Ummm...so it is December! I am kind of behind and life has definitely been throwing us in all sorts of directions these last few months, so yeah. I think I need to update the 3 or 4 people who read this blog. It is sad to me that blogging is so last year (or last 5 years). Anyways.
So September happened with all those trips. They were fun and much needed. Because then life got real. Jimmy was feeling somewhat distraught at work and it caused us to re-evaluate his job. In the end it caused him to put in his two week notice. They asked him to stay until Mid-November which was a blessing. But it put us back in "must get a job" mode and that my friends in not a fun mode to be in.
We also did all sorts of fun things like Halloween and Thanksgiving. Those are fun holidays for sure. Lucy dressed up in one of her Frozen dresses and Sam (who we planned to be the Lorax -- his favorite movie!) ended up being a dog because I am not so good at planning ahead. The Lorax hat that we ordered is a favorite now, but it wouldn't do for halloween. It was pretty fun to watch Sam try picking up candy with dog-like paws. It was a good way to moniter his intake. Now the kids talk about the neighborhood behind our house as where we went trick-or-treating. In fact today I mentioned biking in that area and Sam asked to dress up again.
Thanksgiving day was exciting. We all ran the 5K in franklin. I struggled with my 6 month pregnant belly, but I am too stubborned not to try. Needless to say I was sore for a few days after. Then my parents and Johanna came down for dinner. It was relaxing and pleasant. We did get a little nervous when we lost power for about 30 minutes into the turkey cooking, but then it came back on. Did I mention it was in the 50s that day? The weather during November and into this month have been warm!
As of now we are in a weird waiting stage. Jimmy has some very great potential job offers. But nothing is official. He is home, which you would think would be awesome. It is weird. I love having him home. But we are oddly(not so oddly) stressed all the time about the job thing. I am emotional basket case -- meaning I cry a lot (because I am pregnant) and Jimmy is probably in a similar boat (except not pregnant).
As they say, we will laugh about this a few months from now. Right now, it is just hard.
But let's not dwell on the negative. I remembered we got to see Coopster in October. We asked not to find out the gender. They were great. Once we told them nothing was mentioned and the doctor even said that was her least favorite part of the ultrasound. She then proceeded to tell us how about the beautiful anatomy of our child. Lucy came along. She was funny! She asked lots of questions and left with her own set of pictures to show to her friends at school. She has since talked about becoming a doctor when she grows up.
Lucy is in preschool. She loves it! She is in a class of 6 girls and 1 boy. There are a lot of oldest children in the class so she is learning a lot about working with people and being able to listen. That doesn't always extend to home, but we are working on it. For a while she wouldn't sing in front of a group of people, but as of last night Christmas Party nativity, she was singing in front of the entire branch. I think we can attribute a lot of that to her preschool experience. Go Lucy!
Sam has become quite a little chatter-box. One of my favorite things that he is doing right now is telling jokes. His first happened when we were trying to have him sleep in between us, because we were not ready to be awake at 5:30 am. The joke is as follows:
"Why did the chicken eat the donut?"
"Why?"
"Because he wanted another donut?!" followed by a low grumbly laugh by Sam.
He is one silly kid. Not to mention he likes to talk in a very low and gravely voice when he wants to sound tough. He did this once for a prayer during church. I am not sure how he learned to talk that way since Lucy talks in such a higher octave, but it definitely identifies him as a boy. Not to mention all the cars, trucks and dump trucks that we have in the house these days.
I know I have missed a million events from the last few months, but this will have to suffice for now. I feel slightly better knowing that I have mentioned everyone in the family in this post. Maybe in a few weeks I can give a more detailed version of October through December!