One More to the Mix

The newest baby Robinson is scheduled to arrive May 21, 2012!  Below are some first looks at the baby.  

At 9 weeks:

At 12 weeks:

We have told Karis that there is a baby in Mommy's tummy.  Thanks to her previous experience with her little sister, I think she gets it... at least more than the average 2-year old.  

Daddy shows Karis how she can gently pat mommy's tummy and talk to the baby.  Karis gets excited, and even a little embarrassed.  With a big grin, she leans into my tummy and says, "Hi Baby!"  Her grin quickly turns to a frown and she says, "Baby not talking!"  She doesn't understand why and gets sad that the baby won't talk back to her.  

One morning, Karis told us that she wanted to be in mommy's tummy too.  I told her she's too big, to which she responded, "How did baby get in there?"  I thought to myself, "Lord, please don't make us have to explain to a 2-year old where babies come from!!"

When I was 5 weeks pregnant, I took the girls to Makena's 18-month check-up.  After the nurse took Makena's basic vitals, we were left in the exam room to wait for the doctor.  When the door shut, Karis with excitement asked, "Baby come out now?!"  it's going to be a long 9 months for Karis...

Halloween 2011

The cow and the kitty had a great time trick-or-treating for the first time.  We went to a few houses on our street and then walked over a couple blocks to visit a few friends in the neighborhood.

Karis was eager to go to each door.  After she was given one or two pieces of candy, she gladly helped herself to the candy bowl and grabbed a few more.  She came home with more than twice of what Makena had!

Makena just wanted to eat the candy as she received them.  She was quite frustrated when she learned that that wasn't happening.  

We ended the evening by checking out the loot, giving out some more candy from our door, and then putting down both sugar-loaded kids for the evening.  

Trunk Or Treat

Our church had a Trunk a Treat event where cars lined up and gave out candy from their decorated trunks.  They had bounce houses, movies, crafts and hotdogs.  Derek was the grill master for the evening and served about 400 hot dogs!  The girls enjoyed collecting candy and playing in the bounce house.

Makena found a new friend -- a little girl who I don't think she's ever met before.  Makena kept going over to her to hug her and then would look at me and point to her, as if she was saying, "I LIKE her!"

A Fall Visit

On Thursday, October 20, we headed out to Gradma's house.  The weather was much milder than when we last visited a couple months before.  It was 90 degrees during the day which made it bearable to spend some time outside.  The girls did pretty well on the car ride thanks to a friend's portable DVD player.  

As usual, the girls enjoyed their daily walks helping Nana walk Riley.  

There were plenty of story times with Nana.

But no naps for Karis for the five days we were there led to dozing off in Nana's lap.

On Saturday, we went to Derek's cousin's place.  Kim and Casey live in Phoenix which was about 45 minutes away.  We spent time with them and Bella, their 3-year old daughter.  The kids loved being outside and playing with lots of toys.

We also got to visit with Aunt Alice who drove out from Indiana that weekend.

On Sunday, Derek and I left the girls with Nana and headed to the stadium to watch our first live NFL game -- Steelers vs. Cardinals.

The indoor stadium was beautiful and we enjoyed the controlled climate (read: no Arizona sun beating down on us!).

There were probably more Steelers fans than there were Cardinals fans.  It felt like a home game.

It was a great game.  We witnessed Steelers' longest touchdown pass thus far -- 93 yards!  The Steelers won 32 to 20.