Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Here's a sheep picture from when Jack went to visit at Kathy and Marlin's farm. He sure loves animals. I think he will have a lot of fun at Grandma Mary's farm this summer.

It's been a busy-sleepless last week with Jack getting bronchial pneumonia and a double ear infection. It probably started last week but Mr. Happy Jack who never complained and slept through the night the whole time. Was a very sick little boy by the time his symptoms reached a head. We had a visit to the ER clinic and came home with a fancy smoke blowing machine (aka the Nebulizer) Which has helped him breathe much better but has also been a fight every four hours when he has to wear a mask and inhale steam for 20 mins. Anyone want to try to get a two year old to sit still and wear a mask for 20 mins? I feel like I already have a newborn since I am back to the no-sleep routinee. Jack sounds better but his breathing does get pretty raspy towards the end of his four hours.

We did have a few good notes to our week...our driveway is finally paved! It has been a long process. But it looks wonderful and hopefully less dirt to sweep up for me! Jack offically welcome the pavement by coloring it with chalk and riding his motorcycle to the end and back.

We also had the our good friends Kathy (who I work with) and Marlin bring us some black dirt from the farm. So that we could fill in the edges and new flower bed. Jack wasn't afraid to hop up in Marlin's big truck and unload the dirt. He grabbed his little shovel and was flinging it out the back of the truck like a real man. He did fling some dirt in our hair too...which he thought was funny. He really loves Marlin. He follows and copies everything he does. He also lays on the ground and cries when Marlin leaves. Nice to have such fun friends. Kathy and Marlin's daughter is a year older than I am. She is married and lives in London...so Kathy and I have kinda of adopted each other. I am so thankful for her.

Last night we (Jack and I) went to a barn dance wedding reception for Dr. Johnson's son O.J. They had a pile of toy tractors to play with so as you can imagine Jack didn't want to leave. In fact we stayed until almost 9:00 and he bawled the whole way home. That could have something to do with the fact that he couldn't bring the tractors home with him and he had to leave Marlin.

Jack also had a fun time showing off his new snake named "Snakes" that managed to wiggle into our cart at Target earlier in the day. "Snakes" played with Jack all afternoon, took a bath and slept with Jack. I hate snakes...but someone loves them.

Today we are having another busy day heading to a Graduation Party for Logan. He's a third (maybe second) cousin of Glenn's who lives in Pequot Lakes. Then I think a big nap is in order...thankgoodness it's a four day weekend. I need some extra rest. Hopefully I can get some.

Xylophone

It may be one of the weirdest music instruments I know...but when Jack says Xylophone you just have to laugh. He is getting so good at talking. This little boy in the last month has learned all his colors. His favorite to say is orange. He points out orange things at the store. He also is learning to count. The other night I was making him some play-doh snakes and he goes "four snakes" I was not really paying attention but when I looked down I had made him four snakes. And he was counting them! What a big kid.
He has gone in the last month from calling Chocolate Milk, "Rabbit" (Nesquick Rabbit) to now calling it Chocolate. He still will not say milk. This morning we were working on Octopus. He loves Sharks, Alligators, Snakes, Frogs....hmmm maybe he is a boy!
He also has been a great helper outside. He has his own little rake and shovel. Mostly he loves to rake. But he did help me plant a flat of flowers. I still have some more to plant tomorrow if it is nice. He also discovered the sprinkler and was purple a few times last week. We had to go buy him some sandals since he did not have any...and all his shoes were wet.
We went on a field trip on Friday to see some baby lambs, chickens and ducks. I will have to post those pictures. He loved the farm. We had my co-worker Kathy watch him so we could go out to eat for our anniversary two weeks ago and this week we went to her moms, he got to feed cows and go on a tractor ride. It would have been more fun with Gpa Scott...but sometimes you have to make do. He did climb out of the tractor and lay on the ground and cry because the ride was over. He also cried all the way home. So I guess Jack loves the farm.
Only 6 more weeks until baby number two comes...we cleaned and organized today. I still have a lot left to do to get ready. But I have been so tired that I might just wash up some t-shirts, get some diapers for newborns and get a bed ready. Everything else will have to wait for more energy. Its too beautful this week to be inside.

Shopping Buddy!

This weekend we celebrated our five year anniversary...how appropriate that our hot water heater would decide to leak all over the basement. We did manage to get it fixed and not have to buy a new one yet...but it got me to thinking that maybe I should get out of the house and go shopping with my little buddy this weekend. Since we probably won't be doing any fun shopping for a while here. So we went to St. Cloud and had a great time. We ran into our buddies Kari and Carter and had lunch with them. We had fabulous coupons and Jack fell asleep in his stroller at the mall. He slept for two hours. I think that was a God thing. It allowed me some ME time and I was able to find some great deals, try on clothes and not have to keep him entertained. I do have to admit to not flushing when we went to the bathroom....but I didn't want to wake him up.
Baby Number Two will be here before we know it. My due date is about 7 weeks away. I have a feeling if I continue to work full time that Baby may come a few days early. It has been a very stressful last two months since Dr. Johnson fell. We've been super busy at work and I spend a lot of time running/playing catch up to stay on schedule. Our fill in dentists are nice guys but they are not used to keeping up with such a full schedule of patients. So I've been heading to work tired because I can't sleep and coming home more tired because I've ran a marathon all day at work. I am so thankful that Maternity Leave is right around the corner. I don't care if the baby wakes up every two hours...I love my job but I want my old boss back :)

April Fool's on you Momma!

I managed to not fall for my Mom's April Fool's Story. It was pretty good until she got to the part where she said she locked herself out of the house. She never locks up.
But I did fall for Jack's April Fool's Joke. He has been beginning to get the potty thing. Mostly because I think he sees the bigger kids working on it at School. Not because we spend countless hours sitting him on the potty at home. But he told me last night "I potty" so I took him up to the bathroom and he sat on the potty forever. Mostly he just likes to put toilet paper in the potty and flush it and say "Bye Bye Potty" However I was sitting on the floor in front of him and his aim was right on....right on his Momma! However he did manage to get some pee in the potty and was rewarded with some Sugar Free Gum. So he was pretty happy about that. I'm proud of him for making the connection. Considering he's not even two yet he's doing pretty good!
We also have been using cloth diapers for a month now. We cut our diaper budget in half for the month! :) I kept track of how many cloth ones I washed and I washed enough (109) to only have to buy one box instead of the two boxes of diapers I usually buy. I've only had to do two more loads of laundry a week. So thanks Sarah I'm glad I gave them a try. I think with baby two coming in a few months this will help us stay on budget.

Spring Things

It's been an interesting week off. I was looking forward to getting somethings done and spending some quality time with Jack. And it would have been a wonderful week but life is hard. On Monday I had the TV on while I made dinner and I heard that a Pine River student was hit by a bus. So I kept the TV on. When they finally got to the story I was in tears. Evan is a patient of mine. More like Evan's whole family are my patients. I had just cleaned his mom's teeth the week before and his little sister Anneka let us count her teeth for the first time ever! His mom, Melaine is a few years older than I am and she was one of my first patients four years ago when I started working. I've seen their family grow from one little two year old boy to three beautiful children. Evan looks alot like another little blond haired brown eyed boy I know. Evan's funeral was Friday. His Mom and sisters Anneka (3 1/2) and Maren (8 weeks) where at home waiting for him to get off the bus and witness his death. The family and the bus driver (72 years old had been driving school kids for 40 years) are having a hard time with Evan's death.

Life has been hard lately. I know God is Good. And I know Evan was brought up in a Christain home. "This is just a stop on the way to where I am going. I am not afraid because I know this is my temporary home." My heart aches for my friends and family who have suffered such losses this spring. While I am excited about our new little one and all of Jack's doings. I feel like God is reminding us about what is the most important.

Week Off

We are enjoying our week off. Yesterday we did the things we normally do on Fridays. We got the laundry done, went grocery shopping and managed to get Jack to take a big nap. We also managed to make cousin Issac a baby sling during nap time and work on our 2009 Taxes. Over all we had a pretty busy day. Every time I tried to sit down to work on the Taxes Jack would come over with a hockey stick and say to me, "Get Down, Hockey!" He had a one track mind...just like his Daddee. After shopping he tried to bring in a hockey stick from the garage. The only problem was it was a full size hockey stick and it was pretty hard to manage it in the house. I had to take it away from him which didn't make him very happy but he kept getting it stuck everywhere. He was very happy when his Daddee came home they spent a good hour out in the garage playing hockey and golf. And went for a bike ride as well. He is starting to put some sentence together. Last night Glenn was pretty impressed with Jack saying "I need a ball!"

Today we went and ran a few more errands and decided to have lunch at McDonalds. Which normally would be a good idea. Except for it's been a long time since I've taken Jack there and the one we went to had a playland. So he kept saying "get down" and wanted to go into the playland. He went down one little slide all by himself and did great. Then a big kid wanted to "help" him go twenty mintues later Jack had made it up to the big slide and had decided he was too scared to come down. I tried sending a bigger kid up there to push him down the slide. It didn't work. So I had to climb up the playland and bring Jack down. Playland's are made for kids and not pregant girls. We did manage to eat pretty good he had two of his cock o doodle doo nuggets.

And took a big nap which allowed me to spend two hours vaccuming the car out. It wouldn't have been sooo bad but it hasn't been done all winter. And at one point in time this winter Glenn decided we could Dog Sit for some friends. And Glenn went to go pick up the dogs with my car and no sheet to have the dogs sit on. So too white long haired dogs rode in my black carpeted car. GROSS! I had some major gagging issues b/c of all the hair and Glenn did a quarter job of cleaning it up this winter but I got all of the hair out of there. Also the pee stains that the little dog left in the back of my car as well.......moral of the story Don't Dog Sit for dogs that have to be inside and aren't potty trained and don't let your husband drive your car.

Spring Cleaning

Today has been a beautiful day. Even yesterday wasn't sooo bad a bit cold for a little boy but we have been outside all weekend. Today we managed to get the front flower beds cleaned out, took at least a 3 mile bike ride, and Jack got in some hockey practice in the garage. We are enjoy some much needed time off the next week. I only have to work one day and Glenn is only working two or three days. But after that it's time to crack down and start........GOLF SEASON! So we are going to enjoy a fun week! We have yet to tackle Jack's closet and figure out how we can add some organizers to fit two kids clothes in one very small closet. Maybe we will decide if we should paint his room a fun color. We talked about painting his room before he was born...just never had time to do it. We do have to fix some dents in the drywall from the rocking chair so a new paint job may be in order.