Smiles

Joel can smile.

Rachel can smile too.

Anna is thinking about smiling.

She is working up to a smile.

Anna can smile!!!

Thanks Giving is Right Around the Corner

We had a female turkey visit us today.  He might turn into Thanks Giving dinner... Yum Yum.
I know it's a female because there is no beard feathers in the front. I learned about this because one of my good friends at work hunts turkeys.

First sighting. Her gobbling gave her away.

The kids check out Mrs. Turkey.

The turkey is a bit nervous about getting her picture taken.

It's Strutting Time

Zoo Day

For my last day of paternity leave, we all went to the zoo in Sacramento. It was lots of fun to go with all five of us. Anna slept most of the time but everyone else was nice and awake and we looked at all the animals.  We brought out lunch there too which was nice.  Enjoy the pictures!

It's Rachel and Joel

It's Rachel

It's Joel

You must be this tall to ride the roller coaster.

Rebekah matched the zebras.  Anna is hiding out in the stroller.

Scott likes giraffes so I was thinking about him.  I hope he sees this.

And this is the money shot!!! Not sure why, but she had a little smile just as I was getting out the camera and I got the shot.  Then the smile went away.

This was what we looked at while eating lunch.  Rachel even posed for me.

Joel still gets some Mommy time.

Anna slept almost the whole trip to the zoo.  She's good at sleeping.

2 Weeks Ago

I found some pictures that were 2 weeks old but they are fun so I'll share them.

She's so cute!  Don't you just want to take her home?  Don't you just want to watch her ALL DAY? (No guarantees that she will stay sleeping all day)

The crib seems so huge again doesn't it!

Anna is still in this picture.  But look how cute Joel is!

The ears on the hat are so cute.  It makes me wonder why all beanies don't have ears. They you all might want to look at pictures of me.

Rachel's Grand Parent's Birthday Party

Last night Grammy, Grandpa, Grandma, and Grandpa all came over to celebrate Rachel's sixth birthday.  According to Rachel, it took way to long to get to the present opening part.  The gifts from both sets of grand parents were hits.  But the real hit of the night (I thought) was the awesome birthday cake that Rebekah made for Rachel.

Please note that we got good smiles from Rachel in all of these pictures. Apparently the trick to get her to smile is to give her gifts and chocolate cake.

This is a chocolate princess castle cake with four turrets, two levels, and a peanut butter cream filling. It looked amazing!

Look! Rachel is smiling for a picture with her very cool cake!

Rachel got a very cool comforter and sheet set from Grandma and Grandpa Short. Here she is in front of the comforter.

Grammy and Grandpa got her a Lego Elves play set.  She has already built the dragon and has been working on building the castle.  Joel has played with the dragon for at least an hour already...  He may need his own dragon for Christmas.

Anna wanted her picture up here too.  It's hard to capture the essence of Anna right now since she squirms so much, but sometimes she looks awake and content at the same time.

Welcome to the World Anna Bjork!

Thursday afternoon when I was playing ping pong at work Rebekah called and said it was time to go to the hospital because they were going to induce her.  That night Anna was born. She was 8 lbs, 4 oz.

Rebekah and Anna got to come today from the Hospital after only 2 nights.  They let her walk out of the hospital!  I guess by the time you have your third baby they think you are a pro.

This is Anna getting weighed 1 hour after being born.

Rebekah looks great only hours after giving birth. Look at those fancy Jamberry nails!

Joel is a pro at holding his little sister.

Rachel loves holding Anna. She's held him several times already and has been getting better at holding her for long periods of time. She is a great big sister. After all, she's had practice for 3 years.

Anna joined us at the dinner table tonight and didn't fuss.  It was cool to have all five of us together for dinner.

Baby Bump Pictures

We did not take many pictures this pregnancy, but I felt inspired a couple weeks ago to do a little photo shoot in the back yard during the kiddos quiet time.

We are 39 weeks today.  I have very mixed feelings about this.  On the one hand I am tired of being huge and uncomfortable and dealing with the heat, but on the other hand I am trying to savor every moment and every kick.  Pregnancy while tough and long really is a blessing and miracle.