Blessed!

My little jumping bean...jumping on her trampoline...growing up so fast...and POTTY TRAINED!!! Granted, it's only been 2 days now that she's been in underwear, but no accidents the last 2 days either! She's been going on the potty for a week or so, so I gave the undies a go & so far so good! We had a gift card so we all went out to eat last night & grocery shopped together...it was kinda fun. But Abbi told us 2 times she had to 'pee on poddy', and both times she went. (she had a diaper on since we were out but still told us...I am still in shock at how easy she has been after Josiah's struggle)

My 'Trick or Treater's'

2 Balerina's & a Zoo keeper =)

Thanksgiving Memories

Jack...what a stud
Cereal party!

Ab's & Rae...what a pair

Well, I hope everyone's feeling better...Chad was sick Mon night-Tues, but so far no one else here got it! (hoping that means we're in the clear) But I'm hearing of people everywhere with this, so who knows if or when we actually will get anything. We're heading to Belvidere tonight to be with the Jepson's. We're coming home tomorrow night, so pray for us as it sounds like it could be nasty. If it's too bad we'll just stay & drive back Sun morn or something...Anyway, so good to be with everyone last weekend! Love you all! Kristy

New Niece

Meet the newest Plattner, Colette. Last weekend I traveled to Detroit to visit my newest niece. Aaron had to work, but I had a chance to spend some time with my in-laws. Colette is a beautiful little girl....dark hair, dark skin, and dark blue eyes. I didn't think you could get any cuter then the Kaufmann nieces and nephews...but she's pretty cute!
Aaron was jealous, but he hopes to get to meet her on Thanksgiving. And we're looking forward to seeing all of you on Friday!
Spencer, the proud uncle. He was a little disappointed they had a girl...but that soon changed;)

More Pics from the Weekend

Shopping with the whole family


Joe dressed as a firefighter at the Children's Museum
Watching the street drummers, they can do amazing things with 5 gallon buckets!

Chicago thru the Eyes of a Child

This weekend Aaron and I had the privilage of hosting Joe, Maggie and Chet in Chicago...what an adventure we had! Seeing the city through the eyes of children is a wonderful thing to do once you've lived here a few months. Besides the fact that I fell asleep at 8 last night (from pure exhaustion) we had a great time and would do it again! After a night of playing at the park and eating at Potbelly's for supper Joe and Maggie learned how to play the game Sorry....and yes Joe won! Maggie's attention span isn't quite long enough to keep up with the game yet:) Saturday morning we headed downtown. Instead of driving we thought we'd take the kids on the public transportation (brilliant idea by Aaron).
Waiting for the "train" Chet liked to keep looking down the tracks. Chet: "Sigh, when's the train gonna come?" But it was worth the wait, they were all pretty fascinated by going in the tunnel (subway). From there we caught a bus, and I thought Chet and Maggie's eyes would pop they were so big as we drove through the city.
We finally made it to the Discovery Museum and the kids were entertained for hours with all their exhibits. The water works exhibit being their favorite, they also "dug for dinasaur bones," built model airplanes and timed how long they would stay in the air and went bowling. This all happened before noon, needless to say, lunchtime came quickly. We met up with Andy and Marie for Chicago style Pizza and then went to the Lego store and Sanria.
We had a great time, Thanks Andy and Marie for coming up!
Booxy

Costume Party--Year 3

Michael & Jane had another fun Costume Party again this year! Being pregnant, my costume options were very limited. So we decided to dress as an oven and chef. Klint was SOOO excited not to have to color his hair or paint his face. Now it was my turn to make an idiot of myself. This outfit was really hard to get on and take off. Jane informed me the week before the party that we were going to do a scavenger hunt around Bluffton. I kind of freaked out b/c I literally could not sit down in my costume. So, Jessica took a captain seat out of their van so I could kneel the whole time and not have to take my costume off. The girls beat the guys bad! It was alot of fun!

If you look close on my oven timer, you will see we had it set to the exact minutes when the "bun" in the oven would be done (88,260 minutes until my due date)

You may have to click on this pic to see everyone:

L-R: Nick & Jessica (Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head), Andy & Jenna (Mike & Carol Brady), Klint & Sarah, Joel & Erin (Gypsy (SP?) couple), Jeremy & Christy (Jean & Gene - a pair of blue jeans), Michael & Jane (Sister Jane & Father Michael)

Hope you enjoyed!

Klint & I will be in Bloomington Sunday...hope to see some of you then! Loveya all

Sarah