Busy Buddy

Since I've last wrote anything we've had a busy couple of weeks. We were able to Michigan and visit all of our family and friends who we miss so very MUCH! We've also had a very tough last week as Glenn came home with a flu bug on Wenesday, Jack got it on Friday and I got it on Sunday. But today we are all feeling better. Jack went to the doctor with his Dad to get his ears checked because he was still acting up and not wanting to eat. But the doctor thought he was just tired out and congested.

Tonight we will be going to bed early after a nice warm bath and hoping we don't have a repete of last night. After fighting with Jack for a few hours I ended up with a bruise on my collar bone from him thrashing his pacifier and head into it.....he had a rough night. He couldn't stay asleep or get comfortable..we ended up on the couch and running around late for work/school. But hopefully he will sleep tonight.

For a sick little kiddo

he sure has been a happy boy. Even when he was throwing up he would just smile and laugh...he must get that from his dad.

Jack O Lantern

Happy Halloween! Jack O' Lantern was a busy boy today. We got the house cleaned up so we can be ready for a fun weekend of Tricks and Treats. Tomorrow we have some Glamour Shots in the morning with Amy Foley. And we also have some Halloween fun with our friends at night. So tonight we got the pumpkin carved. Jack decided he wanted his pumpkin to match him, a pirate. He also helped his dad blow the leaves off of the lawn. And he's been playing hard all day. In a week he has really got the grabbing toys down. Finally he can play with all of his fun toys!!!

Three Months Old

Jack is now Three Months old. He is getting so long! He hasn't really fattened up much but he is growing longer and longer! He must take after his Uncle Dan and Uncle Nate. He is also learning and changing so much right now. Yesterday he grabbed onto his toy Lion for the first time (that I noticed at least) intenionally and than he began to suck on the Lions foot and fell asleep. He has been starting to laugh for the last three weeks and yesterday he belly laughed for us. It is so neat to see how he started out making one little sqeak three weeks ago and now laughs aloud right from his belly.

We are headed to the Eye Doctor and than earrands for the week. Tomorrw we are going up to Cloquet to help Bryan move into a group home, which hopefully he will love.

Have a wonderful weekend we love and miss you all! And we will see some of you pretty soon!

Training Spike

Jack is working on Training Spike. It's a hard job to train an already spoiled dog. We enjoyed this afternoon being outdoors in the wonderful fall weather. There won't be many more days like this.

Mommy and Me

It's hard to believe that I've been back to work for a month already. But I am happy to report that work is going great and Jack is doing better at school than we could have hoped for. His teachers are great and they truly love spoiling our little boy. Jack is learning and growing so much everyday. His newest trick is laughing. He's always been a smiley boy but now his smiles come with some happy squeaks too! He loves kicking his legs. So his bouncy seat is his favorite spot to be when he's awake. He also goes crazy squriming and kicking when he lays on his changing table. At the rate he is going he is going to be a track star with his strong legs. He also loves lights and music. (He is his daddy's boy) He now takes a nap and falls asleep on his own as long as a Baby Einstein CD is going....if I forget to set the CD player on repeat he wakes up as soon as the music is done. He is working on rolling over and jumping in his treefrog jumper.

Tonight we are going on an adventure to Uncle Jeremy's Shack....hopefully we don't get eaten alive by the mice.

Falling For Fall

Our fall colors are in their prime, we have beautiful views of bright oranges and yellows out every window. Glenn is closing down The Classic today and by the end of the month the resort will be closed as well. The crew at The Classic have a lot of work to do this fall and winter to get the course back into shape. There are about three hundred plus dead trees to cut down, they were killed by a beetle that bores into the trees and eats the membrane between the bark and the tree. It is sad to see all the trees have to be cut down. But we will be awaiting spring and looking forward to see what gets planted back.

Jack has had a wild weekend. On Friday night he decided to take after cousin Abby and have a party for a few hours in the early morning. After two hours and trying every toy and trick I could think of, his baby Einstein musical mirror (for using in the car) got him to sleep with its fancy disco lights. I guess he couldn't have his party with out music and lights.

Saturday night we got to go to a dinner with a missionary from Honduras. Glenn went on a trip two springs ago to an orphanage and the missionary was here in town for our church's missions dinner that was on Friday night. It was neat to sit down with him in a smaller setting and get to hear his vision for the future. He works with street kids who he rescues from drug addiction and often from child prostitution. He is also involved in a dump ministry, Honduras is so poor that many of its people go everyday to a huge dump to pick through the trash looking for things to recycle. These people are so poor they use paint thinner carried around in baby jars or pop bottles as a drug to numb their hunger pains. Glenn got to visit this dump while on his trip. He saw the people digging through the trash with vulutres circling over head, stray dogs fighting people for scraps of food and babies laying in boxes. I am excited to hear about the work Senor Pinto is doing in that area but saddened by the world we live in.

Jumping Jacks

Jack has been working out...he's got a lot of girls to impress in his class. He also has school pictures if you can believe that on Thursday. We had a pretty busy weekend and are already back to work for the week. Jack got out of school a bit early today to spend some time with his dad. Tonight Glenn is trying to brain wash him into liking the Vikes...