It's Official

This week has turned out to be a rather rough one. -A- has a cold accompanied by the worst cough. In the middle of the night he wakes up due to coughing fits and is rather inconsolable for quite some time and just as we seem to get back to sleep it starts all over again.

In the midst of all of this, last night was the first that he seemed to be feeling better, he wasn't quite so uncomfortable or agitated, while awake anyway.

Then he finally did "it"! For a couple of weeks now he has been working on "it", but due to round-bum syndrome he had yet to accomplish "it". As soon as you got him up, over he went.

Something like this:

or this:

And here are the "I came, I saw, I conquered" pics:

But now we have a semi-vertical baby, look out animals, soon he too will be chasing you. He is officially sitting up all by himself. He is doing it and with an older brother, and Mom and Dad to be proud of him, the little guy was so Happy!

And the official "What about me Mom?", so there ya go! He can do "it" too!

Shuttle Endeavor - What a Sight

Well yesterday NASA sent the shuttle Endeavor on it's way, it made a pit stop out at the flight line over night and will be headed out around 11, this morning. Here are some pics of the amazing site, in "Piggy Back" fashion.

Getting With the Program

Oh my how time has flown by, we have been home for a week now and oh the fun we had while we were gone, we are finally settled back in at home. When we got home we (meaning I forced -B-) got to work, getting out the decorations and setting up the tree. Then we were off to bed, it was long trip home, we were done about three hours away and still had three more to go!

The next morning I woke up with a surge of energy and spent the day decorating and getting into the spirit and such, by the following morning at 9am, I hit a wall, in which NOTHING got accomplished and I sat, and sat, and sat. That being said it meant nothing was posted here. Meaning all of the fun and exciting times we had would be lost forever, that is until NOW....hehe.

Here it goes (prepare yourself):

We had the first Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday, so that we could enjoy some Turkey with -K-, -S- and -R-, before they had to return to work on Monday.

-B- and I.

-K- and -S-.

Jackie and -M-.

-A- and -R-.

Papa and -A-.

Nini with her oldest and youngest (for about 3 more months anyway).

Four Generations of -G- men. -B- with -A- and -N-, his big brother -M- and his son -L-, with their Dad and his Dad, whew that was a mouthful.
It's not often this happens, must have been one busy day, not to mention a lot of time in the car over night.
-B- and the boys in the "truck trailer" behind the "orange tractor".

Our niece -A- holding -A-, she is such a great Big cousin. And let's not forget his other amazing Big cousin -a-.

On the Monday before Thanksgiving, we made a trip to Chicago to see Granny Great, she recently had knee surgery and couldn't make the trip down just yet, so she got to meet -A- for the first time, he gets his first name from her Dad.

When we got back to the farm the fun continued. On Wednesday we had our first attempt at taking the kids for a ride on the four wheeler, we got got out the fron gate and about a mile away, when, uh oh!

No she didn't run out of gas.

She broke down and as we were going to tow her home, she got it running again. She explained to the boys that there was something wrong with the gas getting to the engine.

With a little work by -M- and -B-, and come to find out there WAS a problem with the gas getting to the engine. (That Jackie she is one smart Cookie ; ))

Not to worry though, all was not lost -L- found a furry caterpillar and it is important that you know it is a girl!

On Thursday we indulged in Turkey over at Uncle Bill's house.

Great Grandpa and -A-.

After we finished eating we ventured outside to burn off some of those calories. The children played a bit on the tractors and amazingly enough both -L- and -N- still fit in the wheel wells, well just barely.

And here's -a- too.All while -A- hung out by the horses.

and a few of the cousins with -A- and -a-.

Let's not forget the guys and -A-.

On Friday we made a successful attempt at the four wheeler ride again, and this time we took a lunch for a picnic.

a little mud

and Lunch!

On Saturday -B- played with the "Ole Ford Truck".

And -L- and -N- went horse back riding (hehe).

Then the Tree was put up

and -A- showed off his laugh that he recently discovered.

Whew what a week!! Now you know why it took a week to recoupe. We had a blast!!! Oh how we miss them so!

One of Those Moments

So it is rather rare, as I have said before that -N- ask me to tuck him in. So this evening, I read the story How I Became a Pirate by David Shannon (a new favorite), we finished our bed time routine, I tucked him in and laid down beside him to snuggle.

I then asked, "-N- what are you going to dream about?" (a question we ask every night) He responded with..."tractors, Nini and Papa, Grammy and Grandpa and trucks." So I asked what they would be doing in his dream and he explained, 'we have work to do, we have to build a fence for the horses and cows Mom!!!" I couldn't stop laughing.

My how that Papa leaves an impression on such a young mind!

Best Buds

So this morning I sit here wondering why it's been so long since I last blogged, and well, life seems to be getting the way. So I set out to take pics of the boys, since -A- is officially 4 months old as of yesterday and now fits in the cute little shirt that Aunt -K- sent. So here the brothers are...let the oohs and aahs begin.
Brotherly love! (Left side -B's- Family all the way, Right side My Family all the way, yet so much in common)

-N- 2 years and 8 1/2 months old.
-A- 4 months and 1 day old.

Now be watching forthe next post...I got a great set of shots of -N- playing with his Dad earlier this week, but for now we are off to play at the park.