It's been quite awhile since my last post!

First, I have to say welcome to the world our precious baby Will! What a sweet sweet boy we have- and T.J. and I feel so fortunate to have three other children that are so crazy over him they fight to play with him!

William Emory Obringer was born on 10/21 around 9:40am, weighing 8 lb 7 oz (2 weeks early!). This labor was surprisingly (surprising since the last two were around 3 hrs start to finish) the longest of any of them- 7-8 hrs- possibly because his head was pointed down toward my right hip...so my wonderful doctor fixed that right away and things progressed.




And two months later here is our happy boy! He loves to interact with anyone that will give him a little attention!



Second, I got a new amazing camera for my birthday from T.J. It is great but for awhile made the uploading of pics very difficult to blogger. I think about blogging so often and a) didn't know how to fix the picture problem, b) didn't honestly have the time to sit down and figure it out, and c) thought about trying to "catch up" from August and couldn't do it. The pictures I've posted are from my iphone- still haven't figured out how to post normal pics! So there may be a post here and there about the fall! There are so many things that have happened...

- the boys started at a new school- Tripp is in Pre-K and Jack is in the "young 3's"...they LOVE the school, and I do as well. Teachers are amazing and it's much closer to our new house!

- the boys also got swine flu when I was 35/36 weeks pregnant- freaked out a little but everything turned out ok.

- Jack turned 3 and Tripp turned 5! They had their joint friends b'day party at Pump it Up! Jack's birthday dinner was spent at, of course, T-Rex Cafe, and Tripp chose Chuck E Cheese. This party was on 10/17, the boys went back to Atlanta with my dad on 10/20 and were to return on 10/25 to give me a break before my scheduled induction on the 26th. I ended up going into labor that night after T.J. and I spent a wonderful, rare evening alone with Charlotte, and had him the next morning. The boys returned several days after I came home from the hospital. It was great knowing they were busy in Atlanta having a blast, and it was great coming home from the hospital to a quiet house.

- My mom brought the boys back and stayed a couple weeks...man what a help! I was physically feeling like my normal self again by the time they returned, but she was so helpful with the adjustment to having another baby! Thanks mom!

- Halloween was spent with our good friends, the Wasingers. Will stayed home with my mom and handed out candy while T.J. and I took the other three to trick or treat. Tripp was a Ninja, Jack was a fireman, and Charlotte was our little angel. We had a great time!



The month of November flew by. My mom left after Halloween, and Minnie came to visit the weekend of her birthday (11/14). We had a wonderful, much needed birthday night out with a couple friends and were sad to see her leave. Before we knew it Thanksgiving (spent here in KC) came and went, and Pop came to visit the next weekend. Then the Christmas decorations were up! Time flies!

Sadly, a very dear friend of mine also lost her mother right after Thanksgiving. This has been my second very close friend this year (and really so far in life) to lose a parent, and I cannot believe how strong both of them have been- much stronger than I could ever imagine being. I cannot get back to Atlanta with 4 kids as often as I used to with 2, and even 3 kids. Each time I go back there I find myself cherishing the short time I have with them. Christmas was our first time back with all four kids. The flights went smoothly, and it was so good to see everyone. I will post more pictures once I figure out what's wrong with our normal pictures (or I'll just take more pics with my phone).

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and is staying warm! Time flew, and Christmas really crept up on me this year, and this was the first year we didn't get a card out! Not only do the boys go back to school tomorrow, but our babysitter is in town (from college) and will be coming this week so hopefully I will have some time to figure out the pictures! I'm looking forward to the break- being able to work out WHEN I WANT, go to the grocery WHENEVER! Those simple things may seem minor to a lot of you but are now huge for me :)