The Return of Pacman

For Halloween this year, Dave was Pacman, I was Ms. Pacman, and the girls were two of the ghosts from the Pacman games, Pinky and Blinky.  Thanks to my mom, who helped with the girls costumes, they turned out cuter than I'd imagined.  Dave and I's costumes turned out fine but I didn't make them how I originally planned.  We had to simplify since I ran out of time.  But they still worked.

First, here is a picture of our girls in their Halloween shirts and bows.  So cute!

 

Pacman family.

 

Woah Baby!

Emma Joy Ricks joined our family on October 17th at 3:05am.  She weighed 8lbs. 13 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long.  She came with a full head of dark hair.  We love her and she fits right in with the family.  My mom was here that first week which was SOOOOOOO nice.  I wish I could have her live here permanently.  Dave took the week off after my mom left and took a couple days off the week after to slowly help me transition into being a stay-at-home mom of two little girls.  It's tough.  We definitely have good days and bad days but I know it will only get better.

I probably won't ever write about the birth story. I never did with Jocelyn either. Both were pretty easy and uneventful. Though we have discovered that I have what Dave calls, the worst super power ever. I have the ability to make my epidurals wear off. Yes, with both my girls I had issues with them wearing off. With Jocelyn they were able to sort of fix it by giving me boosts or changing dosage but with Emma nothing worked. I was dilated to a 9 and screaming like a banshee. So they removed my epidural and redid it. Thank heaven for drugs when they work correctly!  I hope my super power goes away though before we have any more children.

Now enjoy some pictures.