Six little pumkins sitting in a row

 

Carving Jack-o-lanterns with our Friends the Sessions. Yes, Micah and I were left to finish our boys' pumkins. Marcus decided to leave his pumkin uncarved. He was hungry instead.

Sea Water

A conversation that occurred yesterday while Jacksen was in the bathtub:

Jax: "Mom, I know how to say Sea Water in Spanish"

Rachel: "Really? How do you say it?"

"J: "(a short pause while he thinks about it) um, it's 'see-wah'

R: "Oh, you are very smart"

J: "yep." (he says very matter-of factly)

Later that day....

J: "Mom, Do you know what 'sonee-dee-dee' means?"

R: "No, what?"

J: (another pause while he thinks) "um.... it's Spanish. It means.....um, 'your in big Doo-Doo'"

I continue to be amazed @ my extraordinarily intelligent son. I have no idea how he learned Spanish, but apparently he knows it. And I didn't even have to teach it to him! :)

Take a Hike

 

Morgan and Jacksen went Hiking with Dad on Saturday. It was a tough hike 4 miles up (it was pretty steep) and 4 down... Micah said they were real troopers.

Baby Bath

So this is a picture of Marcus all wrapped up after his first bathtub bath. His hands were getting pretty cold and look a bit purple-ish in this picture.

 

My Piece of Heaven

So I have really been thinking lately how peaceful our home has been with Marcus here. Babies bring such an amazing spirit into your home. I'm so grateful to have him here in our family...it is a priviledge to have a peice of heaven in our home. He is such a sweet baby.

The newest member of the Budge family

So here he is Marcus Daniel Budge. He was 7lbs 6oz, 20 1/2 inches long, born on 10-8-08 (Wednesday @ 3:56 pm)and 15 DAYS EARLY!!! I was so NOT prepared. Neither Morgan nor Jacksen were early so I had no ideas of having an early baby, but I'm very glad he was, otherwise he would've been mammoth! The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck 3 times as well as his right arm but thankfully I had a really great Dr. and he was Jonny-on-the-spot about getting him out and untangled and baby is totally healthy and fine...OH AND my 2nd successful VBAC-yay.

The final product of my Movie Star Husband's trip to CA

In case any of you were wondering, The commercial, Movie trailer or whatever you want to call it, that Micah flew in, is done...yeah, My husband rolls with the big dogs, you know Kid Rock, Dale Earnhart Jr....kidding he never met them but the video is cool and hats off to Kid Rock for being so vocal about supporting the troops.
You can view it here:

http://www.nationalguardwarrior.com/

There are a few extra "making of" videos below the screen with extra footage of Micah flying. Any scene with an Apache is Micah :)

As a funny side note, the little afghanistan kid who kicks the soccer ball into the street and the soldier that kicks it back to him, well I guess this little kid is some up and coming kid star actor...well during a break Micah was in the snack tent and this kid was in there and Micah was like, "Hey, could you do me a favor and hand me one of those waters?" He said the kid looked at him for a few seconds like, "your asking me to hand you a water? Do you know who I am?" Although the kid didn't actually say anything he just paused and then finally said "here" and handed Micah a water to which Micah thanked him. It wasn't till much later that Micah found out this kid had "status" kind of funny I thought.