My little sister...

A few more pictures of Avery...

Christmas came early this year!

I like it when they call me big brother!

Hey everyone!  I am now a big brother!  That's right!  Avery Joy Folkestad was born on December 10th!  Technically I am still sleeping so don't tell mom and dad I am on the internet.  I overhead dad talking to Grandma .  He said my sister is 18 inches long and weighs 6.4 pounds.  I can tell already that I am going to need to protect her, she's a little one.

here is a picture of my little sister and mom.  I am proud, but I think mom is even more proud!

Curious Caden

It's been a busy fall around our house and lately I've been up to a little mischief of my own. Last week I jammed something in one of the empty phone jacks and put our phone lines out for a while. This week, I thought I'd check out the red lever by the water heater. Turns out it shuts the gas line off to the water heater and puts the pilot light out (my mom's a good plumber and fixed it). My mom blames me; I say there's a munchkin in our house.

Weekend at the farm

This weekend when dad was in Colorado springs, mom and I headed up north to the farm; and I got to see both Grandmas & Grandpas - I had lots and lots of fun. It was harvest time, so I got to see lots of tractors, trucks and the combine in action. I really liked to look at them and would walk up close, but I wasn't quite ready to take a ride in them - they were a bit too scary. (Grandpa called me a city slicker) Grandma and I went out to the field to pick some corn so I can feed and watch the squirrels out my window at home.


Uncle George and I made good supervisors as grandpa filled the grain bin.

Tuesday we got to go to my Aunt Dori & Uncle ken's organic dairy farm to see a real farm with real animals. I liked the baby calves a lot! We were even able to get some tasty cheese and play on the new fun playground at their farm! (Mom says thanks for the extra's in the bag aunt dori!)

Practicing for baby brother

Dad was teaching me how to make silly faces one night.


Practicing my peek-a-boo technique. I plan on being a very helpful big brother!

Trunk or treat

This Halloween instead of a big carnival, our church hosted Trunk-or-Treat. People in the church decked out their cars (and tractors) and we got to go "treat-treat" from one car to another. Mom and dad were in charge of it, so they didn't get any pictures of my outfit and they also forgot to feed me supper that night! After all of my tears and drama, they finally figured it out and fed me. Thank goodness! Mom says she'll still take a picture of me in my costume with my monster bucket for all of you. But here's a few pics of the fun we had.