I don't know what's going on with the format of my blog and don't care to fix it at the moment, so sorry for the ugly/confusing layout!

I'm slowly trying to dig out and catch up. I had been feeling so good physically after having Harrison that I made it my goal to continue life as close to normally as possible, but it caught up with me this week. I got mastitis which knocked me on my butt for a few days and taught me a lesson about taking it slower. Three weeks ago (!), Kelly came to visit. We celebrated her August birthday a couple months late.
Connor adores Harrison and always wants to hold him. In the middle of October, Mom and Dad came to visit! It was a bit of a shock to see Dad get out of the car with facial hair! Connor and Alaina loved having them here, showering them with attention, and even back-to-back trips to McDonalds. :) We had our first snow of the season while they were here. Snowball fight! I had intended to take a picture of our yellow leaves against the beautiful blue October sky, but this is a visual representation of how I feel like time is just getting away from me lately! Dad was great to bring stuff to have the kids help him spruce up their train track. Harrison has long, beautiful fingers, and may be getting sick of the camera in his face. Mom had fun activities planned every day for Connor and Alaina that kept them happy and engaged. It was nice to let Mom and Dad take the reigns and just park my tush on the sofa. Did somebody say "milk"?! Alaina has slowly but surely warmed up to Harrison as the days go by, and has just recently asked to hold him. I think the older kids will really start to enjoy him once he starts to laugh.