Cookies & Milk

So Carrie was at a retreat Friday night until Saturday afternoon, leaving Ellie and me to fend for ourselves for part of the weekend. And what better way to spend our time than to make cookies, and then eat a bunch with milk?

They were Halloween cookies we picked up at the store at Ellie's request. So we cooked them up Friday night. Ellie was more interested in eating them raw than baking them...but we had a good time none the less. Ellie and I topped off our weekend alone (ok, maybe like 15 hours, but at times it felt like a whole weekend!) with a couple hours sliding and swinging at the park and a trip to the pizza buffet (Ellie's request, no really it was). So it was a great time...but we were both happy to see Mom walk back in the door Saturday afternoon!

Fall Foliage Falling

We've had a couple of wonderful fall days toward the end of October. And yesterday we spent some time soaking up the autumn sun and getting some yard work done.

That's Ellie's shovel in the background. She loves to bring the leaves I've just raked, and throw them all over the yard. But she loves to jump in them too.

We had a great day, but it's sad to know that in

just a few short weeks we'll be making snowmen on this same lawn instead...

Throwing leaves up in the air, and landing in our hair!!

Here's the example of the use of Ellie's shovel!!

The Daily Expansion

It's getting bigger...and bigger...and bigger by the day. The belly that holds two new lives continues its daily expansion. Where it will stop, nobody knows...

Carrie's feeling pretty well for the most part though. She's getting tired a little easier these days, and it's a little harder to get up off the couch, but she's doing pretty well for herself. She's a pretty tough little woman. She's about 23 weeks along here, only about 14 more to go (God Willing). But the doctor says Carrie is measuring at around 28 weeks, which is normal with twins and all. Keep praying that they stay in there as long as they can...and that the belly continues its great expansion.

"Don't Call Me Dumbo"

We're well on our way to being ready for Halloween at our household. All that really means is that Ellie has a costume, and she actually likes to wear it. As you can see she's going to be an elephant. We're hoping it's below zero on Halloween night though...mostly because the costume is like a massive thermal suit, and she sweats the moment it's on. Here's hopin' for -10F.

When we were at the store picking it out Ellie looked at each costume and said, "Mommy, I want to be a monkey..." and then she would see another costume and say, "Mommy, I want to be a zebra!" We ended up deciding on the elephant, but in the last week all she wants to be is a princess. One can never win...

Welcome To Our Lives...

Like so many friends who've blogged before us, we embark on the task of keeping people informed about our lives by trying this little thing called a web log.

Of course we've got our myspace and facebook accounts, but those just don't do our friends and family enough to help them keep up with our hectic lives. Oh no. We must give more, we must write more, we must inform.

So here we are, informing you. Those who cannot view our myspace pages, because you don't have your our myspace account (M. Bouche' that's you) or to our family who may have never heard of myspace. Many who may have thought myspace just means a special spot in the world just for them.

We hope you enjoy our lives, and enjoy keeping up with us. Soon it won't be easy to keep up with the Studers...with the family expanding as fast as Carrie's pregnant belly :)

So read on...and on...and on...