The big ONE

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So, Jack is now 1. Wow. I swear, time flies when your having fun. Or, when days drag on and on and on and you think the day may never end and then you look and it's been so long you think, "How did we get here?" A friend told me that she was told, "The days are long, but the years are short." No truer words were ever spoken. Happy Birthday little boy!
Love,
Momma

Blue and brown

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Aren't they just cute enough to eat? We are getting ready for our trip to FL. We are going to be gone a while. Packing, or just the thought of, is enough to make me shake and sweat. I know we will have fun once we are there, but the trip may be the hardest part. Jack isn't quite the traveler that Lauren always has been. I am taking snacks, bribes, movies, toys etc., but he will just want out of his seat and down on the ground to move around. Not likely. Poor kid. I hope I have it built up to be way worse than it actually will be, but I bet my fears are spot on. Wish us luck! I'll try to post again before Christmas, but if I don't, Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Happy Turkey Day! (almost!)

Today was Lauren's Thanksgiving program at preschool. She was a turkey who sang and danced. Actually, her entire class played turkeys. It was very cute. When the turkeys had to gobble, gobble, gobble, she would work the beak and make it gobble. Then we ate pumpkin muffins the kids had made the day before. Granddaddy and Aunt Rebecca and Jenna came, as well as Momma, Daddy and Jack. It was a great program!

My neice!!!

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I would like to introduce Jenna Eloise to the masses who read this (hee-hee!). She was born on Oct. 17, 6 pds. 15 1/2 oz., 21 in. long. She is as beautiful as you would imagine and so sweet. She make Jack look huge and makes the sweetest little baby noises. Lauren loves to hold her and says over and over, "She's just so sweet!" I forget how small babies really are. Heck, neither of mine were ever this small on the outside of me, so that explains that. She is perfection. Congrats to her momma and daddy for a job well done!!!

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We went to the pumpkin patch over the weekend with friends and it was hot, but great. We got to see lots of pumpkins and gourds and we saw the coolest chocolate lab who fetched sticks out of the lake.

Update:

Pre K is all we hoped it would be and more. She loves school and cannot wait to go everyday. Good sign of things to come!

We have all had the nastiest stomach flu over the last few days and it sucked. Jack is the only one still dealing with it. Hoping it is on it's way out since it is nutclub time again. Off to try fried Coke...I'll let you know what in the heck that is when I find out.

Tomorrow starts PreK

She has been 1 day so far and LOVED it! She has 17 kids in her class, 2 sets of twins and she is the funniest one, according to the other moms. Nice... I have the funny kid. I'll let you know more tomorrow.

Sorry for the lull...

So, next week we have our PreK teacher meeting. How is she old enough for preschool you may ask? Let me tell you: I have no idea. The fact that she starts Kindergarten in under a year blows me away and I all but refuse to believe it. She is very excited for school to start. This year, she will be going 3 days per week. Sigh...How will I ever manage her being gone 5 days a week? I know I will find things to do, but imagining life without her for 6+ hrs. a day seems impossible.

Jack is full on, no holds barred, crawling/pulling up/beginning to cruise and my life is about to increase in speed by, oh, I don't know, 500 TIMES!!! He knows no fear, is not even a bit timid and is very friendly to every person whether they are friendly back or not.

Man, I LOVE THESE KIDS!!!

Tooth count: Jack, 6 in Lauren, 2 out

So, Jack is now crawling, not only army style, but occasionally on his hands and knees as well. He also pulls up, but is not cruising yet (which is fine by me!) but I know that is coming.
I booked our vacation for December. If you know what it is, great. If not, I'm not telling. Yet. Let's just say, Lauren will LOVE it with a very capital LOVE!!!

More later...

So, the teeth...

Lauren lost another one, Jack got another one. John and I still have all of ours in case you were wondering. She is looking so grown up. Makes me a little sad.
Jack is trying so hard to crawl. You just pull for him to do it, but that too, will make me a little sad ;).
We had a great vacation. The mountains were still pretty, but we did see bears this time, so I have now done all I intend to do there, so if we don't go back, that's ok. If we do, that's ok too, but I don't need to.