Thankful

Last night at work I helped with a baby who had died. The baby was born prematurely and it broke my heart to see the little one as he passed away. I have been involved in caring for babies who have passed away several times before and while it is always the most unpleasant aspect of my job I don't think it has ever struck me in quite the same way as it did last night. I couldn't help but think about my beautiful boy at home and the healthy little baby I carry inside me right now. My little Lucas is only two weeks younger than this baby who passed away. I am so thankful for the health of my family and to God for all of His blessings!

Erik's 3rd Birthday Party

We went to cousin Erik's birthday party Saturday and had a fun time. I really didn't do a good job getting pictures but I thought this was pretty cute. James took a break from playing and grabbed the "3" candle off of the table and started licking all the frosting off of it. It was fun to see James having so much fun and how he is starting to get more independent when we go somewhere. Instead of dragging me around the entire time to play, he really occupied himself and I could tell he had a lot of fun. My little baby is becoming a little boy!

Family Pictures

Last Friday afternoon we had some family pictures taken through a friend of a member of my MOMS club. What a bargain, all of our pictures, on a CD and our sitting fee was only $68! Well, maybe I'm spoiling the fun by showing these to everyone now since they are going to be made into Christmas cards, but I just couldn't help myself. I thought my two favorite men just looked terrific! Tony and James, I love you more than you can imagine. Maybe this would have been better if my belly was just a little bit bigger, but I still thought it was a pretty sweet shot. Little Lucas, we are looking forward to your arrival!
My little stud muffin, James. He is such a ham. I think he loves getting his picture taken!

Rebel Rebel

Lately Tony and I have been listening to music a lot and James always likes to join in the fun. Tonight he put all of Tony's guitar lessons to good use and jammed! Watch out all you rock stars, here comes James.

Halloween

So, unfortunately Halloween didn't go exactly as planned. Tony came home from clinical and was feeling really sick. The flu has been going around his clinical group and I suppose it was just his turn. Well, needless to say James and I had to tough it out alone ...which is why I really didn't get any good pictures. Poor James, he was so hot in his costume which made him a little grumpy. When I asked him if he wanted to go trick or treating he said no and wouldn't even consider putting the monkey suit back on. After the first trick or treaters came to our house he changed his mind and was ready to go. We only went to about four houses on our street but it was enough. One house I took him to was decorated too scary for him (they had a fog machine and scary music playing) and as we made our way up to the house he kept saying "No Mama, no!" and finally sat in the middle of the sidewalk so I decided to move on to the next house... The rest of the night was spent handing out candy until Halloween got rained out!
My little buddy answered the door with me and helped pass out the candy. James greeted everyone with a "Hello," and after passing out the candy would say "Bye" and shut the door.
My little grumpy monkey! Doesn't he look incredibly sad?