2 weeks (almost)

Andrew is almost two weeks old. We are slowly adjusting to 4 kiddos in the house. Avery has been a good help. Liam is enjoying making baby talk and holding his brother. It's ironic that Ethan's favorite story right now is Olivia, because he is wearing me out. Brooke is feeling better every day. She is a great mom.

Notice the Ethan's swollen cheek. He fell and hit it while playing.




Grandma Marcheschi was able to give Andrew his first bath.

More photos of Andrew

Andrew Brady Cottle is doing great! Brooke is over the scare and has a slow recovery ahead of her. The bleeding has stopped and she is getting color back in her face. She may get to come home later tonight if all goes well. The kids got to visit last night and were very excited. Liam got to hold him and said, "Aren't you the cutest thing?"

New baby!

Our cute little guy!

Grammie giving the first bath.

Aunt Elisa and Grammie came to visit.





We have a new nameless baby! He is doing great. Brooke is still being watched because of her complications and bleeding. I will have to give the guessing game shout out later when we actually pick a name. Here are the stats:

8 lbs 6 oz - good size for 10 days early - not quite our biggest (actually our third biggest)
19 in. long

He is a cute little boy!

Guessing time!

With the babies birth quickly approaching I thought I would have everyone put down their bets on the new baby boy. The doctor told Brooke this week that the baby has dropped and is getting ready to come, which means any time in the next few weeks. If it doesn't come he will probably start her in a couple of weeks. It was a true awakening - the baby is really coming.

We really have no idea on the name. Brooke and I keep throwing out names, but nothing seems to stick. Last night we came up with our own list of a few names, but can't agree on any. So if you would like to write down your guess on the following we can see who is the closest.

1. Name
2. Birth date
3. Size

A big shout out will go to the winner! Good luck in the guessing.

"I didn't do it"

I asked Liam, "Did you write on Avery's school book?"

"No, it wasn't me!"

Hmmmm.

My little future missionaries

My future missionaries. We went to Fred Meyer yesterday to get a prescription for Brooke and walked by the kids isle. Liam saw the shirt and tie and wanted to look like dad with a white shirt and tie. They look like future missionaries, except Ethan needs a hair cut.


For Christmas my mom made all the grandkids a jacket and hat. It was a lot of work for her to do. Liam wears his every time he goes outside. Avery loves hers and wore it to church today. Thanks Grandma!

Additional Winter Updates

Here are some more photos from the Marcheschi visit.

Winter Fun '09

Winter is always a busy season, these are some of the things we have been doing to keep ourselves occupied. Unfortunately, we didn't get our Christmas cards out this year. We will next year. I promise. We have had a good time enjoying the time as a family. Here are some of the highlights.

Our family was able to go to the Tolman's for the annual ginger bread making Family Home Evening. I do believe our candy is completely gone now!

Liam had his preschool Christmas production. We were a little nervous because Liam does not like to get up in front of people. But he did great.

While I had some time off of work I decided to clean the carpets. Ethan liked to help by playing with the fan.


The kids had a great Christmas opening present, playing with them, and wrestling Ben and Sam. Every night they went to bed exhausted from playing so much.

Sam, Grammy Marcheschi, Grandpa Marcheschi, and Elisa

Brooke's family came to visit us for Christmas. It was nice to have family here to enjoy the holidays with.

Ben

Brooke is pregnant as ever and enjoying her final month of being pregnant.

1st try

So we had our first attempt at a Christmas card. We are late trying to get it together, but thought we would give it a go. Pretty funny trying to get 3 kids to sit still and "smile" at the same time. Liam, who normally never smiles, was acting like quite the clown, causing Ethan to continually laugh and look at him. These are the best of the bunch. We will try again another time - maybe.