Holiday Magic!

This blog is difficult to keep up now with 2 kids, being back to work and busy with holiday festivities! We have had a lot happen since the last time I posted. I am back to work, which is going pretty good. Our wonderful babysitter, April, is coming into our house which makes everything 100 times easier! Finn  got baptized and will be 3 months this coming Wednesday. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving visiting both sides of the family. We had our 2nd annual cutting of our Christmas tree with the boys on a cold wintery day.  And now we are settling in to our home with the winter coming fast upon us and enjoying the Christmas decorations, shopping, wrapping of gifts, and cooking baking.  I love the smell of the house at this time of year with the delicious cookies and the smell of the tree.

 Finn with his godparents, Aunt Andrea and Uncle Nick!

 My little turkeys!

 5th Annual Turkey Trot! Owen's first experience.

 We brought Owen to the Discovery Museum in Rockford and he loved the Tot Spot. Hopefully we will get back soon. He could have stayed there all day and played.

 No surprise that he especially liked the train. It was amazing that he actually wore a hat. I guess we may need to buy him a Train Conductor's hat to wear on cold days.

 Annual Christmas Tree hunt.  This year's tree was a little on the small side, but still looks great.

 Back in November we spotted a buck in our neighbor's yard behind us. We could not believe our eyes at how large it was in the middle of a neighborhood.

 Owen loves cleaning toilets thanks to Grandma Bogdonas for introducing him to it. Now I know that I can put him to work cleaning for me.

 A few old pictures from Halloween. Owen was a construction worker but did not want to wear his hard hat or tool belt. He definitely enjoyed the candy though! We was on a sugar high until he hit a wall at about 6:30 and passed out for the night.

Fall Fun

Here is what we have been doing this fall. Time sure is flying by:

Welcome to the World Finn Edward Cavanaugh!

On Wednesday, September 5th, our lives abruptly changed again as we welcomed our second son, Finn Edward, into the world. He came in a speedy fashion with all but about 5 hours from start to finish and 2 rounds of pushing Finn was born.  We are blessed with another beautiful baby boy to add to our wonderful family. Below are pictures from the past week and a half.

Dr. Carman and I. She almost did not make it and was not supposed to be on call, but we could not have the party without her again!

 Owen is observing and not quite sure what has just happened.

 Our growing family! I love all of my handsome boys!

Coming home on Thursday! I asked if we could leave the next day. I was feeling great and anxious to get home and get going with the next endeavor ahead. 

Some of the pictures from Finn's Hospital Photo Shoot

 Finn had jaundice and was a glow worm for a few days with a Billy Blanket. He is doing much better now.

 This was mom's gift to Owen as a big brother. He takes after his father and loves his tools. I think I am going to have another handy man!

Oh Where Did August Go?!

I am writing this post on Labor Day Weekend and wondering where the month of August went. I last posted after returning from Family Week at the end of July and another month has already come and gone. We are 3 weeks away from the due date of the birth of our second child.  This is the first Labor Day weekend since we have been together that we have been home. It has been nice though to get last minute things done around the house, like pack my hospital bag and make some freezer meals for the weeks ahead when cooking will be the last thing on my mind.  Hopefully our next post will be pictures of CavBaby #2!  

Owen is getting so big, he is now definitely turning into a little boy. He constantly swats our hands away so that he can do things on his own. He can actually vacuum with the Shark Vac on his own, I love it!!!  

 We did some canning of pickles again this year and they turned out delicious again! We actually just finished our last can of pickles from last year this past weekend.

 I have made plenty of pasta sauce from the wonderful tomatoes. However, it has been hard to keep up with Owen eating all of the cherry tomatoes out of the garden as we are picking them. But I can't complain because it is a wonderful snack for him. Although when he eats rotten or green tomatoes that is probably not the best thing!

 This was week 33! Oh how I am so big!

 Owen is quite the climber, he is like a little monkey. And for anyone that is around Owen for a short amount of time you know that he is constantly falling and getting right back up at em'. Well he fell off this box laughing hysterically and then got right back up on it.  He is such a stinker! He will have me and the baby running after him this fall.

 Week 36 Bump! Only a few more weeks to go.

 Nothing like y two boys vacuuming for mom on a Saturday morning. Like father, like son! Makes the wife/mom happy!

 We enjoyed Grayslake's Summer Daze with our neighbors, Owen's good buddy Jackson.  Many firsts for Owen- his first carnival, his first giant slide and his first carnival ride on the dragon.

 Owen has started to get an attention span of about 5 minutes when it comes to watching Super Why on the IPAD. I love watching his face when we first turn it on and the theme song starts playing. He gets a giant smile and he gravitates toward the IPAD and his buddy Wyatt.  It is pretty scary also that a 17-month old knows how to use the IPAD. I think he was teaching grandma how to use it when she was watching him one day.  Pretty soon he will be teaching me things to do on it.

 Owen with some of his Jesionowski cousins. He had so much fun playing with all of their big boy toys.

 Owen and Cousin Victoria. At one point he was eating off her plate. I sure hope he learns his manners around girls before he gets older!

 I can't imagine loving another child as much as I love this little guy. But I am sure my heart will make room for another child in just a few short weeks. Owen has grown into such a loving little boy. Yesterday I left to run an errand and asked him for a kiss. He came over to me with his mouth wide open and came up to my mouth. My heart melted at that moment, although he needs to learn eventually to not go in for a kiss with a big wide open mouth. He might scare a future wife off!