Home Again

We are home from our wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday in Indiana. Unfortunately I have no pictures at this time. I charged our camera all week before we left and the first time I pulled it out to use, it had a low battery. So - pictures will be posted when I can snag them from my sisters.

Some highlights from our week:
Parking cars for the Notre Dame game at my sister & bro-in-law's house
Attending the Notre Dame game
Amish Thanksgiving
Glaub Thanksgiving
Ruth's Chris for my parents' anniversary
Christmas shopping

Wordless Thursday

Joseph is grounded from the computer

side note: Goo-Gone spray gel works miracles on getting red sharpee marker off of a computer monitor screen.

belly shot - 20 weeks

half-way there!

Indiana bound

I made the mistake of mentioning to Joseph on Saturday that we would be going to see Grandpa & Grandma (and Aunt Megan, Uncle Chris, Aunt Natalie. . . . . ) this week. He is ready to go now. Whenever I announce our next activity, it's followed by "and then go see Grandpa & Grandma. ok?"

Getting in the car yesterday after church - "go see Grandpa & Grandma now. ok?"

This morning -
mama: "We're taking daddy to work, then going shopping, then to the library. ok?"
Joseph: "ok - taking daddy to work, then shopping, then library, then see Grandpa & Grandma. ok?"

Joseph on the way to take daddy to work - "we'll drive and drive and drive and get there. And see Grandpa & Grandma. ok? Let's go!!"

After library -
mama: "ok Joseph. We took daddy to work and went shopping and went to the library. Now we're going home."
Joseph: "ok. go home and then go see Grandpa & Grandma. ok?"
mama: "remember I said we're not going until Friday. We still have to do laundry and clean the house and pack up your clothes and toys."
Joseph: "ok! go pack up clothes and toys right now and then go and see Grandpa & Grandma. ok?"

I think it's going to be a long week.

Jacob Christopher

It's a boy! We had our anatomy scan today and found out that we'll be welcoming another sweet boy into our family. He measured right on track at 19 weeks and looked healthy. We had a little bit of deja vu as he pulled the very same pose as Joseph did during his anatomy scan (one hand by face, one hand by his, um, stuff). Typical boy.

Waiting for Daddy

Usually when Joseph hears "Daddy's home" he runs to the door to greet him. However, on this particular day, he had been told "no more candy until daddy gets home." So he stared into the candy basket until he heard "Daddy's home" and then reached in as fast as he could to pull out the Pez dispenser.

M. E. W. 3.

"How to eat M-n-M candies"
by: Joseph Henry Swearingen

1. Pick up the m-n-m between index finger and thumb
2. Rotate until you can read "M"
3. Rotate 1/4 turn until you can read "E"
4. Rotate 1/4 turn until you can read "W"
5. Rotate 1/4 turn until you can read "3"
6. Eat
7. Pick up next m-n-m and repeat steps 2-6

Happy Halloween

Those troublesome numbers

This morning's conversation while I am getting Joseph dressed:

J: "mama, there are numbers"
Me: "Joseph - there are no numbers on your shoes - let's just put them on"
J: "mama, there are numbers"
Me: "I don't know what you're talking about. We just need to hurry and get dressed"
(finished getting Joseph's shoes on and set him down)
J: "mama, this is not going to work"
Me: "what"
J: "this is not working!" (holding out his foot)
Me: "ok - sit up here and let me take a look" (I put him back on the chair and yank off the offending shoe - and out fly 3 small plastic magnetic numbers)
J: "see! numbers in the shoe!!!!"
Me: "um, sorry"