Tidbits.

- Sorry about the lack of posting ... Jaxon got a nasty cold last week, gave it to Tyler on Saturday and Sunday, and then of course I've had it ever since. I don't know what it is about Waco, but there's some kind of nasty virus going around constantly, and Jaxon is always the first to pick it up, either at library time or maybe in the nursery. I started giving him kids vitamins today... what else can I do?

- I am praying praying praying that we are all well by next Friday when Baby #2 makes his debut... honestly I can't imagine coughing and sneezing like I am now with a c-section incision. I remember the first time I sneezed after I had Jaxon, and seriously bawled. It hurt SO bad. This cold is seriously kicking my butt so I am praying for relief.

- Sunday we went to a pumpkin patch about 20 minutes outside of Waco. We had a blast, and went early enough in the day that it wasn't too hot. Here's a couple of my favorite pictures from the day:

- Sunday night we checked out a small group from church. We are really happy with the church we've been going to ... it is a non-denominational congregation and seriously, every week I've been I have walked away having learned something new. The pastor is SO good... and the worship is good as well. Anyway, we finally got enough courage to email one of the small groups and ask if we could come check it out, and we're so glad we did! The girls in the group were super super friendly and easy to talk to, and I heard Tyler chatting away with the guys a lot too. We both left feeling really refreshed and encouraged, so I am excited to go again this coming Sunday.

- My to do list before the baby comes is slowly dwindling down ... yet I still feel so overwhelmed. I wish some family could come and spend time with me for a few days before the baby comes to help me, or at least distract Jaxon while I do stuff. I wish I could quit wishing for things that can't happen. Haha.

- Tyler and I have been hanging out with a couple that we met at his company picnic about a month ago... they have a 3 year old boy and a 3 month old girl. Tyler and the guy work together, so the wife (Holly) and I have been hanging out about once a week for a play date or whatever, and then we have been getting together all together with the guys on one of their days off. They are a fun couple and just moved here also from Seattle. Anyway, she invited us over on Monday for a Pumpkin Carving party. Funny random fact about me... I've never carved a pumpkin before. Yeah, whatever, maybe it's weird. We had chili, homemade corn bread, pumpkin cookies, and pumpkin cheesecake dip. Here's the pumpkins Tyler and I carved:

Mine - it's a flower design in case you couldn't tell :)

Tyler's - haha!

The back of Tyler's ... is the K for our last name, or for the baby's first name?? Hmmm

- Tyler got a speeding ticket on Saturday morning on his way to work. He was going 44 in a 30... which sounds like he was being a crazy driver, but it was on a 4-way highway and honestly the next day he showed me where it was, and while we were driving 30 mph, people were honking at us and tailgating us really bad. It's a weird area and I'm not sure why the speed limit is so low... although I'm not trying to make excuses for him. When he got home and I was looking at the ticket, I realized they wrote his name wrong, which happens to him frequently. He got excited because he thought that he heard somewhere that if your name is wrong, the ticket is void. Tuesday he went to the courthouse to pay for the ticket and face the judge, and the judge said "Wait, according to this ticket you weren't even speeding." The officer wrote that he was going 44 in a 30, instead of the opposite... HA! Okay, again, I'm not condoning his lead-foot or anything, but believe me, this was an answer to prayer... God definitely knew we had better things to do with $200. And it was a reality-check for Tyler to quit speeding.

- We upgraded Jaxon from his high chair to a booster chair at the regular table. It's SO weird to eat dinner and look over and see him sitting next to me ... it's almost a flash-forward to when he's 16. See how cute he is?

- I am happy with myself for the ways that I've reached out to meet people since we've moved here. Like I mentioned before, I've been hanging out with Holly at least once a week, and I have met a few girls from library time that we're having a play date with later this week. And then of course the girls from small group... even though I've only met them once I have a feeling those could be some good friends of mine someday. And all of them told me to let them know when I have the baby and I'm ready for some company at the hospital so they will come visit me! Yay... you have no idea how happy that makes me. I guess I'm proud of myself for reaching out to people when, honestly, I really don't want to. I hope these friendships just continue to grow.

- We are now in the single digits for how many days before Baby #2 arrives, and more than anything at this point I wish I could sit down with Jaxon and tell him all about what's about to happen. He's too young to understand, and I'm afraid of Friday morning when he wakes up and Mommy and Daddy are both already gone to the hospital {and the baby will probably be here by that point}... so the people that usually greet him in the morning are gone {hello Grandma!} and then he's whisked away to come meet this other little bitty human who is now going to be living with him, and he doesn't understand why or who he is and why he's hogging so much of Mommy's attention, and where is Mommy for the next 3 days, why isn't she coming home? I just wish he was older, so he could understand it better. Can you tell I'm really worried about this transition?

- I joined e-mealz.com in hopes of getting new recipes and making grocery shopping a little bit easier for me. So far, I'm not overly impressed, but we've had a couple meals that we've really enjoyed and will make again.

- I keep finding myself looking forward to not being pregnant anymore, then realizing I should quit doing that considering the chance of us having another baby is ..... well, it depends on which one of us you ask. ;) Anyway, the baby was moving around a ton the other morning so I caught it on video in hopes of remembering these last few moments and will share it here soon, once someone tells me how to upload a video to blogger... :) Any helpers?

- I love this little boy so much my heart feels like it could explode some days.

- I think that's enough randomness for one day!