Jacob the Giant

Jacob had his 9 month check up the other day. He weighs 25lbs. 12 oz. and is 32.75 inches tall. Holy crap, this kid is huge!!!

While we were there, I had them give both kids their flu shots. Poor little Isabella. While Jacob barely made a peep, Isabella let out quite the pathetic cry. She walked around for the rest of the day holding her arm up like it was broken. She told me that she "doesn't like holes in me". She refused to let me take off her bandaid for a few days. Finally I offered her a candy corn. Works like a charm every time.

Jacob discovered delicious hay

Isabella making a cotton angel with real cotton!

Tate Farms Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we went to an awesome place- Tate Farm's Pumpkin Patch. We went on a hay ride, pet animals, played in a corn-pen, got to play with real cotton, pick pumpkins, and have an all-around great time. Isabella had a BLAST!

Isabella & Daddy touching real cotton for the first time.

DC Trip

Well, we made it back in one well rested piece. The kids are still alive, and I couldn't be more grateful for the opportunity to get away. I had a great visit with 2 of my favorite friends, Molly & Shellie, I was able to go to the Temple, and my brain got the rest it needed.

Michael had a good time at his conference. His presentation went really well (of course), and he even got to pitch a show idea to the ESPN guys who were there.

Baking

I've recently decided that I would like to start baking. Those of you who know me know that I LOVE to cook, but baking, well, not so much. It's just that I'm lousy at following directions. There are a lot of things I could do with baking, so I thought I'd give it a go.

My first attempt was with bread. Maybe I was overly ambitious. Some of my friends told me that I needed to watch someone do it, so that I would know what it should look and feel like. Well, I decided not to heed to their advise. Needless to say, it was a complete flop. Literally. It didn't even rise. I have no idea where I went wrong. But will I ask for help? Of course not! I'm going to try again tomorrow. I'll tell you how it goes!

D.C. Dates

Michael and I (no kids!!!) will be in DC the evening of the 11th thru early morning on the 16th. Michael will be busy pretty much the entire trip, so I plan on RELAXING!!! I'd like to sleep at least 10 hours a day. That will be the first time in 5 years. Yeah!!

I'm going to go to my old ward on Sunday (Brambleton), see my friend Molly either Monday or Tuesday, and go to the Temple either Tuesday or Wednesday. Maybe I'll go to the zoo so that I can get in a nice long walk.

162 hours and counting!

Isabella the Nurse

Yesterday at preschool, they had 'Community Helper Day'. The kids were to dress up as some sort of community helper. An ambulance came to visit and Isabella was excited to tell me she got to lay in the bed with her friend Luke..... Anyway, I decided I would make Isabella a white apron with a red cross on it and teach her a little about being a nurse. I didn't want to take out my sewing machine, so I bought that iron on stuff. It ended up taking me well over an hour. Dang it! Would have probably taken me 10 minutes on the machine. Lesson learned.

Isabella the Dancer

I recently enrolled Isabella in a ballet class. She is having a blast, and looks so darn cute in her one and only outfit! She calls it her 'ballerina alphabet'. If only I could get her to open her eyes for pictures!!!!