Beautiful Fall Days

We have been enjoying some beautiful fall weather here in Southern Illinois. The kids and I went on a walk through our neighborhood and took some pictures of the beautiful fall foliage. I really do love fall!

New Pics of Hadley

Hadley is now three weeks old. Hard to believe it was just a short time ago that she was born. Hadley fits in perfectly with our little family. She is such a great baby. The kids adore their baby Haddy (her nick name). Hadley is an amazing sleeper and eater. I am breastfeeding but pumping all the time. So she eats about 4 oz at a time and gets up once in the night. I am truly blessed. While we had family here Scott and I were able to go out on a date. It was wonderful having time with just the two of us. We enjoyed a delicious steak dinner and I had a lovely glass of Riesling wine. Yummy!! We are somewhat back to a regular routine. Life is good. God is good!

Introducing....

Hadley Rebekah Jo Hinze!! Born Monday October 3, 2011 at 2:37 pm. Weighing in at a whopping 7 lbs 7 oz and 20 in long. We are so blessed and unbelievably happy with our new addition. Grisham, Genevieve and Carolyn love baby sister. I am sure the feeling is mutual. Life this past week has been a blur. It seems like Hadley has always been here. Grandparents have been very helpful with the older kids while I get to focus most of my attention on Hadley. This weeks goal is to get back into our routine (well as close as I can get with a new born). I will have more pictures of Hadley's first week home in the next post. So until then...

Time to Catch Up a Bit

I am sucha a bad blogger!! I remember the days when it was so simple for me to sit down and blog just about anything. Well those days are long gone and don't think they will be returning anytime soon. It has been a great summer. The temperatures have finally cooled, school started for Grisham and Genevieve and Scott is settled into his practice. As for me I am just waiting on the baby to make her appearance. The induction is scheduled for Monday Oct 3. That is if she doesn't come on her own. I have a bunch of random pictures to share with you. Some of them are our new bedroom furniture and kitchen table and hutch. Grisham's first day of kindergarten, funny pictures of the kids and dogs and finally our first Friday night high school football. That was fun!! But what I think was more enjoyable was watching Grisham attempt to play football with some older kids. He just kept tackling anyone who had the ball!! We had to pull him out every now and then when it got a bit too rough. Eventually Grisham found some kids his own age to play with. Genevieve, Carolyn and I sat in the grass and attempted to watch the game. But the crowd was much more interesting to them. I believe that Chester lost that game and next time we go I will definitely plan better for bugs and remember to bring a chair. My bottom is still sore form sitting on that hard ground. Notice Scott is wearing Ohio State...Need to get him some Chester apparel for the next game:)