Family Christmas

Here's a picture of all the cousins taken about two weeks when we had an early Christmas get-together.  The funny thing about this picture is that it includes Alyssa....  We had all the cousins together and were taking bunches of pictures.  We decided we were all done when my brother asked if we were going to put Alyssa in the picture.  Doh!!

Front Row (l-r):  Jaden, Colin, Brandon, Noah and Nathan

Back Row (l-r):  Taylor, Alyssa, Robin and Courtney

Siblings

These pictures are from November, but they are too cute to skip.

Halloween

Here are a couple of cute pictures back from Halloween, with Colin as Mario (from Super Mario Brothers), Noah starring as Flash (DC Comics) and Alyssa as a cute ladybug.

Principal's Club

For the second six weeks of school, Colin was recognized for the A Honor Roll as well as Principal's Club (95 and above in all subjects).  He had told us his goal was to get it at least twice and he has now done it twice in a row.

The Takeover of the Robot Christmas Tree

Below is a story created by Colin that he wrote with a friend at school.  His teacher was quite impressed with the story and helped them type it up and format it.  Then she gave them each a copy and they illustrated it.  I just love the creativity of the story and the drawings.  For example, pay close attention to the pictures of the Christmas tree.  Notice that the "fingers" are the lights from a tree and the feet, in several of the pictures, are presents - "To Colin" and "From Santa".

He just loves to write.  We have a ton of stories he has written at home and they are quite entertaining.

Picture Update

While I am way behind on updating our blog, things are going well here.  Just extremely busy (go figure).

However, here are a few recent pictures of the kids. 

Colin's Second Grade Class Picture

Noah's Preschool Picture

Alyssa, just looking cute

Compare and Contrast

This is fun.... trying to determine if Alyssa looks more like one or the other of her brothers.  These are pictures of each of them taken while still in the hospital.  It's interesting as Alyssa was reminding me so much of Noah until I went back and looked at Colin's pictures...

Colin Wester

Noah Wester

Alyssa Wester

Big Brothers

The boys are so excited to have a baby sister.  They give her a lot of attention and often offer assistance to help out.  Noah was playing with her yesterday and said, "I'm so glad this is not a dream."

Here's a few pictures of some proud big brothers.

You Are My Sunshine...

We just got some pictures from the professional photographer here at the hospital.  She really got some great photos of Alyssa.  I've added some here, but there are more at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/westerfamilyphotos/AlyssaSPictures#

 

Tickled Pink (A Party of Five)

Welcoming our new baby girl, Alyssa Brooke Wester, into the world.

See this link for a lot more pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.com/westerfamilyphotos/AlyssaSPictures#

Born Wednesday, 10/13 at 8:09 a.m.
Weighing 7 lbs, 10 oz
19 3/4 inches