Nothing too new...

Well, not a whole lot has been going on in the McDermott house lately. We are just enjoying the fall colors and the crisp weather. We still haven't carved our pumpkins yet but are planning to do that this week sometime. Kade is with my mom as I type this. She wanted to take him for the weekend so it has been really quiet around here. Corinne is so easy... makes me wonder what was so hard about having one baby when Kade was a little one. :) Here are a few recent pictures of the kiddos. We are looking forward to Halloween next weekend. Kade wanted to be a spider again and Corinne is going to be in a peapod outfit. I am going to have to find a way to ration the candy with Kade. He has a slight sweet tooth just like mommy. haha.

Trip to the apple orchard

We tried out a new apple orchard this year on the advice of friends. It was very fun and Kade really enjoyed himself. He has already been asking when he can go again. Aside from having to drive to Greenfield for it, it was easy and cheap fun.

Rewards!

Well, most of you probably have heard that we have been having some serious bedtime issues with Kade since Corinne was born a couple of months ago. It has really thrown me for a loop since Kade has always went to bed easily and stayed there the entire night. I have decided that some of it is due to having a new baby sister and some of it is just his age. Anywho...We had to change some things up. Last week I made up a sticker chart and explained things to Kade. He gets a sticker for every night that he stays in his bed and in his room without coming out. After filling up a row on the chart he gets to pick a "prize" out of the cup. I wrote out special things that Kade likes to do on little slips of paper and folded them up. Then I put them into a cup for him to pick from. This morning was the big morning. He had successfully stayed in his room for 6 nights and filled up an entire row on his chart with stickers. He was really excited and picked his prize out of the cup. The slip of paper he choose said we could go get ICE CREAM. Exciting! So, we made a trip to get some ice cream later on in the day. I didn't have my camera when we went to get the icecream but here are some pictures of the chart and him holding his prize slip of paper. The other pic is of Corinne in her pretty sunday dress. (had to include one of her)

I'm a big slacker!

Hello! I feel like a total slacker for my lack of posts in recent months. Things in the McDermott household are slowly starting to get back to "normal". Actually we are getting into a new normal as we get used to being a family of four! Corinne is doing wonderfully. She was at the doctor last week and she is a little over 11 lbs. now. She is really getting some rolls and chubby cheeks that are so fun to pinch and kiss. She is a happy baby and pretty easy going. She reminds me a lot of Kade as a baby.

Kade is doing well also. He has taken to being a big brother and loves his little sister very much! If we can just get him to be a little more gentle we will be set. :) He is so proud of her and just wants to be close to her all the time...sometimes a little TOO close. He is still going to his preschool two days a week and loves it. He has a very nice teacher this year and couldn't be happier with "school".

We are so excited about the fall weather and the close of another season. Christmas will be here before we know it! I am not ready for that! I go back to work my two days in early October. I am nervous about being away from Corinne but I know she will be fine. Here are a few new pictures for you all.

She's here!

Corinne Mae McDermott
Born July 13th 2009 @ 9:12 am
6 lb. 10 oz 19 1/4 inches long

4th of July fun

Kade really liked the sparklers this year!
Eating ice cream while watching fireworks. Sweet smile!

Fishing fun at Moss Pond

We went fishing down at the pond in our neighborhood this evening. Kade and Rachel (our niece) really enjoyed themselves. Everyone caught some fish. I caught my first ever, I think. Kade had fun reeling them in and Rachel caught the most fish of anyone. It was really fun so enjoy some new pictures!

BUBBLES!

Hi all! Yes, we are still alive. I guess I just haven't been in the blogging zone lately. We have been enjoying the warm summer weather and anxiously counting down the weeks to the arrival of baby sister. Kade has been a real sweetie lately and we have been having lots of fun together on my days off. Everyone keeps asking me if Kade is ready for the baby. Well, it is hard to tell with a 3 year old but he seems very open to it and positive about it. We have her room pretty much ready...just need to start washing some of her sleepers, sheets, and other stuff like that. We still have some time though. I can't believe it is June already. I will try to be better about posting in the near future. :)

We have been doing some home improvement projects that I will try to get some pictures of and post on here. We had the wood on our house painted a couple of weeks ago and we LOVE it! The color to go with was a HUGE decision but it turned out so well! Scott and I are really happy with it. Last weekend Scott and his dad started a lighting project in our kitchen. We wanted to switch out he old 90's florescent lighting and have some recessed lighting put in. They got lots done in one day and we are planning to finish it up soon. I like it so much better already. They could leave it half finished and I would like it better than what was there before. I will put a finished product pic up when we are done.

Easter 2009

Kade had a very fun Easter weekend with egg hunts and time spent with family. He really "got it" this year and was excited about everything. We spent a lot of time trying to help him understand the true meaning of Easter as well. He understood a lot more of it than I thought he would.
This is him during an egg hunt at Gran's house.

The Easter bunny left Kade a tackle box at our house to go with the fishing pole he got for his B-day. He was so excited...can you tell by that big smile on his face?

Kade is three!

Our sweet boy turned three years old last week. I have been procrastinating about putting pictures up. He had a very fun CARS themed party and got lots of fun new toys. He had preschool on his actual birthday and they made him the above crown to wear for the day. He loved that! He also got to take treats in for his friends. Below is a picture of him with his new fishing pole. He really loves playing with it and can't wait to go fishing with daddy.

In other news, Kade had his 3-year well visit at Dr. Kidd's office today. He measured 50th for weight and 15th for height. I knew he was going to be a shorty. I guess he doesn't have much of a chance with Scott and I. The Dr. said he still expects Kade will be about 5ft 10in. or so but I am not holding my breath on that one :) He was very healthy overall. We are so thankful! I know there are families all over the place with children that are sick and hurting. I have purposed lately never to take for granted how healthy and alive our boy is. He is a blessing from the Lord and we feel so honored to be his parents. Thank you Lord for sharing him with us! We know he is yours!


Here he is blowing his candles out.


Aunt Steph made Kade's cake for him. She has made all of his cakes so far and does a GREAT job!

Our little stinker

Above is how I found Kade watching one of his cartoons yesterday. Doesn't he look like such a big boy laying like that?

The other day I found him playing in the dryer. He thought it was pretty funny. After getting out he decided it would be really fun to put all of his matchbox cars in there. We did learn that the light bulb in the dryer is hot and will burn your fingers....probably not the best place to play.

Play time

Last Friday Kade and I tried out a new place to play. It is a gymnastics place that has open play at different times throughout the week. We couldn't believe how much fun it was or how much there was to do there. It was a HUGE room just full of trampolines, a bouncy house, foam pit and lots more. We will definitely be becoming regulars there. It was very fun!

Indian Boy

This was our project earlier today. Kade wanted to show it off a little. He is an Indian. Can you tell those are feathers? Well, at least his sweet face may brighten your day. :)

Valentine's Day

Kade got some fun Valentine's Day gifts from Daddy and Mommy that he would like to share with you. He really enjoyed his paints and new markers. (he is actually painting now as I type this). It has been one activity lately that he is content to do on his own for a good 15 min or so. :)