Pumpkin Picking

The plan for today had been to go to the corn maze. But a last minute check of hours, and we found out it didn't open until 1pm. So we changed our mind and headed to the pumpkin patch. We knew it would be chilly but we didn't know that there was going to be a breeze and be COLD.

When we got there, we did the mandatory pictures that I require every year. Then we got on the tractor to head out to the pumpkin fields. Colin thought it was more than awesome to get to ride on a wagon pulled by a tractor.

We usually don't go pumpkin picking until later in the season so it was a nice surprise to see so many pumpkins in the field to pick from. We only spent about 10 minutes looking for a pumpkin because it was so cold. We then headed back to the tractor.

Once back at the start, the kids decided that we needed to check out the play area. We spent about 15 minutes doing rides, seeing goats and horses, before it was just too cold to stay any longer and we headed for home.

The kids had a blast and we could have stayed much longer had the weather been warmer.

Baby Boy Sick

He started with a cough on Monday. He hit a brick wall last night around 4:30. All night I listened to his labored breathing, wondering if I should take him to the ER or not. I called as soon as the doctor's office opened this morning and got him in at 9:30. The x-ray was inconclusive. So we were sent home with orders to just to keep watching him.
His breathing is still very labored, his heart rate is on the high side, but he is in really good spirits. He is eating ok and still drinking. I'm hoping that he will start to get better as the weekend goes on and not worse.

I hate having a sick boy. I know I have said it time and time again but it sucks. I hate that every time his nose starts to run in the back of my head I start to make back up plans for work because we might end up in the hospital. I hate spending half the night running to his room to check his breathing. I hate that I have to own stethoscopes, o2 meters, nebulizers, and liquid steroids on hand at all times.

When Alyssa gets a cold I know she will get over it. When Colin gets sick all I can do until I know he is on the mend is think about how long the hospital stay might be this time.

When he had the bronchoscopy I thought it might buy us about 4 months of health. He has been off antibiotics 15 days.

I just hope we can stay out of the hospital this weekend.

15 years ago....

15 years ago tomorrow I met my best friend and my soulmate.

We had been talking on line for a few months and had convinced our parents that we should meet. My mom and his mom agreed we could meet at a Lutheran North football game. Chris was playing in the band.

We got there right before half-time and sat in the stands. Somehow we totally missed seeing Chris' mom before sitting down. So we watched the half time performance and I watched every saxaphone player intently trying to figure out which one was Chris. After the performance he came up and said "hi". I was so nervous and everything that I don't remember anymore of the game or what happened there. I do know we meet up with his mom.

After the game was over Chris rode with my mom and brother and I to a mall to get me a pair of shorts because it was like 90 degrees in October in St. Louis.

That night our families met for dinner and a wonderful game of mini-golf.

Wow what dorks we were then!

9 years ago tomorrow my best friend and soulmate asked me to be his wife. He flew in from Phoenix to Flagstaff. My roommate picked him up from the airport because I had class. After class, we drove to Sedona. That night we went out to a really nice mexican restaurant. After dinner we went back to the bed and breakfast to look at the stars and he proposed out on the deck.

Our lives have changed so much in the last 15 years! My parents have divorced and re-married other people. There has been a few moves, new jobs, but one thing has always stayed the same; Chris has never left my side.

I love him more today than I did 9 years ago and way more than I did 15 years ago.

I don't know what the future holds for us, but I know that we can weather any storm or any paradise together.





I love you Chris and look forward to walk the road ahead hand in hand.

No more pacifiers

I never wrote a post about us giving up the pacifier with Colin. I think it was because I didn't want to jinx it. The first time we had planned to take it away he ended up in the hospital sick the day before so obviously we didn't take it away.
Two weeks ago we went to the lake, we decided that at the lake we would throw a pacifier into the water and tell it good-bye. So we did that. Ever since that day he hasn't had an "ick" that is what he called them. Today he found one of the new daycare kids on the floor. He picked it up, showed it to me and went and put it in her bed.
I think we can officially say no more pacifiers for us!

Alyssa-isms

Today Alyssa said "This cushion is all wet" I asked why she said "Because I Blessed you all over it"

Alyssa went and got her flu shot today. She was really brave and didn't cry. She asked why I didn't get one, I explained that I would get one at church. She told me that she would go with me and hold my hand so I didn't cry.

The other day she said "Mom you're ridiculous, we don't wear swimming suits in the pool"

Whenever she tells you something serious her eyes get big, her mouth goes in a straight line and she lightly shakes her head yes.

Alyssa is growing up

About 4 weeks ago Alyssa went to her first Sunday School class. She really enjoyed the time and said she wanted to go back. She has gone back every Sunday but one when we were out of town. Two Sunday's ago a little girl that is about a year older than Alyssa convinced her to go up for the children's message without me. This same little girl then asked Alyssa to go to JAM( Jesus and Me) instead of going to the nursery. 

Alyssa went and had a lot of fun. This past Sunday the little girl was not in church so I wasn't sure what Alyssa would do. She all by herself decided to go up for children's message and then went to JAM. 

I'm so proud of her independence yet at the same time I am having a hard time with her growing up so fast.

She is a little over 3 and a half and can spell her first and last name. Knows the name of everyone in her family, can tell you the city and state she lives in. She can also tell you her birthday and how old she is.

My little girl isn't a baby or toddler anymore! She really is a preschooler! 

Back to Blogging

I haven't blogged much lately. There has been so much, yet so little going on all at the same time.
There is plenty I could talk about but really by the time I sit down at the end of the day to type something out I'm so tired I don't.

I'm going to try to make a goal to blog at least once a week for the rest of the year. Along with my goal of working out 3 times a week starting Monday.

That means at least 12 more blog posts and 36 workouts before the new year.

Lets see what I can do!!