Bootastic Halloween!

Our Halloween was PACKED full of things to do. We started bright and early this morning with soccer. Jon Kent scored another goal!! I was so proud of him, despite the fact that I missed it.. again. I went to the car to get some cups for the water cooler and by the time I got back he had scored. I am thinking he just scores only when I am not there. :/ But I was proud of him nonetheless.

After soccer we came home and ate lunch and put the kids down for naps. Kent and I needed to get to the church to help with the games. The kids came later and seemed to have a good time. Zoey got her face painted with a little puppy dog on her cheek. The kids got a lot of candy and were pretty hyped up by the time we left.

After the festival at church, we came home and got the kids in their costumes. We were fixing to walk out the door when the bottom fell out of the sky and it started pouring. So we waited it out for about 20 minutes and it quit. About half way down the street it starts raining again, but not too heavy. So we just dealt with it. It soon quit. The kids had a good time trick-or-treating and thankfully all the neighbors who had set up their yards/garages to scare trick-or-treaters didn't do anything to the kids. They waited until we left and then started back up. We did get to see several groups of older kids get the mess scared out of them. Pretty amusing. While we had the kids getting candy, my parents stayed here and handed out what we had. Everyone thought I over did it with buying so much candy, but it was just enough. And if we hadn't turned off our porch light they probably would still be coming. I love it though. This is the first year we were able to go door-to-door trick-or-treating and being able to also hand out candy. It's nice being in this community and be able to do that.

And last but not least, my Auburn Tigers pulled out a win today!!! After 3 weeks of having to see them lose it was great to see them playing... better.

The kids are already talking about what they want to be NEXT Halloween! ;)

Tricks, treats and a little more.

Last night, right before heading to bed, I hopped on the internet to check my mail and facebook. My mom was on and IM'ed me. We chatted for a few minutes when out of no where she says, "We are coming!". I'm like, "Here?". "Yes", she says. I was ecstatic! A surprise visit = awesome! They will be here in about an hour. They really wanted to see Jon Kent play soccer and since he was sick last time they couldn't. And they really wanted to see the kids all dressed up and out trick or treating. So that's what we plan to do. Play soccer and trick or treat. AND have a fall festival at our church. Busy, busy, busy Saturday for sure. Now, if the rain will just hold off it would be even better!

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Now, to brag on my hubby. Tonight we were laying around watching TV while the kids ran around playing. A commercial came on for a pumpkin spice latte... YUM. So at 8:30pm he went out to Starbucks and got me one. I'm drinking it now... Don't be jealous. I've got a great husband AND a pumpkin spice latte. Double YUM!

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I know I've been sparse with my blogging lately. I have been addicted to facebook and all that goes on over there. But I do want to keep this up. I don't blog for others or really even for myself. I do it for my kids. I want a detailed documentation for them to read back on when they are older. When they have kids they can look back and see EXACTLY where THAT behavior is coming from. Haha. I just really want to give them the best gift of all, to see that I cared for them, loved them, made mistakes, did somethings wrong but in the end did the best I could and despite it all love them more than even I could have ever dreamed.

Continued prayers and another request.

So while y'all are praying for Stellan, please pray for this family as well. If you haven't read her blog, then I'll catch y'all up really quickly. They started the adoption process with their 8 month old son before he was even born. The birth mother picked them and said the birth father had zero to do with her or the baby during the whole pregnancy. The day the baby is born the birth father's grandmother comes busting into the hospital demanding to see the baby and the birth father was there too. And ever since have been trying to regain custody. The birth mother said that the best place for the baby is with the current family, so they are in legal battles and woes. Please pray for this family and continue to pray for Stellan. Tomorrow is his 1st birthday!!!

Stellan- Prayers are needed!

Tomorrow will be Stellan's 1st Birthday. And instead of celebrating that, Stellan is in the hospital in the worst state his parents or the doctors have every seen him in. Please say a prayer for him. Read his mother's post, look at the pictures and pray.

My kids aren't going to be little forever

This realization is hitting me hard lately. I was updating Nathan's baby book tonight and when I do that I always compare his stats to Jon Kent and Zoey's. Who was bigger at X-age, etc. Tonight when I flipped through Jon Kent's baby book I realized something. I have two more "entries" in his book and it will then be completed. His baby book will be done. That is so sad to me. His 5th birthday and his first day of school is it. And his "baby years" will be gone. Just. Like. That. Oh how time flies. Oh how I am going to look back on these years when they are older and long for them again. Sometimes my womb even aches for them to be back in there. I just want to hold them in and keep them safe. To keep them from this world and all the bad things that are out there. But I know that with the bad, there is good. And the good is what makes moments to put in baby books, in blogs. I love my kids more than life and while I wish they could stay where they are right now forever, that just isn't the way life is. It means they are living. That they are healthy and growing and experiencing. They are breathing and living life. What more could I ask for? No, they won't be little forever. But they will be my babies.. forever.

Baby Torture Chamber

The kids have been sick. One will get better and the next in line will get it. I have been off and on fighting off a cold. It's been a trying week to say the least. Today, after Nathan running a mild to high fever for about 4 days, I took him in to see the doctor on call. She looked him over and said all seemed fine, but wanted to send him for an x-ray.

And this doctor had little bedside manner. Trust me lady, I didn't want to be there anymore than you did!

So we had to go to the local hospital's ER to get that done. I'm not used to that. Our old pediatrician had everything in house. I wasn't thrilled about taking my 18 month old, whose immune system is already working overtime, to an ER full of germs. But whatever. This is where I should have listened to my gut. Should have just came home and let things run its course. So we get in there and get worked in and taken back to get the x-rays done. We walk in there and the tech tells me that since he is a baby they will have to put him in this. I just looked at it, looked at him, looked back at it and looked back at him and then said, "REALLY!?!!?!?". He said, "Yes, sometimes adults just don't know their own strength and we do this so no one gets hurt." It was horrible. HORRIBLE! I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever do that crap again. I am getting the kids a new pediatrician tomorrow. There is NO WAY we are going back there. NO FREAKING WAY!

Doctor just called and said everything was normal. To just let it runs it's course. Easy for her to say. She doesn't have to listen to her baby crackle when he breathes.

A girl and her worm

Zoey isn't your typical girl. She doesn't really get into dresses, dolls, frilly things, etc. Don't get me wrong, she can play a mean game of dress up and get into a glittery mess. But that isn't her passion. Her passion is... Worms. Yes, worms. All types. Big, small, dead, alive. She isn't picky. Since we moved here there have been several holes dug in the backyard in search of worms. And so far nothing has been found. Until today. The hugest, slimiest worm was unearth by my sweet princess. She was THRILLED. Until her brother told her it was dead. I ran over (OK, so it was more of a walk with a sense of dread to it.. tomato, tamato) and checked it out (OK, again check it out is a bit strong , I more or less poked it with a stick). It moved. I screamed. Zoey's was bubbling over with excitement. Me, notsomuch. And what happened next could only be described as.. magical. (OK, magical for Zoey). The worm is a "she" and "her" name is Kiki Madison O'viller. Jon Kent picked out the name Madison, for obvious reasons. Kiki is outside currently, in a bucket full of dirt. Goodness knows, it's not coming into this house.