October flew by and now we are into November. The Walker family had lots fun and new adventures last month. We are all adjusting to life with a newborn. Grace is now more accepting of her new baby brother. Only once in a while does she ask us to send Marshall back or to take away all of Marshall's toys. Carl and I are amazed that we can "function" on so little sleep. We knew we would be up with Marshall but didn't anticipate the times we would be up with both kids. For example Grace has a cold this week so when we finished feeding/changing Marshall at dawn o clock in the morning we then had to administer to the sickee. Despite the hectic and sleep deprived schedule we are enjoying both of our kids.

In the midst of work, family and church callings Carl is trying to scratch out some time for hunting. We've had warm weather and some windy days which made it difficult during bow season. Now its black powder and Carl is hoping to get a deer. We'll keep you posted.

I've been training our dogs Smokey and Ginger. It's going well and I'm hoping to be mostly done with training by the end of the year. My goal is to have the dogs respond to come and down in all situations, eliminate signs of aggression (constant barking, growling) and in General have well behaved dogs when we have company over. I'm using a dog training video and what we learned from our dog trainer in NY. I know everyone thought we were crazy getting two new dogs so close to Marshall's birth. I admit at times I think it was a crazy idea as well. But I'm glad we did . I didn't know how much I would miss having a dog until Bandit left. I love both of our new dogs.

Grace and Marshall are doing well. Grace had tons of fun on Halloween. First she participated in Trunk or Treat at church on Wed night. Thursday she had a Halloween party at school and then Friday was trick or treat. I'm proud to say that our almost 4 year old WALKED the entire time we trick our treated. Many parents were driving their kids to houses right next to each other. Grace will turn 4 this Friday (I really just can't believe that!) She is now old enough to request her own special birthday dinner. She has asked that we go out for Mushroom Pizza. And she specifically said she didn't want mom to make the pizza.

Marshall is eating us out of house and home. He eats and eats. He is now nearly 10lbs and in the 75% percentile for both weight and height. He is cooing and smiling and loves to watch Grace. He will be blessed this Sunday.

Here is the latest in Grace "vocabulary"

Bees and butterflies get "connecter" from the flowers.

Mary Mary "fright and ferry" is one of her favorite nursery rhymes
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There are four "reasons" right now the "reason" is Autumn.

Can't wait to read some new posts! Amber