My baby boy is growing up, 9 months and 1 week old!

This sums it all up! I love those eyes and eyelashes. Someone said the other day how sad they were wasted on a boy. I think they are sooo wrong. How fantastic..he is gorgeous/handsome and all mine! I love his fantastic little pudgy fingers and toes and those cheeks everyone says they want to eat(as wierd as that sounds).

We have his 9 month pictures coming soon. We got them taken today and I am very excited to show everyone! They should be adorable. Baby's first Christmas...

This is what he does all day long. Eat everything in sight. Usually it is every little pice of hair or fuzz or string...my cleaning skills need an upgrade to spastic...he has eaten his weight in scraps of paper!! Along with whyo knows what else. I don;t know what else to do. He has gotten sneeky about it also. He is very good at holding his jaws closed so i can't pry whatever it is out of his mouth. It has become a war!! I am the evil mother. Also he has learned to throw a tantrum....loud, very loud tantrums..especially in the car!!









This is the look i get all day long. Durrrr.....But it really cracks me up. Also do you see the abundance of hair. I originally balked at the thought of a haircut.i am still nervous..he is just a baby. But he is getting horrible bed head/hat head. Jasons barber(he did Jason's first haircut) is still cutting hair(at the same place Jason went to) and we decided to get Grant's first haircut there. I think Jason is going to try and have it cut maybe this week soemtime. The guy is close to retirement and only works limited hours so it will be interesting. We are only going to trim the back. I want the front to grow out and it still lays very nicely(most of the time). I am really excited about this. What a big milestone....




His current: Weight 18.12, He went down to the 20th % but they say that is normal for his small birthweight and at the stage he is in. They will watch for a gain next time. His height was 28 1/4, he went up to the 48th %, and his head was 46.

He has mild eczema but it is controlled with mosturizing..the doctor says it will probably get worse as he grows but currently he doesnt have to have any additional medications/creams for it. He is starting to get the whiplashed cheeks from the cold and they said that is one of the other things he will be more prone to in the winter so we have been lathering him with vasoline or A&D ointment as often as possible so it doesn;t get painful. So far it doesn't seem to bother him.

He has been granted unlimited access to adult food(except honey, nuts, etc)..so we are weaning him off many of the baby foods. It was expensive and he didn't like us feeding him any more so we are cleaning out the cabinets of infant food and beefing up his finger food list. I still mash most of it up some but he does well with most foods so everything is fair game. I am watching him with eggs and milk(yogurt) because one of them gave him a rash yesterday..his back and face got little red dots. Luckily they went away and that was the only symptoms.




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Our precious new baby yawning. He was so scrawny. Here he is only a little over 6 pounds! That is a preemie onesie and it was still a little big. I remember the size 1 diapers were enormous and we had to fold them twice to get them to somewhat fit. We should have gotten preemie diapers. He was 6 lbs. 11 oz at birth but he lost almost a pound in the first two weeks.

He wouldn't breastfeed which was disappointing to me..i wanted to breastfeed so badly. The doctor said he had a slight recessed jaw which could have been part of the problem with latch-on. We continued to try for about 5 weeks but he just wasn't getting it so we ended up switching to formula. It was a blessing!! He has basically slept through the night since birth, 6+ hours then,and now he is sleeping around 10. He became much happier after switching and keeping a schedlue was much easier..but we aren't very strict. I try and let my kids guide when they eat and sleep..to an extent. Grant has put himself on a schedule.

This picture was taken in the hospital when he was born. He was a fresh new baby!

The things people come up with

This is a kids toy. It is $30. What is it you say? Well they call it an open-ended toy that can be anything. Wow...i need to get into this business..i am sure i have some better ideas than this!
But this on the other hand is genius!! I am in love. I only wish i had almost $700 plus shipping to get it! Some day when my kids are grown and i win the lottery, that i don't play, i will have one for my grandbabies. They make so many cute things nowadays..if only we could afford them all! Ahhh...all i want for Christmas is....$$$

I lost many of my blog sites i watch..i am sick about it!!

When i redid my page i thought i had saved everything the same as before....i didnt notice until today that my blog sites i read were gone!! I hadn't saved them on my dashboard because i wasn't a followed just a secret grazer. Such a big mistake. I had some photographers on there that were amazing and now i will probably never find their site again! I found many of them from memory and added them the proper way so i can't lose them again but i want all of them back. I am so sick from this!! How sad!!

Hailey's Christmas outfit

We always get decked out for Christmas and pictures but this year i wanted something more comfortable. Something Hailey could wear over again throughout winter without having to go to a Ball to look like she belonged!! Hailey's dress is adorable and i had a Red bow made up to match and my favorite local store! You can't see the detail very well in this picture but it has snowflakes, hot chocolate, and little mittens and hats. I wasn't sure about the colors because usually i like the traditional red stuff but this was just what i wanted. I think i am going to go get hailey a pair of the suede brown boots to go with it and leggings in red.

Grant is wearing a sweater set my mother-in-law made for him so he is covered..not i just have to find somethign for Jason and I....a great reason to go shopping this weekend. I really need a new red sweater or something!

Busy Schedule-Hailey sports and activities

I am sure that everyone has a crazy schedule and mine is no different. Life is crazy enough with Hailey in school(we take and pick her up) and my daycare and school schedule. We never had Hailey in any organized activities other than library time and zoo camp...until now. When she started Kindergarten this Fall we knew it was time for her to get out and try some new things. We signed her up for Daisy's(Girl Scouts) which just started this month. Also she just signed up over the weekend for Cheerleading through a local church.

The church has what is called Upward cheerleading. Upward emphasizes character and integrity instead of a “win at all costs” mentality associated with today’s sports world. Check it out at http://www.upward.org It is for kids from Kindergarten through 6th grade! I am so happy to have heard about it. The kids also hear a devotional every week and be given the opportunity to learn scripture verses. It is exactly what i wanted hailey to get the opportuntiy to do.

I want her in activities that are going to teach her character and respect. I hope that both of the activities she is currently involved in will foster growth and a challenge for her. It is going to keep us busy with practices and outings but that is what life is all about. What fun is t to sit at home and never experience life. I want her to try out different sports and activities until she finds the ones that she loves the most then she can stick with them.

Upward has numerous other sports that they offer throughout the year so as soon as she is done with cheer then we are going to try something different. We already decided that tee ball is coming up in February-March so that will probably we next, then soccer will be around summer. She should stay active this year.

I am amazed at how much she has thinned out since the start of school and her being able to run in gym! I love it!! She even won a metal for meeting the qualifications for their olympics program. Then she also has entered into something called Reflections, a contest where hse has to make a work of art all about the theme of the year. This year it is "Wow"..i am excited since this is right up her alley. She is my little artist!! It is due Dec. 17th then shortly afte they will announce the winners who will go on to the state competition!

We have Daisy's(Girl Scouts) twice a month, then cheer practice 1 day a week until January then 1 practice a week and 1 game every saturday unti l March.

Some of the upcoming activities/programs:
Nov.18 PTA meeting & Dinner...Grant Dr. Apt. and maybe shots??
Nov.20 Grandparent's day at school
Nov.23, Holiday Parade, Evansville, all Daisy's(girlscouts, ect),
Nov.24 Daisy's meeting
Nov.26 Limo Lunch(She, mom and dad, sold over $250 for school fundraiser)
Thanksgiving and my class reunion
Dec.1 Follow up surgery apt. for hailey's tubes/adnoids
Week of Dec.1 Cheer practices start(weekly)
Dec.6 Pump it up Bday Party friends kids
Dec.7 Church Christmas musical
Dec.8 Hailey's School musical/play(she's in it)
....and the rest is to be continued....i can't imagine what it will be like when both kids are in sports and activites...we are going to be running somewhere every night! The things we do for our kids!! I love you mom!!

Book of the week

This book is amazing. It is full of true miracles and stories of how God is watching over us even during times of tragedy. I cried through most of it and it really made me so thankful for where we live and the life we have. We have never had to suffer through our whole family systematically being killed and the torture these people had to endure. It was heartwrenching to think that people exist with as much cruelty as Hitler and his people. I think everyone intersted in the Holocaust and the miracles and life surrounding it should read this book...you will be thankful you did!

Tooth Fairy

Jason and I got to play tooth fairy monday. It was amazing but unexpected. We didn't even know her tooth was loose until Sunday and by Monday night she pulled it out. I was in class and Jason called me and told me she pulled it out all by herself. I was sad i wasn't there but it was very neat that Jason got to have this special time with her. He finally got to see a first before me.... He misses so much that he wants to see. So hailey has been thrilled about loosing this tooth. She said she thought she had more loose(she doesn't) just because she wanted the tooth fairy to come back again.

We werent prepared for this so we didnt do anything special. I feel guilty now. I was hoping to give her a cutre little box to put the tooth in or at least leave her a little book or note...i was so tired that night i didn't even think creatively. We put the tooth in a ziplock bag and stuck it under her pillow. The tooth fairy left her a $1. We hear that it's the going rate now days..inflation has really pushed up the reward since i was a child, we used to only get a quarter or something. Anyways, we saved the tooth for her memeory box. I think it will be appreciated. I will post pictures soon of her cute littler smile minus one bottom tooth! I always thought i wouldn't like my kids, the way they looked not the kids themselves (; without teeth but now i think it is precious..i mean so sweet. She is very proud an dhas been showing of the fact that her tongue fits in the hole..priceless!

Update-Hailey's surgery

Well surgery is over and she is doing great. She had her adnoids taken out and tubes put in her ears. She was put to sleep and surgery was about 20-30 minutes then about 1 1/2 hours in recovery. She had some minor problems with vomiting but we got Fenegrin and it helped her very quickly. She slept the rest of the4 day friday then was up running for the rest of the weekend. She was a little sleepier than normal but most of the tim ebounced off the walls. She stopped taking pain medicine saturday.

SHe is now one week out and feeling very good. Ocassionally she still has a sore throat, itchyness/coughing, or mild ear discomfort but it is rare. She also might get headaches and neck pain but she hasnt asked for tylenol so i dont think it has bothered her much. If anything she seems back to normal. She isnt very happy about having to stay out of gym for another week but it should keep her from doing anything that could hurt herself. She goes back in two weeks for a checkup and to get some ear plugs or at least discuss getting some. They make molded ones($70)...uggg...straight out of our pocket. I figure we might wait to get those until closer to swimming time. The grows so fast i dont want to get some now then need another pair by summer.

I will keep you updated on how she is doing but they say this should prevent ear infections a nd even possibly colds. It would be great to have her even healthier because of this. But overall i am just hoping for her to not be in pain anymore. I hate to see her wake up in the midlle of the night screaming in agony. It is misserable to know that there is nothing i can do to help her. Just pray that the tubes do their job and keep her healthy!

Obama is our 44th President

I am so excited to finally say "change is in the air". What a wonderful feeling to have our 44th president having so much optimism and truly supporting and working for the middle class. No candidate was perfect..they both had faults...but he is respectful and a hardworker who wants to make this country great again. I believe in him and i believe in our our country. We can come together and raise ourselves back up out of the slump we have been in. I have great expectations for our children and the future and his ideas when implemented should make their life so much greater. We as a country needed this so badly. I am so proud to have Barack Obama as our next president. Congrats!

I am so dissapointed in all the people who supported McCain and have bashed Obama(and vise versa). I understand you are proud of your candidate and want them to win but really you need to get your facts together first. If you have a valid argument it is one thing but so many people have based their thoughts on ideas that are not true at all. My step father was against Obama and was for mcCain because of his military record until my mom laid out Obamas plan and what he really wanted. He had been listening to uneducated people's opinions and hadnt learned the true facts about either candidate. We assumed he had voted McCain since he considers himself republican/conservative/Military..ect...but this morning he told us he didn't he voted for change and for Obama! My mom was in tears and so proud of him for making an educated vote.

I think that if you looked at the issues and still voted for mcCain because you beleived he was the man for the job then good for you..you made the decision you thought was right just like everyone should..an educated vote!! But for the people who voted and just followed what their parents did or because he was black..white...or whatever SHAME ON YOU!!! I am so disappointed...i can't believe all the racial slurs and backlash i have already heard. Some even say that he is a terrorist..give me a break!! I think everyone has a right to an opinion but only if it is educated and correct...all these false ideas are what make so many of the bad things in this world happen. You need to trust your leaders and trust the government...and pray for them to do what is right for the whole United States...especially the poor!! We are known as the wealthiest country in the world but so many of us arent willing to give up just a small bit to help our neighbor....wouldnt this world be a better place if we all just helped each other out! It is not alll abou t being at the top and screw everyone on the bottom. If we didnt have a bottom you couldnt climb to the top!

Everyone whines abou t socialism but they take care of their people. Have you ever researched their healthcare and education??? You should it is amazing!! They take care of everyone so that the bottom people have a chance to survive and make something of themselves. We deserve to give our new president the chance to help the people of our country also. I am not saying socialism is the answer but there are aspects of it that would keep the corrupt(healthcare industry especially) from making the basics needs of our people impossible to have. Dont you think everyone has the right to be healthy??

Graduatation pushed back-2010!! ):

Well y'all it looks like my dream of graduating before i am 30 isn't going to happen! I am very dissappointed. I have been pushing myself very hard even taking 5 classes this semester because i was told i could get done by christmas 2009. I was so happy to have only one more year to go and then i could be a graduate with a four year degree. Well here is what happened and what is going on now. It might be hard to explain so i will give the condensed version.

When you start a degree you start off with a set # of classes and you get a sheet to follow with all the names of these classes and requirements and you stick with those classes until graduation even if requirements change for future students getting the same degree. Well i started my info when at Ivy Tech and i signed up for classes in spring 2007 for USI..we filled out the Business Administration sheet and me and my advisors have been following it ever since.

Unfortunately my advisor is an idiot and hasn't been checking my file for the past 1 1/2 YEARS!!! SO the requirements for the Busienss Administration degree changed in Fall 2007 and that is actually when i declared my Major(before i was undecided) so he should have given me the new form with all my new requirements(I never should have been going by the old sheet since i hadn't declared it my major yet)....but it never happened! Luckily i caught it this semester or i would have been taking a bunch of classes that wouldnt work.

My options after talking with about 10 different people and the Dean became either taking the new Business Administation degree with an emphasis on general business(YUCK more accounting and finance classes) or i would have to switch my degree to Management with an emphasis on Human Resources. I was happy with the second choice except that it now has more courses that i wouldnt have had to take and some of the classes are on the same nights and only offered in the Spring!! SO i am forced to go an extra semester now! So my new degree is actually a Management degree with an emphasis on Human Resource Management!

The good thing is i am not going to be so stressed out because i will only have to take 4 classes this spring..then 1-2 this summer(by choice)..then currently i have 10credit hours(fall 2009) and 6 credit hours(Spring 2010)..and 2 credits from gym that need to go somewhere in between!! This is much better than my current 15 hour schedule. I can breathe.

Also it will make it possible for me to try and get an internship starting this summer or spring that will have me working until graduation where i can start working full-time! I am excited...this will keep me home with the kids and Grant from having to go into daycare while so young. We prefer him being at least 2..but 3 would be ideal!! I hate the thought of him being raised by someone other than his parents! We will figure it out as it comes!

This was a glitch in our plan and was very upsetting at first but when i look at the overall scheme of things...it was meant to be and will actually be better for our family(minus the fact that we still wont have any extra money)!! I am just praying my plan works out the way we have it and life doesn't throw us any more curve balls!

He is the happiest baby i have ever seen

He-He, mommy you are funny!

I hope i remember this chuckle forever!

Peek-a-boo I see you!

This boy is amazing. He has been a great child since he was born. His temperment is so sweet and he is always smiling. He will just sit in his bed cooing and laughing at himself. I can't believe that at one time in my life i didn't want a boy...he is my pride and joy. He makes everyone around him a little happier just by being there. Grant thank-you my gorgeous baby boy for letting me see all the joys in the little things...you have brought immense happiness into my life!

I am done..my VOTE is in!

I went and got the chance to vote early today! The line was very short and it took around 20 minutes. I was blessed because alot of people have been waiting up to 3 hours to vote. I heard at Hailey's school about our civic center downtown having short line's and sure enough they were. If it wasn't for all the older folks not understanding the computer system or not seeing it..we would have been through alot faster. It took me about 2 minutes to pick everyone. Indiana is one of the states where every vote really matters..we can make a difference...please go out and vote as soon as you can!!

Obviously if you have done your research you shouldn't have any surprises..you just pick the people you all ready know you want. I was happy to do it and i pray it makes a difference. We need change and i truly think that my canidate has what it takes. He has great family values and MOST of his policies follow things that i believe in. He is the best we can get!

Jason went also and got his vote in. Luckily we both voted for the same preseidential canidate and agreed for the most part on the others...we also pray for the schools in Vanderburg County that the referrendum is approved. We need a huge change and this will help redistrict and update our schools and set them up for sucess in the future.

Pumpkins & Trunk-or-treat

We had a blast making pumpkins yesterday! We got tatoos for the kids instead of painting or carving this year. Hailey loved it! She giggled all night after seeing them. I was proud of ours that we carved. Mine was very fun..it was green then we made it a girly cat!! Jason was a mean pumpkin..it suits his style!! haha!! Loved it.

Trunk-or-treat at church was great..it always is. Everyone was dressed very cute and so creative. We decided to be earth friendly and not buy costumes this year. We recycled things we had around the house and it was just as fun. Well grant's was new but we bought it used and plan on using it for a snowsuit also! I loved the monkey face! Hailey was a bride..christmas bride with the red sweater(since it is freezing). I thought we should get some good use out of her flowergirl dress before getting rid of it. We have had it in the closet for almost 2 years! Next year i am hoping to do a family costume where we all match..maybe pirates..or superheros..I'm sure we will think of something!

The racoon!! Rated R(gross)

I don't have any pictures but i almost wish we had..but you are lucky to be spaired the gruesome details. I'll start at the beginning. We had this racoon (about 25 lbs.)that got in the trash every night for the past year or so....trash everywhere in the morning including dirty diapers...even when we double bagged them he still got them opened! yuck! We finally got so sick of it Jason decided to take care of him. I was sad but so annoyed i finally decided it had to be done. About two weeks ago he saw it in the trash and got his gun and shot him, one shot immediate kill, no mess! I was sad but it was fast no big deal! Problem solved...haha....no no no..the next night another racoon about 1/3 bigger the size of a dog but fatter started getting in the trash...we thought this is never going to end.
So over the weekend Jason said he was going to get this one. About 9:30 at night i hear him tip over the cans and jason gets up to get him. I'll try and explain the situation. We have a back porchright off the kitchen...trash cans about 4 feet from our sliding doors. We have a mess outside all around them because the deck is tore off. So three sides are blocked and the forth is my car. The first racoon when shot fell backwards 0ff the porch into the grass..clean and easy! NOPE not this one..he fell forward and decided to make a murder scene out of our back porch. He came right up to the house-sliding doors and slid down the side of them..got stuck trying to go under the kids bikes..flopping..over all the kids toys and then into the driveway(rocks)and finally under my car into the grass where we assumed he died since he was shot in the head and didnt have much of it left!
I wanted to take a picture but Jason was flipping out because we live in the city(No shooting guns) and our backyard was like a murder scene. It was horribe!! Luckily my husband cleaned it up mainly with a water hose..but we had to throw most of the kids toys away because i was scared of rabies, even after them being cleaned...yuck!! Poor jason was out there for almost 45 minutes cleaning up scraps of racoon and blood...but the damdest thing is that the racoon disappeared...he is gone!!! Our backyard is mainly fenced and he was obviously injured with a large head wound and he is gone!! we searched forever for him in the front and back yard! I feel so bad that someone else will have to find him. poor racoon. We never would have done it if we thought he would suffer or that he would destroy our porch!
I am waiting for another to come raid the trash as punishment for the last one's misery!! I now know what it must be like for the crazies out there that murder someone...it is truly impossible to clean it all up! They are stupid for even trying. We still have stuff in the rocks that we can't get to go away! i would just turn myself in and not even try! It is a gruesome thing..yuck, yuck, yuck!!

God forgives us..we just have to ask!!

This post goes along with my last post on the debates but mainly about the issue of abortion within that post. This was a fellow blogger site http://audreycaroline.blogspot.com/!! It is an amazing site on preservering though the loss of a child and hr journey in God's arms! What she says is so close to my thougths but i am not eloquent like her. Read and understand:

"I couldn't help but notice how many women commented or emailed me to tell me that they were mourning the loss of a baby through abortion. Some were forced, and others were by choice. I am willing to bet that if you read my blog, you could guess that I am pro-life. You will also know that, even more important that my stance on any topic, I am pro-God.
Sisters, hear me on this. If you are one of these women, and you are carrying this burden with you as you travel through life, I want you to know that you are forgiven. Do not let the enemy torture you for one more day. We all have things that we deeply regret, that we struggle with, that we wish we could do over. The God I serve does not see me this way. He sees me as pure and clean...through the blood of Christ. "

What amazing words!! Every time i read this i have a wave of goosebumps, a smile, and a tear. It is sadness and happiness. I want women to know we all make mistakes some big and some small but God forgives!!! HE FORGIVES!! How lucky we all are to have this. Who are we to judge. I have to take a step back sometimes and remember who rules us all and who will make the final decision for eternity. Ask for forgiveness for our sins and we shall be saved!! My day is so much brighter after thinking about the fact that i have been saved..my God fogives me for everything i have ever done...and you all of you have been forgiven also!

National Debates

Wow how lucky was i to see the debates last night. I knew who i wanted to vote for but i had one small hang-up that was making it hard for me. ABORTION. I am a huge PRO-LIFE advocate. I don't believe in abortion for any reason, no exceptions!!! My husband, and most of you out there disagree with me and i accept that and i won't try to make you understand my choice. I believe God gives us life for a reason and we shouldn't have the option of taking that life away even if it puts our own life in jeopardy.
Maybe if i was in a life altering decision i would change my mind but i doubt it. I told my husband the same thing when i was pregnant with both of my children. If we have complications save them first..they have their whole life ahead of them. When you have an abortion you are killing a child of God! It is murder!! I have heard all the sides and understand why some might want to abort, rapes or developmental problems...but it is still your baby. I think that if you want to give up your child once born that is your right..but never giving them a chance is not an option.
I love OBAMA, i love his radical ideas on how to change our country. I think he is the fresh face that can move us away from poor past decisions and into a new time of prosperity. He cares for the children of the country but he is pro-choice. That makes it hard for me to vote for him. I hate most everything McCain stands for EXCEPT he is pro-life and proud of it! I love that he has stood up for his beliefs!! I know our country can do better than their current practices but they are better than most countries. Do you know in China they have 600 abortions for every 1000 live births compared to our 26ish to every 1000 live births!! What a difference! We have to be doing something right to have our numbers so low. But i think it should be non existent!! I understand that some people will go and do it anyways but i don' think the law should justify it. It is similar to drug abuse..millions of people do it but you don't make it legal just because it is common!
Obama made me feel more comfortable after the debate because he justified his actions. He said he didn't vote down the laws concerning babies born alive after abortions but that a law was already enacted in illinois to cover those rights..so it wasnt needed. He also said he tried to pass the other anti-abortion laws but wanted a clause in it about if a mothers life was in danger she could still the right to an abortion, they wouldn't change the law. I understand that it is a step in a right direction. It is better than no law. He said he does agree with roe v wade which is hard for me but overall he still has wonderful ethics and wants to do what is right for a parent and child. His stance is more the greatest good(for women) and mine is more if it saves one (child's)life it is worth the ban. It made me more comfortable with the issue. I know that i have to pick the best president from all his qualifications not just one. He has the best policy for the middle class and the best option for children and families. It isn't 100% my way but it is the best thati can hope for!

My babies and our trip to the zoo

With school keeping so much of my free time no longer free i decided to take a full day to spend with the kids no distractions. It was such a blessing. We spent the whole day together until bedtime doing whatever the kids(hailey) wanted ...within reason. The zoo was so fun. She wanted to do a mini photo shoot so we started at home and then took numerous shots at the zoo! She did a great job and it documents our wonderful day. I have been trying to get her more involved in the environment and taking car eof it and the zoo was a great start. They are in the process of getting ready for Boo at the Zoo which starts this weekend. I am so excited! Hailey loves it every year! Here are some of the pics from our wonderful day just mommy and her babies!

crazy

Life is crazy!! I dont think i can say that enough. I just can't get motivated for my classes this semester. I am drained..i am so overwhelmed i can't even enjoy the classes. I just do it and never think about it again! I am not learning anything just breezing by! I wont do this to me or my family again..it is so exausting for us all! Jason is tired from working then having them 4 nights a week and i am tired from working and the 5 classes with the kids all day! uggg...i am still counting down the weeks until it is over! I need to get back to reading Hamlet..which i am dreading..it is interesting but i cant concentrate with the kiddos here and we havent been feeling well this week. We have had sore throats and headaches....allergies/cold...i dont know which..maybe both!

My son is saying dada and mama..it is adorable. He only says mama when he is sad or crying but he says dada all day long. I cant get the mama on video. But I have dada on video and it is so precious! I will add it soon! Also he is standing up everywhere...we had to lower his crib over the weekend so he wont fall out! Also he gets into a sitting position from crawling which he couldnt do until recently. So many advancements.

Hailey is getting a ribbon for making the Vogel Olympics team(a running program in her PE class) They even have a slideshow of the kids. Unfortunately, it is the same day as her Adnoid/Tubes surgery! She will still get the ribbon but will miss the program. I am tempted to move her surgery back ..she is going to miss so many things with it being close to halloween!! I am going to call Jason and see what he thinks!

Ms. Smarty Pants

I did it..my first video..i love you JJ and You tube!!