Three!!

Okay, so three kids is a little bit CRAZY!! The days fly by and nothing gets done. But they are awesome so I guess it is worth a dirty house and a few less showers a week than usual :) Since Keira was born almost a month ago (already!), I have a lot of pictures. Here is a preview...if you want lots more, click here. Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween!

Well, somehow we managed to celebrate Halloween with a one week old in the house :) We carved pumpkins for the first time (even if it was the night before Halloween and we only got to enjoy them one time! Ha!).

Trav did all the hard work, of course. Justus thought it was too messy to help! (I wonder where he gets that...??!)

Piper had fun scooping out the insides of the pumpkin. Well...at least as long as her attention span allowed!

I should have pics of the finished products but I don't. Justus chose a ghost for his and a kitty face for Piper's. They turned out cute, but no one will ever know... :)

Some friends of ours organized a little party a few days before Halloween, and Trav took Justus (he tried to take Piper but she refused to put on her cute little ladybug costume and pretty much had an all-out tantrum about it so she just stayed home!).

Justus had a blast though - all his friends were there, he got to bob for apples, there was a pinata, and of course lots of candy and goodies.

 We love his "man in black" mustache after eating his cupcake!

Halloween night - Trav and the kids met up with our friends for some trick-or-treating to a few friends' houses. Piper was so stinkin' cute in her ladybug costume but we hardly got any pics! And Trav says she loved trick-or-treating and was totally into it :)

Afterwards, we had some more sweets and cider at our house and watched Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin (one of Justus' faves!). Piper ate everything in sight (surprise) and overdosed on cookies, cake and candy.

And in case you were wondering, Keira pretty much slept through all of these events!!! (If she wasn't a third child, she probably would have had a costume too, but oh well...I'm sure she'll forgive me.)

It's a girl...Keira Jane!!

Keira Jane Buchanan

Born October 23, 2012 @ 2:33am (Scotland time!)

7 lbs, 8 oz

Sweet and perfect!!

She came quick...first contraction at 12:30am - born two hours later! Thanks to Trav's Bond-like driving skills, we made it to the hospital in time!

Just a few hours old - and yes, behind us is the bed where she was born. Trust me, I walked in and thought, "That's it??" but it did the job!

Proud dad of another beautiful girl!

Snoozing away - she seems to love to sleep almost as much as her sis.

First meeting for Justus, Piper and Keira - Justus was SO excited to meet and hold his little sister ("I knew it was going to be a girl!"). I think Piper was still trying to take it all in :)

 Happy big brother!

Getting ready to head home - that same afternoon!! They don't mess around in the NHS... they actually tried to send us home when she was 2.5 hours old and told us we could come back later that day for the pediatrician to check her out! Ha!! I declined. So we left that afternoon instead :)

 Sweet welcome signs from some of our friends.

 Sissies hanging out at home.

 "I want to feed her too!" Ha ha ha.

First day home with everyone. She has already had lots of visitors. And our sweet friends have been spoiling us with meals, flowers, gifts, etc. We feel so loved!

 Piper finally asked to hold her today and she seemed to like it :)

And Justus wanted another family shot.

Cozied up in her towel after her first bath (which she hated!).

Bedtime cuddles with Pipes...

...and Justus.

We love having Keira with us!! What a sweet blessing. Can't wait for you all to meet her! For lots more pics, click here.

Piper and the "Ha-Pod"

So...Piper may be just a little obsessed with the iPod lately (or as she calls it, the "ha-pod"). The amazing thing about it is how she is able to navigate through all the different apps and find the ones she likes (it's really cute to see her tiny fingers swiping the screen to get to something new!). The annoying thing about it is trying to fix all of the weird settings that she changes when she has it. The cutest thing about it is finding the random pictures and videos she takes without even realizing it!

The hair!

Obviously, the feet and half-face are the most common angles!

She did somehow manage to get one of herself and everyone in the family...

Even mom & the baby bump.

I love how chubby she looks from this angle at the end of this video! Ha!

I have no idea what she's saying in this one (except you can hear her say "ha-pod"!) but her voice is just so cute!