Isaac loves having his cousin Alina over... mostly because he loves to be protective of her and make sure she is safe. I can't tell you how many times today I heard, "no-no Alina, it's not for you, you're a baby!" It's the craziest thing spending time with my sister's daughter... there are so many things that remind me of her! I love this little girl!
Well, it's that time of year again... Fall Frenzy! Year 1 we had a skunk, year 2 we had a Nemo... and year 3 we have a tired mommy with very little imagination. At least tonight will be packed with fun, candy and worship. Let's just pray that Isaac keeps his costume on for more than 3 minutes!
Chris recently downloaded all the pictures that were on my phone that I thought I had lost. Here is some of what we found...
32 days until THANKSGIVING!
Yesterday Isaac made his "Thankful" Tree. We wrote down some of the people we are most grateful for and and he stuck them to the tree. Now everyday until thanksgiving, we will read the tree and thank God for placing these people in our lives.
Tonight Chris and I took some of the high schoolers to a corn maze. That thing was CRAZY! We got filthy, got frustrated, met new people and had a ton of fun! Afterwards we got pizza and went back to the church to play hide-n-seek in the dark. For some reason Valerie and I ended up being "IT" and I thought I was going to need an oxygen machine. There's nothing like a group of high school students to make you feel old!
Tonight was a good night.
Yesterday when April and the boys were over, we decided to do a social experiment and let the boys work out their own issues outside. Needless to say, a dollar-store hockey stick was broke in half. Isaac didn't seem to care until this morning, when he insisted on fixing it with daddy's electrical tape. He found it from somewhere and came over to Aunt Jeni to tape it up. He was so proud of the fact that he fixed his hockey stick that I had to take a pic.
Chris and I don't get out by ourselves a lot. This is for 2 reasons... 1. we LOVE being with our kids and miss them terribly when they aren't with us. 2. we are really busy and hate bothering our family to babysit for something that isn't mandatory. Anyways, I planned a special night for Chris tonight and my parents took the kids. It was so much fun to get out and I realized one more time why I love to spend time with my husband more than anyone else in the whole world. Just wanted you all to know...
Isaac's Uncle Justin and Aunt Kyle bought him these footed pajamas a couple of weeks ago and we have been in discussions about him wearing them ever since. Isaac keeps telling us he is too big to wear the jammies with feet. Chris completely understood, because he remembers hating those when he was younger- "when you straighten your feet they pull your arms down!!" he says. Well, tonight we overcame! Isaac put the pjs on for his Poppi and Grandy and posed for me to get a picture. Just from past experience, I have a feeling I will have a hard time getting him out of them tomorrow!
This is a picture of my beautiful baby sleeping. Unfortunately, this particular night, it took 2 feedings and an hour of cuddling before I came to terms with the fact that we weren't going back to sleep. I laid Zoey down in my bed so I could run to the bathroom and this is what I came back to. Go figure! One thing is for sure, I can't complain about this girl at all. Some nights she sleeps pretty much all the way thru and if not, she usually does go right back to sleep after eating. I am blessed!
