Happy October!

Well, it seems as if the pregnancy insomnia and 4:00 am food cravings have started, so I might as well blog while I am awake.

Jay's brother and family moved to VA in August. It is nice to have family so close now :) On Monday I disobeyed bed rest and we took Jack up to see them and his Grandma Holly who is visiting. We decided to go to the pumpkin patch, which I was so bummed we were going to miss this year when Dr. told me to sit for 8 weeks. So, I couldn't miss it :)

Jack had the time of his life. He chased goats.....


Hugged a pig so tightly that it squealed.....


Moon bounced with Jay....



Picked out a pumpkin....


And went down some slides. He loved every minute of it.


Jay helped Jack carve his first pumpkin while I sat on the couch trying to slow my contractions. Guess the Dr. knows what he is doing, eh? Sigh.


I decided to enter Jack into the Gap casting call so he could be a Gap model. Well, I couldn't get the site to work and then I realized some ugly kid already had like 40,000 votes, so maybe next year. Here is his photo shoot anyway, just because he is super cute.






32 weeks down! 2 more weeks of bed rest, 3 more after that of limited activity and then I can do whatever I want!! Wahoo!!

Man Troubles

I have always been glad that I am a girl. There are a lot of things that guys have to deal with that I never thought I would have to worry about. Problem is, I am the mother of nearly two boys and when they are little, their problems are my problems. So, I guess I have to deal with man issues anyway.

This morning while I was getting ready for church, Jack stripped down to his diaper. He then decided that wasn't naked enough so he lost the diaper. Suddenly, I had a little white lightning bolt running through my house giggling with the joys of a free willy :) A few minutes later I heard screaming.....the excruciating pain screaming. I ran out to the living room where I found Jack holding his wiener, doubled over on top of the movies. I put two and two together and realized that he had accidentally clamped the tip of his little man part in a DVD case. I tried to comfort him as best as I could since I have no idea how he feels. Mostly I just tried not to let him see me crack up. I got him dressed for church and he has spent the rest of today covering/protecting his goods. I had no idea it started so young. So much about adolescent boys is starting to make sense.

29 Weeks Down!

Well, 5 more weeks of bed rest. I have to admit that I will probably be a mental person at the end of the 5 weeks, but at least the baby will be a little bigger. Dr. Mike (yes, that is what he likes to be called) says at 34 weeks I can return to limited activity. My first activity? Can't decide....either scrubbing the walls or washing Jack's car seat. I have been dreaming of both, so obviously they are bothering me.

Jack loves Mary Poppins. Mostly he loves Bert. He will bring me the movie and put on his beret and he is pretty much happy as a clam. Thank you Disney for babysitting my child for the next 2 months.


I have been running out of ideas for bed rest activities with Jack. So, we did pedicures. I think red is definitely Jack's color.


Me in all my sweat pant glory. I guess this is my curse for saying how much I love to be at home in sweats. Be careful what you wish for :)

Home Remedies by Jack

Potty training is not going well. Jack really loves his diapers. So, sometimes I have to take his diapers away and just let him run around naked until he has to go. Sometimes he goes in the potty, most times he just brings me a diaper and begs me to put it on him.

During a naked session yesterday I was trying to get Jack to finish his dinner. I said, "Jack, come get some grapes! They will help you poop!". Jack said, "Help poop?!" and I said "Yes!". So he ran over, grabbed a grape off his plate and stuck it between his butt cheeks.

Constipation solved.