3 kids, 2 adults and a dog!

This post is coming to you from Wichita, Kansas. The boys, Maya, Nana and I drove to Kansas City last Friday and now we are 3 hours south in Wichita. We left at 3:00 am (yes, that's AM!) on Friday morning. We figured we could knock some hours off of our 12 hour trip while the kids were sleeping. To our surprise, the boys stayed awake until 5:00ish. They just sat in their car seats quietly, with binky's and babies. After awhile, they took a nap, we got them breakfast, and watched several movies. Around noonish, we stopped at a McDonald's play area for about an hour. After they burned off some energy, we piled in the car again and arrived in KC 2 hours later. The trip was super easy. Maya only complained if she needed to eat or wanted to look at someone. Lola was a little bent out of shape because she couldn't ride shotgun! Every time Lorraine had to get in the back to feed Maya, Lola was right there to take her seat.

We stayed at Aunt Kim's house Friday to Monday. The boys were in heaven playing with Brooke and Blake. And, of course, they loved their dogs and cats, too. Saturday went to the park and saw Grandpa John and Terri. Sunday morning we saw our friend Charlie for breakfast, then went to Brooke's volleyball game in the afternoon. Monday morning we headed down to Nana and Papa's house.

Besides the fact that the boys have been going to bed later than usual, not taking naps, drinking lots of pop (thanks Aunt Kim!) and have major diaper rash, things have gone very well. Maya, of course, has been the perfect baby and is such a joy to be around.

Grandma Moorefield and I are planning on leaving Saturday afternoonish to start traveling back home. We will probably stop overnight in St.Louis, then finish our trip on Sunday. Since going home will be a 14 hour drive, we figured we wouldn't attempt to do it in one day.

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Girls just want to have fun!

Maya had her own playdate today. From the left, June, Lena, Maddie and Maya. The girls "talked", played, cried and napped together. It's fun to be a girl!

Look who's joining us at the table!

Dinner With Friends!

Painting Gone Wrong!

Rub a dub dub, 3 Moorefields in the tub!

Ha, Ha, Ha!

Maya had her first giggles today. It was so cute. I was holding her above my head pretending she was an airplane. She kept smiling big then shared a laugh. My heart melted! She's growing so fast. I just cleaned her summer clothes out of her closet. I can't believe my baby girl is growing out of some of her clothes.

The boys and I took advantage of the last nice fall day. It was warm and in the 70's. We made a huge leaf pile. We ended up raking our neighbors yard to get enough to jump in. Adam especially enjoyed throwing leaves and Jack liked running through them. It was a great day!

She's a keeper!

I got Maya this cool new seat. It's just her size and I love the versatility of it.

And she loves being able to interact with her brothers too!

The boys were so cute sharing their new toys with their sister. I think they finally have realized that she is here to stay!

Of course, Jack liked that fact that he could share if he wanted and he could take the toys back when he wanted also. Maya doesn't put up a fight....yet.

Afternoon Movie!

November is here

Wow, November is here! Why is it that time goes by so fast? I can't believe Maya is 3 months old and the boys are well on their way to being 3! I've been enjoying all of the kids and I'm extremely happy that things are settled and it feels like we've been a family of 5 for a long time. Oh, family of 7, can't forget Bax and Lola.

Speaking of Baxter, he's officially an indoor/outdoor cat. I found that when I got the boys out the door and turned around to grab Maya's car seat, he would sneak out. Of course, instead of leaving all three children unattended, I'd just let him stay outside until he came back. Now, I let him out if he's by the door and he usually stays within a few houses of ours. His consequence for being an outdoor cat was getting 3 shots (rabies, and 2 others) and regular flee prevention. Remember my post a while ago when Baxter went missing and I posted flyer's all over my neighborhood? What a waste of time...

Adam and Jack are doing great. They are talking more and have discovered the excitement of M&M's. They are the best bribe. Like when I'm calling them and they run the opposite way, I just say "who wants Chocey"! And they come running. Yes, chocolate is chocey. Everything they say has a "y" at the end of it. Like when Adam cries "Boxey" he simply wants a "juice box". Their doctor says they are right on track for talking, but we are watching them carefully;) Or when we are in a public place and they yell "sucky!", they are just wanting a sucker (so embarrassing.)

Maya is such a cutie! She smiles and talks all of the time! I thought she might have acid reflux because she was spitting so much, but the doctor informed me that she is a "happy spitter". So between many, many wet bids and several outfit changes during the day, she's a very low maintenance baby.

Can't believe the election is almost over! Finally! Jessi, Maya and I waited in line for 3 1/2 hours today to vote. Besides hoping the candidate I voted for wins, the best part of voting is the sticker they give you. Free Starbucks on Nov.4th for those who voted! Just show them your sticker. No, seriously, I hope everyone gets out there and does their part by voting.