Itasca State Park

Here's a few pictures from the wedding we went to at Itasca State Park. We got a little lost but we had a wonderful sunny day and lots of fall colors to look at. Jack was the best dressed by far!

Here are some pictures from the last week..........I don't have time to keep up everyday anymore.

Two Months Old.....already!

I can't believe it, he's two months old! The time has sure gone fast. We have had a pretty busy last week and a half. We both managed to catch a cold our first week back to work and daycare. It started out with a sore throat so listening to Jack attempting to cry was pretty sad. We got sick last Friday and we are still draining out the rest of our coughs. We did however have another good week and we are back to a very busy schedule now. We have a bible study going on Wenesday nights and watch The Office with friends on Thrusday nights.
Yesterday he offically got his two month shots. He hardly whimpered. But he did get fussy later in the day so I gave him some tylenol. We have been learning alot about tylenol the last week. Glenn stayed home and watch Jack on Monday morning and all day on Tuesday. Jack needed some tylenol on Monday because he still had a slight fever from his cold. Glenn's comment about giving it to him was why don't we give him some at night so he sleeps better. I told him that Jack needed to learn to sleep without drugs. On Thrusday night we (the parents) needed some tylenol our fun night we had antipatied all summer the premerie of The Office turned into a screamfest. We went over to our friends who were babysitting Cooper (Jack's 6 month old buddy) and Cooper had just had his shots the day before. Cooper was not happy to be without his mom and his poor leg was hurting him. He had a big welt because the nurse slipped with the needle. We ended up having to watch The Office after it aired, good thing we taped it. Because Cooper got Jack screaming and we couldn't get either one to calm down. Ahhh the joys! Adding babies to our group of friends has been interesting and we have one more on the way in February.
Today we are headed to a wedding at Itasca State Park, also known as the Head waters of the Mississippi River. The leaves are beautiful so we should have some wonderful pictures and I am excited for our friends to get married and excited to go to a new state park!

First Week of "School"

Jack survived the first week of daycare. I am so thankful for this daycare center. With all the hoops I had to jump and tests I had to pass to get my license to clean and wait a year and half after college to get my first real job...which I happen to love. I am glad I am able to have a place for Jack to go that we feel really good about. And this week I had a patient tell me he had the best cleaning he's had in his life. And that was coming from a guy who hadn't been to the dentist in years and who doesn't brush his teeth, seriously. Which is good because he had some serious gum problems and I need him to like me so he'll come back. And hopefully someday learn to brush and floss. Maybe that was just God telling me it's ok to be back at work because his compliment was extactly the boost I needed.

And Jack has done great at daycare. He has some adjusting to do because he is more of a tummy sleeper and because of sids the daycare wants him to sleep on his back. So his first day was rough he came home and pasted out. He is working on sleeping on his back and they are allowing him to sleep in a bouncy seat which is a help too. Today when I picked him up Grandma Laura (his teacher) was holding him and he was smiling away at her. So for his first week I think we did pretty good.

But we are sure saying TGIT (thank goodness it's thrusday) We are going to enjoy a nice weekend and might even go to a slumber party Movie Night tomorrow night with our friends from chruch.

Ready or Not....Here I come!

Well dispite an electrically short start to our Sunday, Jack and I were able to make it to church today. We were also using this morning as a practice run for getting ready on our own. We did pretty good. We got up an hour and a half before we needed to leave. I got a shower and got ready after feeding Jack and he actually went back to sleep. That is key! The only short circut in the getting ready process was that when I went to get him up...the lights popped. (We are working on getting that fixed thanks to Uncle Ron) So dispite our best efforts we were still a few mintues late to church. But not bad considering we didnt' have lights for the second half of getting ready. Hopefully tomorrow goes well. I will have to sing "It's the most wonderful time of the year." And take his first day of school pictures!

Bonfires and Babies

Around here we look forward to fall. Things start to slow down, we have more time to spend with friends, and sometimes just to relax around a bonfire. There is something about the warmth, smoke and smell that is just relaxing and fun. It's almost like going camping but without all the hard work. Last night Glenn decided to teach Jack a man thing. How to burn things. And also how to chop down a tree.....which I should have video taped because it was funny to see a grown man acting like a ten year old. Give a boy an axe and he'll make a fire.

Jack also had a visit yesterday from his Great Grandma Joyce. So now he has met all his Grandparents.

School starts in five days so he also went and met his daycare ladies. We found out that he is going to continue to be spoiled. He is the youngest one at daycare and his classroom has three girls in it. He is going to have fun. Monday morning is back to work and school. I had a good laugh, because the daycare gave us a list of things Jack has to be able to do to move up to the next class room and one of the things was sit in a chair without falling off a reasonable number of times.

So for today we are enjoying a day off.

Bunco Party!

Last night we took Jack over to his friend Cooper's house to play Bunco. We had a lot of fun and Jack did pretty well. Cooper was pretty nice to share some of his toys with Jack. But even with the cool glider chair Jack perfered to be held. He wasn't too sure about the dogs running all over. It's really fun having friends who have a boy only a few months older. If we stay here they will be on the same hockey teams for sure.

Another friend at church just brought her week old son today. He was a whopper at 9.7 lbs. Jack was 9.6 last friday. Jack is growing but not fast enough to fit into his warm clothes. And since it has decided to cool off this last week, not a day over 65, Jack is swimming in his 3 months warm clothes. We still think he looks cute.

He also is starting to really like his swing. Which is giving me some much needed time to get things done. I think this next week I might even haul out the scrapbooking supplies and work on getting a baby book started.