Meet Cecilia Grace

Yesterday we welcomed the newest addition to our family.  Cecilia Grace Hatton was born at 6:23 PM at 7lbs 2.5oz and 19.75in long.  Here she is all covered in goo.

She looks a lot like the other kids.

Her long feet!

Ya think she's hungry?

Mike and I had a few minutes with our newest girl.

Today, the other kids got a chance to meet Cecilia.  Becca was very huggy-kissy with her sister and Pat kept telling me how much he loved me.  George wasn't sure what to think of all those things hooked up to me.

Grandma got to hold her first.

Then it was time for the birthday girls to bond.

Then it was Pat's turn to hold her, but not without sanitizing his hands.

As I said, George was not to happy to see me in the hospital.  

Mike with all four kids.

After a fruit snack, George seems to recognize me again and even warmed up to the baby a bit.

Given time, he'll be a great big brother.

Cecilia is doing fine and is starting to find her voice and I'm hanging it there with a stuffy nose.  But we're both healthy and enjoying our time together.

All Saints Day

Thursday was All Saints Day and the St. Patrick's 1st graders traditionally do a presentation to celebrate the day.  Here is Father John giving the opening prayer and introduction.

Being the name of the school and the only Patrick in the class, our son got to be first to come in.

Here comes St. John and St. Andrew.

St. Anthony and St. Francis of Assisi.

St Elizabeth and I don't remember the other saint, sorry Lauren.

St. Agnes and St. Anne.

St. Phillamina and St. Zachary.

St. Margaret of Scotland and I'm not sure sure of the other, sorry Isabella.

St. Maximilian and Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta and St. Sarahifa.

After they paraded in, they each told us who they were, what they did and when their feast day is.  I only took a picture of Pat.  They each did an outstanding job.

Here they are with Mrs. Heading (1st grade teacher), Fr. John, Dr. Wiess (principal), and Ms. Keck (religion teacher).

Our very own Saint Patrick.

Halloween

We started celebrating Halloween last Sunday with Trunk or Treat at the KC hall.

Here are all three kids dressed up.

Today, we headed over to the Showalters for dinner and Trick or Treating.  Here's some of the giant crew that made the rounds.

Time to hit the streets!

That's it for this years Halloween pictures.  Tomorrow is Patrick's All Saints Day presentation and there should be a new member of the family within the next week so be sure to come back again soon!

First Week of October

Last week, Patrick had his first Tiger Cubs meeting.  I insisted on taking some pictures.

Here are my Scouts.  Mike is looking pretty good in that uniform.

With less than 5 weeks to go, I thought a shot of big my belly was a good idea.

Becca also got to go on her first field trip to the pumpkin farm this week.  I did not go but a friend was kind enough to share her pictures.

Today was the homecoming parade so we braved the cold, rainy weather to watch.

Patrick asked me to film him marching in the parade with the Cub Scouts so I did.  Enjoy.