Introducing...

Ty Colton Anderson. That's right, he made it today. We went in this morning so Steph could be induced. Delivering Garrett was fast and wild so we decided to schedule this one. Everyone did very well. We got started at the hospital at 8:30 AM. Tasha and Garrett stayed with Kristen Anderson, Laura Turley and Monica Cowan, thanks a ton! It took a while for things to really get going, but by 4:20 PM he made his grand entrance. We think he is a very handsome addition to this Anderson bunch. He weighs 7 lbs. 7 oz and is 19 in long. He has a thin patch of dark hair and some big eyes. Steph and Ty are resting at Stamford hospital while I wrangle the kids. Tasha was really excited for him to come, she even had Kristen call us immediately after school to see if he was here yet. Garrett was a little more discriminating, but quickly warmed up when he met Ty. He will be a great big brother, even if he didn't want to take a picture with him.

Nearly full bloom

Here is an up to date pregnancy picture. Without further ado, here she is in all her glory. What a beautiful flower.

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I couldn't wait to share this.

I sent off the application a while back and hadn't heard anything back. So last night when I got home late, this was in the mail.

Just so I don't feel too cool, this means I am now a professionally licensed geek.

Halloween

Well we all had a great time on Halloween. Rob came home early and took the kids out Trick-or-Treating. With the candy the kids got from Trick-or-Treating and from the Trunk-or-Treat a week ago, they may never sleep again.

Tasha was a Pink Power Ranger and Garrett was Spiderman. As you can see, Garrett really loves being Spiderman. We got him the costume a couple of weeks ago, and he has wanted to wear it every day. (We're glad it was still in one piece by the time Halloween finally got here!)

We love to carve pumpkins. Tasha really did a great job. We poked holes in the pumpkins to mark the pattern and then used a little saw to cut out the holes. She followed right along the lines and did a great job on both pumpkins. When the kids got tired of the pumpkins they went for the apples and apple dip!

We have been trying to go to a farm to pick apples and pumpkins for the last couple of weeks, but the Saturdays have been cold and rainy. So today we went to see the Bee Movie. It was a lot funnier for the adults than the kids, but we all had a good time.

The Trunk or Treat party at the church

Here's a few pictures from the Trunk-or-Treat party we have every year at the church. They say its a lot safer than going around the neighborhood, but we just think it is a whole lot of fun.


Garrett and Tasha in the trunk of our "monster van." Everyone decorated their trunk and handed out candy.


Rob doing what he does best, he beat all the little kids in the no-hands donut eating contest.


Here the kids are making a ghost craft, Garrett even colored his with a scary face.

We moved in

Well, we officially never want to move again. I guess we were lulled into thinking that this move would be no big deal because it was only a couple of miles. We were so incredibly unprepaared for the volume of stuff we have. You would never guess how much stuff 4 and 2/3 people need. I guess I shouldn't say need but say have.

Anyway, we made it and are still unpacking. Over the weekend we had to escape the madness and so we took the kids to Mashamoquet State Park. Its about 40 miles north east of Hartford. It was nice. The weather was in the 80's, very unusual for October, and we only got a little sprinkling of rain at night.

We swam in the pond and hiked the kids till their legs fell off. It was a good time, except when Tasha got stung on the cheek by a yellow jacket.

Like I promised

Here is a picture of Steph so you can see how the baby is coming. The doctor told us that it would need about 350 degrees for about 9 months and, I can tell you from personal experience, Steph is quickly approaching 350 degrees.

So here it is. She is about 6 months pregnant and as pretty as the day I married her. That doesn't mean she was 6 months pregnant when we were married or anything like that.

And just for good measure, this is how we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Tasha belongs to us.

Just in case you didn't notice, that is a mouthful of food underneath that smile. And her eyes never light up more that when she is getting into mischief.

I was sick a couple of days this week. Its been a while since I was sick like that. I missed a couple of days of work and everything. No worries though, I am back and good as new.

This next week we are moving into our new place, finally. I have actually been taking some things over during the last couple of weeks, but this will be for real.

Tasha has decided that she loves to eat all her lunch at school, she tells us everyday. However, she won't eat a peanut butter sandwich because there is a special table for the peanut butter kids, so the kids with allergies don't have to worry. That's a big change from when I grew up. It was all peanut butter all the time.

Oh, and if you thought you had your Jewish holidays mixed up because of my last post, I was wrong. Tasha was off due to Rosh Hashana, not Yom Kippur.