Last of Fall and Halloween Pics

Our computer was ruined, thanks to a 2-year-old drooling, funnyman. Hilarious, huh? Our laptop was open, while I was in the kitchen the other day. This hasn't been a problem, since Jadon was about a year old, but for whatever reason, he decided to spit tiny droplets of water onto the lower lefthand side of the keyboard. I honestly didn't think any got down into the keyboard, but a few weeks later, when our screen when white on three different occasions, and after a compter repair woman checked it out, we realized I was wrong :(

Thankfully, we don't save anything of any importance on our hard drive...well, there was a folder of pics from Halloween that I had converted to jpeg files, but I still have the originals on my USB. I really don't feel like converting these again, so here's the link to the pics from Halloween that I posted on Facebook. I know some of them are duplicates from previous posts, but they're cute enough to look at twice, right? :)

Click here for Halloween pics!

Tis the Season

I almost never read the paper or watch the local news. Too much negativity most of the time, ya know? I'm a mom. I worry enough. Last week, somehow I randomly saw a costume contest sponsored by our local paper, The Sun News. I thought, "Well that would be cool to win some tickets to the movies," so I entered a pic of Jadon and one of Macy. Soon after, I realized I just pitted my kids against each other. Duh!

***SIDE NOTE: I am NOT a pagaent mom! Just wanted to remind everyone of that :) ***end of side note.

The voting didn't start for a few days, after I entered the pics, so honestly, I completely forgot about voting. Ah well. I went to the site and quickly realized this contest was really a bust. I mean, many kids had and still do today have ZERO votes...ummm...Macy would be one of those lol :P I'm assuming lots of other people forgot they entered this thing too, not that they are so humble they will not even vote once for their own child.

Anyway, I voted for Jadon, then realized the system only allows one vote/day/computer. Again, perfectly fine. I'm going to make another assumption that some parents have really promoted this to their friends and family. Who can blame them? C'mon we all love our kids, and think they are the cutest and think it would be nice if they won a prize. Well, I forgot to vote on a few days. Oops. Then I forgot to mention it to any of my friends or family. Oops again. So, as of today, Jadon has 4 or 5 votes and Macy, well, she still has zero. Sorry, kid. I was trying not to cancel out my prior votes.

Whatever. God spoke loud and clear to me to make use of what I have been given to bring glory to Him. "Use your Facebook friends to quickly get the word out and give the prize to a family who, otherwise, could not afford to go to the movies...a family who needs some quality fun time together. Oh yeah, and also a family who could use that $50 at that Surf and whatever place to buy some gifts for their kids too."

"Yessir. Got it. Will do."

So here is the link: VOTE HERE :)

Once you're there, click on "Best Kid Costume," then go to "page 4," and find our little ninja, vote and save. Go back again everyday, until Friday. Pass it on to friends, if you're feeling really spunky ;)

If you know a family in need in the MB area who could use a family night and some extra $$$ for Christmas for their kiddos, leave me a comment or shoot me an email, preferably thru FB. God already knows who they are, and if I'm going to be used to bless them. Maybe He would like to use you to help me help them :)

Fall Tradition

On October 23, we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch at the Methodist church in Pawleys Island. When Jadon was just four months old, we went there and propped him up against the pumpkins. He was so tiny, and he wore these very same overalls that Miss Macy Bleu wore this trip. We bought them at H&M in DC, when I was pregnant with Jadon. They are size 2-4 months, and they fit him perfectly two years ago. On Macy, they are floods, but they got the job done ;)

Macy has a bit of stranger anxiety, so she kept her eyes on any unfamiliar people who were approaching. If Mama's not right there, the tears immediately flow!
Of all of the pumpkins, large and small, Jadon was drawn to these blue and yellow pumpkins. We asked him which one he wanted, and he said, "Take blue punkin. Take yellow punkin. Do want take blue punkin home? Do want take yellow punkin home?" Then he saw the little orange pumpkin we had and added it to the mix, and before we knew it, we were either going to take them all home or have a meltdown. This wasn't going to be a test-my-limits meltdown. This was going to be a you're-breaking-my-punkin-lovin'-heart meltdown.

So Jamie and I really thought we were going to get a big, orange pumpkin to carve, but ended up with a blue-ish pumpkin, a yellow pumpkin, and a small orange pumpkin. Turns out, the three he wanted were the same price as the one we preferred. There really was no price for the smile on his face though. He was so proud of his punkins :)

The sweetest punkin in the patch

After we paid for the three pumpkins, we headed across the street to take a few more pics under the old oak and weeping willow trees. This area is so beautiful. Love it! Jadon really didn't care for the scenery though. He was too worried about Macy touching his pumpkins, so in all of the 25 shots I took of them, 99% had snot and tears or Jadon giving Macy the evil eye haha. Ahhh siblings :) Besides that, they were both soaking wet with sweat. I think we picked the hottest day in October to pick pumpkins...somewhere around 90* that day. Shew!

You know you're a dad, when:

Such a peaceful shot, right? Jadon was crying the entire way back the car, fearing Macy would get to hold one of his punkins :P

When we got home, Jadon was so excited to take his pumpkins in the house. He told us they were his "best friends." haha He has a lot of best friends these days ;) Then he named them: Big Mama Blue Punkin, Big Daddy Yellow Punkin, and Little Baby Orange Punkin. Toddlers are as cute as they are unstable. Love this age!

Week 26: Two Down, One to Go!

Tomorrow officially begins my third (and FINAL) trimester! Thank you, Lord! We officially made it through Halloween, and had a great time taking our little monster out for his first trick-or-treating experience. Now we just have to make it through a big turkey dinner, put up some lights and a tree, and do our final countdown to meet our little princess.

Just so you know, Macy, Mommy already has plans for your first Halloween costume! Next year, at this time, we will be going door-to-door with you and your brother in your first of a few duo costumes, that is until you two are old enough to voice your own opinions about such things. I'm hoping we're safe next year for this idea, since you will only be about 10 months old, and Jadon will be a little over 2 1/2...maybe I'm underestimating the thought process and will of a 2 1/2 year old though :/

At any rate, things are going well with you, so it seems. I do worry about things going on inside my belly a bit from time to time...nothing out of the realm of ordinary for any pregnant mommy. Lately I tend to think that Jadon moved a little more than you do, at this point in my pregnancy, but Daddy reassures me I thought that with Jadon. When I go a while without feeling you, I start to pray about your health...that the umbilical cord won't be wrapped around your neck, etc. (bad to say, I know, but I do think it's just normal to think these type of things here and there). And you know that stuff happens all of the time...more than people realize, and I know babies are fine in most of those situations, and that's what doctors are for, but YOU ARE MY BABY and you matter most to me and your daddy :)

Aside from that, the only other thing going on at this point in my pregnancy is that my #1 enemy, heartburn, has returned :/ Ah hearburn...he and I go way back to my pregnancy with your big brother Jadon. Although my syptoms aren't too bad yet, Tums are an everyday necessity now. There really is actual scientific evidence that the hair on a baby's head (in utero) can cause heartburn. So you have lots of hair like Jadon did, huh? Well, hope you are enjoying the Tums in there ;) Honest to goodness, the minute I delivered Jadon, I never had heartburn again...until now that is. Welcome back, heartburn! You only have a few months left to torture me, then I will say goodbye to you again...until my next pregnancy, that is.

1st Trick-Or-Treat :)

Jadon was a trooper today! Well, actually he was a blue monster (so fitting), but he did such a great job out on the Halloween trail tonight! We left the house around 6pm, and made it back around 7:30pm. Though we took the stroller with us, he walked most of the time, and the rest of the time, his pregnant mommy carried him (what a task at 24lbs!). Here are some of the highlights:

After collecting his first piece of candy from our neighbors, Lorie and Gene:

He LOVED this skeleton puppy:

In fact, he loved all of the lights and displays of Halloween ghosts, jack-o-lanterns, and ghouls. He especially fell in love with a lady's Jack Russell terrier that had a pumpkin costume on. He actually cried, when we had to leave her driveway, and could have cared less about any candy she gave him. He didn't much care for this guy though: When we got back to our house, Gramma and Grandpa were ready to hang up their candy duties. Before they left, Jadon sat on Grandpa's lap and enjoyed some of his treats (i.e teddy grahams and pretzels). We saved eating the good stuff for after they left ;) On a whim, I decided I'd let Jadon have a few of the mini Oreos from the small pack he got in his Elmo bucket. As you can see, the kid doesn't have much experience eating the "bad" stuff, otherwise, he'd know better than to play peek-a-boo, wasting the Oreo that was on his hands by getting it stuck on his head! Silly monster!
Of course, no sooner than you finished that last Oreo and your milk, you pooped and had to have a major scrubbing down, courtesy of Daddy :)

It was so much fun for your Daddy and me to experience another of your many firsts with you tonight, Jadon. You made us laugh, when you blew kisses goodbye to some of the neighbors and did the sign for "thank you" to others. Many times throughout the night you tried to exchange one piece of candy in your hand for another in the next driveway's basket of goodies. And it was pretty funny to hear Daddy say, "Why didn't you get that Butterfinger at that one house," when we were on our way home. HAHA! Then I responded to him, "I guess the same reason you didn't get me a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup at that other house!" We laughed and blamed you, since you were the one doing the choosing. How aweful of us! At least you got your pretzel, cracker, and Teddy Graham packs :)

Because your costume wasn't any official character, we had many guesses at to what you actually were: cookie monster (with horns???), a blue cow (hmmm...nice guess, I suppose), a Duke blue devil (sorry, no Zorro mask). Honestly we didn't really put much thought into what EXACTLY your costume was. We just knew, when we saw it, that it SCREAMED Jadon! You were tonight, and always will be Mommy and Daddy's little monster :)