Little Pumpkin

We took advantage of a Groupon and a GORGEOUS October Saturday to visit our local pumpkin patch.  It was so much fun and I hope it becomes a yearly tradition, especially the Groupon! :)

 

 

 

Anyone want to purchase a small Rascal?

 

Next year he can stand on his own, I hope!

 

Aunt Megan and Mimi came along!

 

Loves his animals!

 

Although he's not sure about goats.

Daddy blazed through the corn maze.

 

 

First bike ride

 

and hay ride!

 

Oh, and did I mention that we got to go to the set of Game Day.  We had a blast cheering on the Sooners in the cold.  We didn't go to the game, which was sad, but we love our football team, even when they lose!

One Week to Go!

Jordan's Gotcha Day will be next week!!!  We are so excited to make it official and be his family FOREVER!!  What a blessing from God to have the privelege to make this sweet boy our son and to just fall in love with him the way we have. 

This past week was so busy!  We did all kinds of things...Blake went to a Thunder game, Jordan and I had lunch with my friend Leah, we watched my cousin Clay's final road game of the year, went on a date, and went to Blake's family's annual hot dog roast.  Here are some pictures from the football game:

 

Fall!

 

The weather this week has been fantastic!  On Saturday our high was 50ish and I loved every second.  This is definately my favorite time of year.  I like the season changes and the fun traditions.  It's fun to start some new ones for our family!  We carved pumpkins for the first time.  Blake apparently is a master-carver.  He did a face in about 5 minutes with no planning.

 

 

 

I, on the other hand pulled off this amazing OU...

Only to see it collapse in on itself within two days.  Oh, well.  It was a good try!

 

The other great thing about the fall is OU football and it's always fun to watch a game with fellow Sooners.  We went to our friends house for the OU vs. Tech game and Jordan had a blast wrestling with their kiddos.  Nothing cuter than a bunch of crimson-clad kids. :)

 

 

On the Mommy front, I'm just about ready for this boy to start sleeping through the night.  I'm good and tired after 8 months of not sleeping.  I second guess myself alot.  Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing something to cause him to not sleep through the night.  But, really, I can't think of anything to do different.  Poor kid just gets hungry all of the time!  Someday...

Poor Little Fella

Last week started out really good!  We went to our friends Nick & Hailey's house.  They have a little boy named Rylan who is just a few weeks older than Jordan.  It is so fun to watch him interact with little people his age.  For a while they just kind of stared each other down and then there was some grabbing of eyeballs to make each other mad.  Hopefully as they get older, they will learn to play with each other more and stir each other up less!

 

One day during the week, I was in the kitchen and heard Jordan crying.  I went in and found him like this!

 

He got up there and couldn't get out!  He couldn't figure out how to bend his head. :)



 

Of course like any good mother, I ran and got the camera.  He's too cute and to ornery not to take advantage of a good stuck situation!

 

On Friday morning, he woke up in a terrible mood.  The night before he had slept through the night (I should have known!) and gave me some rest and a chance to have a decent quiet time and a cup of coffee before he got up.  He was super cranky so I put him back down for a nap and he slept for two hours (I should have known!).  Well, to make a long story short, he ended up in the ER later that night with a super-high fever.  It was not a fun experience, but he started getting better.

 

The problem the next day was that his sore throat kept him from eating, so by the end of the day, he was not well.  Poor little thing!  He still managed to smile for the camera.

 

Today he is much better, although a little cranky today too.  Makes a momma nervous!  Hopefully next time he will get sick when the doctor is in so we don't have to take him to the ER!

 

Regardless, God is good and healed him.  He's almost completely back to normal.  I missed my crazy little man!

Debate

I'm feeling kind of lazy so I don't want to go get the pics to put some up this week, so I'm just going to write my musings on the Presidential debate, just because I can!  First a couple of caveats:

1. I didn't vote for Romney in the primaries, I voted for Santorum because I believe he would do more for the unborn than Romney.

2. I will vote for Romney because I believe he will not advance abortion in America the way Obama has.  A stop-gap is better than nothing.

3. If abortion was not an issue, I would vote for Romney because he is the closest to my conservative views about the role of the goverment, taxes, individual responsiblity, etc.

That being said, Blake watched "Better Off Ted", Jordan slept, and I sat in the corner with my earbugs and watched the debate!  Poor Blake...I don't subject him to my political junkiness very often...but a girl's got to watch the Presidential debates, right?  It's just every 4 years!

So, my comments:

1. Poor Jim Lehrer...he didn't have such a great time.

2. Romney seemed to know what President Obama was going to attack him on.  A couple of times, he addressed them and then President Obama still harped on them. 

3. State rights vs. Federal oversight...that was a huge underlying theme!

4. Romney handled the Romneycare issue well, by changing the point to saying that it should be up to the state to oversee, not the federal government.

5. I think Romney won, but President Obama certainly held his own.  I don't think anyone would be changing their minds after the debate.

6. I am really disappointed that President Obama didn't lose his temper.  What a waste!

7. I hope that they have a different style of debate next time...there was too much wiggle room for both of the candidates.

8. I am really excited to see Ryan vs. Biden!

That's all...I hate posting stuff on Facebook because I hate debating.  You're not going to change my mind and I probably won't change yours!