Thanksgiving 2010

We packed up and headed north to spend the holiday with Jeremy's family. We arrived Wednesday evening and ate nonstop until we left early on Saturday.

Donna had a spectacular spread for Thanksgiving which was enjoyed by the entire family. We had not been up there since Easter so it was great spending time with them. Ben even tried the turkey and some noodles along with his roll this year. As it turns out, Owen is a pie junkie. I actually think he might need an intervention from the pumpkin pie and ready whip.

When asked what he is thankful for this year, Ben's reply was the turkey and his mom and dad, and his brother. Oh and he loves his teacher Ms. Claire.

I asked the same question to Owen and his first reply was nothing. As in "I'm not thankful for anything". I explained what being thankful is and he concluded that he is thankful for Framp. His stuffed dog that he carries around and sleeps with. Well at least that's something.

Our Elf on the Shelf, Shelfie, arrived this morning along with the Little People Nativity playset. The playset is new to us this year and I hope that it makes it easier for the boys to understand the reason for the season.

We decorated the house for Christmas this morning. Jeremy put up the tree while I put up the stockings and the million other decorations I've accumulated over the years. Before I knew it, he and the boys had the tree decorated. No, I didn't take the ornaments off just to put them back where I wanted them. That would just be crazy. And I'm not...well, I did and I am so there's that.

I have been pretty terrible about taking pictures so here is a compare and contrast.

Then:

Now:

My how we've grown!



The last three weeks

Owen's birthday party was last weekend.  My parents made the trip out and we celebrated with our friends.  One of the best things about his birthday is that it is a great way to get rid of the Halloween candy!  We stuffed it into the Elmo pinata and sent it home with the neighborhood kids. 

Speaking of Halloween, we went to Trunk or Treat at Ben's preschool this year.  The boys have been on a Cat in the Hat kick and decided to be Thing 1 and Thing 2.  At the last minute I picked up a Cat costume and joined them.  I am not one that enjoys dressing up and have avoided it for decades.  They were so tickled with my outfit that it made it worth my discomfort.  We decorated the trunk of our car and Jeremy stayed to hand out treats. 

Ben was pretty bummed that he didn't see his friend Audrey while we were making our rounds.  She showed up at our car while we were hanging out with Jeremy.  Her mom said that the first thing they had to do before getting any candy was to find Ben.  The two of them are pretty sweet together.

During that weekend we had a Halloween party at our house.  There aren't many homes to go door to door in our neighborhood so we had a potluck and let the kids run around in their costumes.  We then loaded up and went to another section of the development and trick or treated a few houses there. 

Ben and Owen decided they wanted to be Iron Man and Spiderman that night, so I was just Mom for the party, but the Nunley's came out in full force.

After partying two weekends in a row, we laid low this weekend.  I didn't have to get out of my comfy pants for the past two days.



Owen's Slide show

I put Owen's 3rd slide show up the other day.  Just click on the tab at the top of the blog.  He is extremely excited about his Elmo party tomorrow.  That's all that I came here to say today.  Oh and thanks for the singing Sponge Bob card Aunt Shelly!  Owen just can not hear that often enough.



He Is Three

I am having a hard time dealing with the fact that my baby turned three yesterday.  He should not be that old yet.  Where did the time go?

On Thursday, November 1, 2007 I was working the evening shift at a store in Bridgeton, MO.  Around 9:45 pm I was chatting on the phone with my friend Devin when a customer came to the counter.  When I stood up I thought, "Now this is weird, surely I haven't wet my pants."   After ringing out the customer I realized that my water broke.  I was getting ready to close the pharmacy for a few minutes when the overnight pharmacist arrived.   I called Jeremy to fill him in and somehow we decided it would be best if I drove home before heading to the hospital.  I hadn't yet packed a bag and did not trust him to bring what I would need.  Never mind the fact that to get home, I actually drove past the hospital.

 When I got home our neighbor Sue was there to sit with Ben until my parents arrived. We stopped to take this picture before heading out the door.

At that point I was not having any contractions and we chatted excitedly half way to the hospital.  Then the contractions began.  We arrived at the hospital around 11:30 pm.  Owen was born at 1:31 am on Friday. 

Beside the fact that the epidural only kicked in right before it was time to push, this was probably the world's easiest delivery.  He weighed in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 20.5 inches long.  My memory isn't that great so I had to dig out a birth announcement to remember the specifics. 

Fast forward three years to this sweet little guy.

Yesterday we dropped Ben off at preschool and went with Jeremy to pick out a birthday cake for his party on Saturday.  Owen's favorite place to eat is the T-Rex Cafe.  Jeremy and I decided to take him there and he had the undivided attention of both of us.  After lunch we picked up big brother and headed home for cupcakes to celebrate his big day.

Owen just keeps growing and learning and a lot of the times I have not stopped often enough to notice all of the changes that have happened this year.  Where did my baby go?

Happy birthday little man!