September Activities

This month has been full of activity. More than usual for us! We are normally very dull and boring people, but this month we have been busy! We have been busy preparing for Glenn and Donna's wedding anniversary party, along with Derek and April. In addition to that, Kevin has decided to enter the Festival of the Leaves with his smoker and providing food. He is going to be serving pulled pork sandwiches, chips, dill pickles, soda, and bottled water. He is already doing all the meat for Glenn and Donna's party, the meat for the Festival, the meat for a friend's wedding, and as soon as there is a break in the rain today, he is going to be smoking meat. We have our neighbors now bringing down meat for Kevin to do. Kevin is really getting into the "catering" and having fun with it all!

As far as me, I have been busy being Mom and wife. My cousin, Jeff, is getting married on September 27, which is also my cousin Kim's birthday. This is the day Kevin will be at the Festival of the Leaves, so that leaves me taking the kids to the wedding with me. However, my parents will also be there to help me, so that is nice. I am also in the mist of looking at a possible part time job opportunity. The hours couldn't be better and would still allow me more than enough time to be home with the kids, so that is exciting to think about. However, I am extremely anxious/nervous about thinking about being away from the kids since I have been home with them ever since they have been born.

Mason is still fighting his cold and is getting a little bit better. He has been having a lot of problems going to sleep at night in his own bed. Something is scaring him, like nightmares, because he is afraid to go to sleep and will hold on to me or Kevin for dear life. Once he gets to sleep, he will sleep for 3-4 hours and then he wakes up crying and will come get in bed with us; and he will fight us when we try putting him back in his own bed. This has gone on for almost two weeks now. We wish he would talk and tell us what the matter is so we could help him. However, since he can't tell us quite yet, we are doing the best we can to help him out. He is now telling us "up" when he wants to be picked up and he will tell us "kack kack" for what a duck says. It is pretty cute! Speech therapy is really helping him out. He has so much fun playing with the letters of the alphabet and singing songs. He loves it when we sing "The Wheels on the Bus" to him.

Reagan continues to be her loveable and smiley self. She always has a smile first thing in the morning when I pick her up. She loves to be held and is awfully spoiled already! I love holding her and cuddling her, just like I did with Mason. I try not to take it for granted since I know she is going to be our last baby. I don't want her to grow up too fast, but it seems to be going too fast anyway!