Jack Lost his 1st Tooth!

Jack has been waiting and waiting for his tooth to come out. This afternoon after school he was eating some Halloween candy (Nerds I think) and his first tooth fell out. He was so excited when he called me so I rushed over to take a few pictures.

Happy Halloween

Jack as a mummy made out of toilet paper Me with my class

Me and friend, Dusti

Morgan, Jack, and Hayes Jack was Batman, Hayes was a jester and Morgan was a nerd (just kidding, Morgan)

Jack and Mrs. Palmer

Alan wearing a high school musical wig

(He looks like someone from an 80's rock band)

This is Alan's niece, Samantha dressed as a high school musical character (can't remember which one)

Today was a super long day for me. Everyone at school dressed up for Halloween and the kids were so wild. After school Alan, Morgan and I took Jack and Hayes trick-or-treating and then we went to Alan's parents' house to visit. We didn't get home until after 10:00 and I am exhausted!

Pumpkin Carving

Tonight we carved the pumpkins that we got at the pumpkin patch earlier today. I spread newspaper out on the kitchen floor and we sat and worked on our pumpkins. Jack is really quite an artist for his age so I let him draw the face on his pumpkin and I did the carving. He did it all by himself and I thought it turned out quite well. Alan and I made an Alabama pumpkin. I did the drawing and he did the carving.

Pumpkin Patch

Of course Jack picks the biggest pumpkin and wasn't able to carry it!

He was excited that he made it out of the hay maze

Class Picture

Jack and Anna Lee

Petting Zoo

Jack standing in line

Jack and Anna Lee

Jack getting his face painted

Jack entering the gate with the freezing cold wind blowing his cute pumpkin name tag

Today I took a day off work to go with Jack's class on their field trip to the pumpkin patch. Jack took his first ride on a school bus and he was very excited. We had a lot of fun at the pumpkin patch but it was SO COLD!!! We only lasted until 11:00 and then I checked Jack out and took him to lunch at Chick-Fil-A and let him play on the playground.

Grandma's 90th Birthday Celebration

We had so much fun at grandma's birthday party (Oct. 18th). It is always fun being with family, especially those we don't see often. Unfortunately I did not take any pictures at the party because I was so tired from traveling all day but I did manage to get Grandma to pose for a picture with Alan and myself after the party (she hates to be photographed). I am not posting that picture because Grandma would be quite upset if she knew her picture was out there for all to see.

We missed Reagan and her family. I wish they could have come but they live so far away. I'm hoping they will move a little closer soon. Her kids are growing so fast and we only see them a few times a year. It would be nice if she would update her blog in the near future so we could at least see some pictures (hint hint).

Go Blue Devils!

Our school has been celebrating homecoming this week and today the highschool football players, cheerleaders, and band came to our school for a pep rally (or pepper alley as my students called it). This was Jack's first time to go to a pep rally and he loved it! He kept talking about the cheerleaders (he's such a boy). I was going to get some pictures of him and when I turned my camera on I realized I had left my memory card at home. Someone let me borrow a camera and she said she will email the picture to me. I will post it whenever she emails it to me.

Today we had a diaper shower for Grace, one of my friends at school. She is due sometime in December and she is having a boy. I wasn't able to get a lot of pictures b/c everything was set up in our very tiny teacher's lounge and it was crowded with hungry teachers trying to fix their plates. We had some really good party foods, great punch, and a delicious cake. Grace ended up with enough diapers to last her a while. She said her car trunk, back seat, and front seat were completely full after she loaded everything in.

14 week Dr. Visit

We went for my 14 week OB appointment yesterday. I had blood work done and found out that I am anemic so now I have to take iron. I also had to get a flu shot (which I was against but they highly recommended that I have one) We also got to hear the heartbeat again and heard lots of movement. We go back in 4 weeks (November 4th) for our big ultrasound and we will find out what we are having. We are so excited and ready to start shopping! We are both going to take off work the whole day and go to the doctor early that morning (I got the earliest appointment) and then shop for baby the rest of the day.