Some Isaac stats

Isaac went to the doctor on Monday. We weighed 18 1/2 pounds and was 28 1/4 inches long. We had to wait SO long and he kept falling asleep. I had to wake him up to get his shots, so it was really sad. He's growing nicely! Also, I should record that we started giving him solids when he was about 5 months & 3 weeks old. He doesn't really care for them. He has had rice cereal, applesauce, bananas and squash. This week I haven't been as careful about waiting a week to introduce a new food, so he has had pears and peas in the past few days.

Happy Thanksgiving

Things were really low-key around here. Roy woke up sick, so we didn't do much except rest and hang out. We grilled a turkey breast tenderloin outside, heated up a container of Bob Evans mashed potatoes, and had corn on the cob and rolls. Simple but tasty. For dessert we had cheesecake and German cookies. We sent the kids to bed at 6 because they stayed up really late last night, and I curled up on the couch and watched "Four Christmases" (GOOD STUFF!) Now I'm going to bed because I'm going to attempt to get to Walmart at 5am and get a few things. By the way, if your Walmart is open 24 hours, how exactly does the Black Friday stuff work? I guess I'll find out tomorrow. Here are a few pictures of our day:


Rae made these little outfits at school and I thought it'd be cute to get a picture of them all together, but of course Isaac wouldn't cooperate! I like how Blaise is looking at his hat!




Juiciest, tastiest turkey I've ever had!


Looks like a pretty pathetic meal, but it was perfect for our little family!


And the perfect amount of cheesecake for us too! No one ate too much and not too many leftovers! I have to weigh-in on Tuesday, people!

Guess again

Everyone's guesses for the first snow have passed, so let's try again! My guess is Monday (because I took a look at the forecast) ;) What do you think?

Cheese lovers!

I had some leftover shredded cheese today, and the kids jumped on it like hyenas.

Why I haven't been posting and commenting much these days

**Isaac has not being napping/sleeping well and is pretty clingy lately. This makes for a tired mama and lots of holding of a tired baby. Lots of nursing at the computer and naps on my shoulder.

**I don't like typing one handed.(see above) I can handle scrolling through links and checking everyone's blogs, but it is a pain to type a whole post one handed.

**Sick Blaise has been needed lots and lots of cuddles.

**Tired mama can't form complete thoughts

BUT- Roy has an entire week off starting Friday at 2:30 -woooooo hoooooo! Why does it always seem like week before a break is the hardest?? You'll hear a lot from me next week but this week it is all about survival!

This post was typed one-handed....please excuse typos :)

So glad

About a month ago I had people guess when the first snow would be - well, I'm happy to say that most of the dates you guessed have passed! We had that really cold spell but now it's been back to regular fall weather. I think next week I'll have everyone guess again!

Already?

Nothing to say

So here are some pictures.

Long bath=wrinkly hands

Naked dancing

It rained a lot the other day and flooded the town.
We had a river running through our "backyard".

Just praying that I will take him inside soon!

Happy boy.

Halloween Part III

Make sure you scroll down for the other two Halloween posts


Here is a picture of Roy with his costume. I borrowed it during the trunk or treat and wore it while handing out candy. I don't have a picture of me though. My husband is terrifically weird. The students in the dorms loved it.

Halloween part II

Isaac gets his own post for his costume. Rae wore this costume when she was 15 months old, Blaise wore it when he was 10 months old and now Isaac wore it at 5 1/2 months old. The best thing about it is that I got it for 5 bucks!

Rae

Blaise (man, he still looks the same!)
Cute Blaise again. We just switched Isaac to this car seat, and the first time I put him in it I thought of this adorable picture of Blaise.
And Isaac - sleeping like an angel (har har)

Halloween

Our Halloween festivities were cold, but fun! On Friday we had our ward party. I was tired and cranky and wanted to skip Halloween altogether, but by the end I was less grumpy. Roy took the kids around the parking lot for the trunk-or-treat while I sat in the van and handed out candy (while nursing!) I got a lot of laughs for my costume - I'll have to get a picture of me in it and post it later. It was about 45 degrees and the wind chill probably made it about 40 degrees. We were all happy to get home and warm up and eat some candy!

At the ward party on Friday

No masks allowed


On Saturday there were a bunch of local businesses set up around the courthouse with candy, so we hit that first. Then we picked Roy up from his office where he had been all day grading papers - bleh. We went to the dorms (which was nice since it was SO cold again) The kids got some really good candy and Roy got a lot of laughs about his costume (same costume as mine - we didn't get a picture though, so I'll post more about that later) We got home by 7 and went to a few of our neighbors and tried to lure some kids to our house by turning on all the lights and lighting our pumpkins, but we only got two trick-or-treaters. Oh well, I'll send some candy to school with Roy and he can bribe his students. I'm letting the kids go crazy on candy this morning and then I'll put it away for a few days.



This is on Saturday before going out. He didn't wear the mask for very long because it was hard for him to see and he kept tripping. The gloves didn't last long either because they kept falling off.




She was a "fancy" cat