month!! Here are some photos of the end of summer.
Bring on the fall!

Paul

Neil

Paul lounging :)

Karina feeding chickens.







The boys on the beach.


Big boys in their chairs :)

Karina squeezing into the chair to spend some quality time with Paul.

Neil, Ben and Paul...three friends in the making.

Karen's visit to Seattle (pictured with Marie and Adriane).

Alice and Karina enjoying each other's company :)

Cute kids! Paul, Karina and Neil spending some time together on the couch.
She loves her brothers!