Perfect Saturday!

Unfortunately, Jacob caught the flu yesterday. Friday was spent cleaning up vomit and trying to get Jacob to rest instead of getting all worked up running through the house. Luckily, this was only a 24-hour bug, and we were able to wake up this morning and have a great day. We had to cancel plans to visit my Grandma in Valpo, but it turned out to be a great family day. We didn't leave the house much - just ran a few errands, but mostly stayed home and did laundry, cleaning, and lots of play time with Jacob.

Jacob was so glad to have Bob home all day today with nothing on the agenda. He loves his daddy! Which is also nice in getting me some time to plan our menu for the week, make a grocery list, and relax a little bit.

Daddy and Jacob mixing brownies.

Getting a taste.

Play doh fun.

Looking forward to a relaxing Sunday to follow...not looking forward to readjusting to setting our clocks back. It would be nice to enjoy the "extra hour" everyone talks about, but apparently toddlers don't get the memo!

Joshua...Stay Put!

Well, scary past 24 hours, but so thankful everything is okay. Late Tuesday night I came down with the flu. Bob took off school on Wednesday to help with Jacob so I could sleep. Around dinner time Wednesday I was having trouble breathing and had a lot of pain, so we headed to the hospital to get checked out. Turns out I was having contractions, and pretty regularly. They started and IV and after a few hours the contractions slowed down and eventually went away. They said having the flu probably made me dehydrated, which brought on contractions. Thank goodness for doctors! I have two months until this baby can come! I never realized how much faith I have in medicine though. The entire time I was there, I was of course worried, but knew that there were so many things they could do to make sure Josh was safe. I am thankful for great doctors and access to great medical care. This was such an easy fix, and wouldn't be that way in other countries.

I am also very thankful they didn't have to put me on bed rest or anything! That is a huge fear of mine since I am a stay-at-home mom and wouldn't know what to do if I'm stranded on the bed/couch all day! Jacob has had a hard time the past two days without me running around with him and being my normal self. He's such a good little boy though and has done a great job dealing with his mom being down for a few days.

Hoping for a peaceful 2 months ahead! I'm full-term Dec. 23...but until then, Joshua, stay where you are!

Happy Halloween!

I cannot find the cord to my camera to load pictures from Jacob's Gymboree Halloween party, but he had a blast! He tells his teacher the most random things...like how old his friends are and what he ate for breakfast. I think it's so funny to hear what is going through his head lately!

Trick-or-treating was a lot of fun for Jacob this year! He started Halloween off with my parents feeding him breakfast and playing with him while Bob and I went out to Einsteins for a bagel and headed to get some Christmas shopping done. With Bob working two jobs right now, we don't get out much without Jacob and wanted to take advantage of some time to get a look at toys together and try to knock off some other family members. We actually got a lot done and only have a few more people to buy for before we are completely done with Christmas shopping. We only have one more thing to buy for Jacob and we are done with him as well. All of his presents are already wrapped. I am full term on Dec. 23 and have a fear that I won't have his gifts ready to go, so I have it all set just in case Josh decides to be a Christmas baby.

Anyway, back to Halloween! Jacob went around my parents' neighborhood with his friends from next door. They include him in their family so nicely, and we really appreciate it! Since Jacob doesn't have any cousins of his own yet, it's nice for him to still have some kids to trick-or-treat with that he knows well and sees often. They are such a nice group of kids.

Jacob trick-or-treating at Grandma's. Jacob headed to John's house - the man that lives behind my parents who is kind of like a great-grandpa to Jacob.

Mom, Dad and Jacob.

Playing with his friends before heading out for candy.

All the kids...Brayden, Amaya, Jackson, Jacob, Brantley, and baby Michael coming out the door. Amaya's costume was ADORABLE!

Telling the people at this house, "Daddy eat these," which made me die laughing since I have been the one this year chowing down on candy!

Jacob and Jackson.

Holding his hat on while he ran from house to house to try to keep up with the older kids.

Enjoying a sucker when we got home.

Good Friends

I am so thankful today that I have some great friends in my life. Ones who are easy to talk to about life, kids, husbands...the good, the bad, and the ugly. I'm also thankful that I have made some hard decisions about moving on, growing up, and surrounding myself with people who support me, my family, and my kids. True friends are so hard to find, and I'm thankful for the people in my life. Of course I have my family, but friends are always necessary, and sometimes right after you have kids is the hardest time in your life to make new friends and keep up connections with others.

This morning I had such a wonderful time getting together with two friends and their kids. Jacob had a great time (despite spilling juice on himself) and is becoming more and more social during play dates. I think he still gets overwhelmed when other kids have a fit, scream, or cry (even though he has his own fits), but I think he's always been like that and always will be. He's not sure what to do when that happens, and he's never been fond of loud noises (still doesn't like it when we vacuum). But, it's something I adore about him, because he is truly concerned when another kid is crying. He's very sensitive to other people's feelings, which is why discipline has been so easy with him. He genuinely wants to make us happy and not be "bad," that a firm "NO" is all it takes. But, we had a great morning, and I loved catching up with friends and watching our kids play. It's been almost a full year of them playing together, and it's amazing to see their play progress as they get older.

Zoo Boo

My parents joined us for a fun afternoon at the zoo for their annual Zoo Boo. Unfortunately, it was raining like crazy when we arrived, but we waited it out in the car and it ended up being perfect weather at the zoo. Jacob had a great time, despite still being tired from his party the night before and a short nap before the zoo Sunday afternoon. And, it was very fitting that he went as a zoo keeper (the only costume his size left at Target on Sunday morning when we realized he hated being a ghost after a full month of begging to be one).

Us in the parking lot before going in.

Jacob and Grandma and Grandpa.

Being adorable.

Jacob loved petting the goats. The area was closed to go in because it was feeding time, but he pet them through the fence. Here he is trying to make a new friend - he loves talking to other kids when we are out now, which is so cute!

Just a cute picture of Jacob and Daddy!

Halloween Party

We threw a little Halloween party for Jacob and his friends. He had such a great time with his friends. They decorated pumpkins, did some foam stickers, made their own pizzas, played with every toy in our house I think, had some balloon fun, and had an excuse to wear their costumes one more time. I was TERRIBLE at taking pictures, but here are a few.

With the pumpkin balloon that lasted about 30 seconds before it touched the ceiling and popped - thank you, textured ceiling.

Trying on Daddy's costume.

Waiting for his friends. Jacob has been asking to be a ghost since September. He became obsessed with ghosts after reading a Dora Halloween book where Swiper was a ghost. He makes a great ghost noise, and had been refusing every other costume at the stores. He told everyone he was going to be a ghost for Halloween. And then...he hated being a ghost. He wore his mask all week, but wouldn't wear it for the party. Wanted his sheet off of him and everything. Oh well. Only caused us to run out the next morning to get him a Halloween costume that he would actually wear. At least he had a good solid month of ghost fun!

Mommy and Jacob.

Daddy and Jacob.

Jacob and our neighbor, Kylee.

Jacob and Ginny.

Chaz holding up his pumpkin.

Crazy Week!

Last week went by in a blur. I ended up at the doctor on Monday with what ended up being sciatic nerve pain and a minor UTI. Then Tuesday I felt like I was coming down with the flu. Wednesday was the start of Bob's fall break, and we headed to the library for story time. Jacob had fun, but I was miserable and called the doctor. Ended up having to go in to check for contractions (none, thankfully!), but found out I tore my umbilical ligaments. Apparently it doesn't matter if you didn't know you even had such ligaments in order to tear them. They said it'll be more painful as my pregnancy progresses, but baby is healthy and won't be affected. Friday was my regular OB appointment - had blood drawn for gestational diabetes, so keeping my fingers crossed it comes back negative! I didn't have it was Jacob, and don't really see me having it now, but you never know. Two months from yesterday I will be full term - going by way too quickly now!