A look back

Above, Whitley Marie

Above, Joseph Cole, below John Clayton in the same outfit

All my kids look just alike when I look back at pictures!

Joseph is 1 month old

Dana and her kids stopped at our house before they headed to see their friends in Ft. Worth. Above is Destry, Kira, Joseph, John and Whitley.

Kira and Whitley seem closer now that Whitley is older. They really like to play with girly stuff together. Kira and Whitley were playing with Tinkerbell and makeup and John & Destry were dressing up like a dinosaur and scaring the girls. It is so fun to watch them grow up together.

We are seeing these blue eyes a lot more now that Joseph is staying awake more.
He is a laid back guy so far and John and Whitley love him. He weighs 10lbs 6 oz and is 23 inches long. He is in the 90th percentile in height, 75th in weight. He has grown a lot in the last month!

John's field trip

I was able to go to John's first field trip to "Painted Ponies & Pumpkin Patch" last week. They did a little bit of everything and had a great time.

It was fun to meet the kiddos he has been talking about at home. He has a great teacher and loves his classmates.

October photos

Pumpkin carving last weekend, we let the kids do whatever they wanted. I thought they turned out cute!

We all went to the soccer game...above is the too cool soccer player and below is his biggest cheerleader!

And Joseph slept through all of it!

Below, an afternoon nap for everyone.

We are surviving

My new little man is so sweet! Above picture was taken yesterday. We are figuring out our new life slowly but surely. I am amazed at how we have been blessed with meals, cards, gifts and prayers. So many people have helped or offered to help with getting John to and from school and his activities. Our families, Church family, co-workers, friends and our babysitter have amazed us once again. Praise God for all these blessings, we are so thankful.

My big little man loves having a brother! Our friends brought John & Whitley big brother and big sister cookies.

And my little princess will be running the show from now on. She thinks she is the little mama!

The boys

Joseph is the 3rd little Hinkle to use this bedding and I still love it as much as when John was a baby.

Joseph at 1 week old above

All 3 of my babies watching cartoons after John got home from school.

I think our hands are officially full with these 3!

Above, the big boy soon after he was born! Within about 5 minutes of birth he had already peed on a nurse...at least we knew everything was working!

The morning he was born I had to take my very last pregnancy picture, bittersweet for sure!

Joseph Cole Hinkle

Joseph arrived safe and sound at 1:58 today. He weighs 8 lbs 8 oz and is 21.25 inches long. He is perfect! John & Whitley came to see him and they were excited for a baby brother. Whitley had a hard time leaving which made me sad, but we'll be home soon. We'll post more pictures when we get home. Good night!

John's second year of soccer begins

I have to get better at using our big lens on our camera. Some pictures are fuzzy, but I was able to get closer than with the little lens. We can't believe how one year has made such a difference in John's soccer game. He actually "gets it" this year. The coaches are on the floor with them and there are no goalies at this age level. You can see by all the kids' smiles they are all having fun!

John is #4.

Above, John just scored....he really knows how to celebrate, we may need to tone down the celebration a little, but it is funny!