HALLOWEEN

It was Jackson's first Halloween! And we weren't going to let a little rain ruin it...in our area the times for trick or treating is 6-8. Jackson went as a blue M&M, it's hard to see and Christian was Woody from Toy Story. It was drizzling at 6 but all of us and our neighbor/ friend Tina, her son and his friend Mason embarked on our adventure in the rain. For the first 30 minutes it rain and it just got harder. I had Jackson in the chest carrier with his hat on, alicia was by herself under her umbrella and Christian held Tina's hand under her umbrella.


There wasn't a lot of people out, but there was a good number of houses to visit. Christian must have been chosen as the spokesperson for the group because ever house we went to he would be the one to say trick or treat! He did good for the most part, some houses he would grab to huge handfuls of candy so we had to tell him to give some of it back. Jackson fell asleep shortly after we left.


We went to the Cone and if you were dressed up they would give you a free small ice cream cone! So that was a nice treat for the boys. By this time Jackson woke up and ready to "play" he saw that I was eating ice cream and decided he wanted some. He kept reaching for it so I let him have a lick or two, or 10.....


Despite the rain, it was good night and I'm glad we did.

Jackson, right on track

Jackson's first tooth broke through today! Alicia called me at work and told me the "good" news...I'll try to get a picture tonight and post it.

Family Photos

As some of you know about 2 weeks ago we had pictures taken by an awesome photgrapher/person Lauren Little. She's the person who took the pictures for the Reading Eagle that we were in. Anywho, Lauren sent us the link for the pictures and here you go.

This is the slideshow link:

http://LittleLPhotography.zenfolio.com/p317537869/slideshow

This is the link to order pictures:

http://LittleLPhotography.zenfolio.com/p317537869

Home

We got home around midnight. When we got there we were approached by a nurse and asked if either one of us was having "flu like symptoms". I said no, that he had an accident and they took one look at his face and off we went. We hardly made it through the double doors before we were "whisked" away to trauma. We were greeted by a team of doctors and nurses as they stripped Christian down and hooked up him up to the machines. In the bed next to him was a man with a head wound, there was blood pouring down his head...

They put a neck brace on him and checked his eyes, lips, nose and ears. Oh, the second they out him in the bed he started to well up and reached out for my hand! After 10 minutes of being in Trauma, they determined that he was "okay" and could be moved to the Observation to be monitored. We were in there for a little over an hour and he did fine. He kept asking to take off the "stickers" and I kept telling him that he had to wait until we were done. Well, he got down from the bed and walked across the hall to the nurses station, found his nurse and said "excuse me, stickers off." He walked Christian back to the room and took off one of them. Christian then took the other four off himself.

When we were finally discharged he grabbed his blanket and truck and walked out of the room, through the hospital, out the emergency room and to the parking garage all by himself. I guess he was fine after all!

Christian's accident

I got home from work around 7:15 and Christian was laying on the couch crying. Alicia said he had an accident. Christian fell down the basement steps...sort of. When I asked Christian what happened he said he fell up the stairs. Alicia was cooking dinner and was at the top of the steps and when she heard it he was in front of the pantry. When we went to look at the area there was a blood smear on the 6th step and a small pool underneath the step. It appears as though he fell through the small opening in the steps and onto the floor beneath. I have no idea how...Alicia called the doc's and they recommend that he be looked at. I'm just worried about taking him the the hospital with all those sick people and us catching something. Well, off we go!

Christians Birthday Party and other things

I just found out that November 4th is the council meeting. I start my new job November 2nd at 10am. I told them that I needed off on Saturday December 5th for Christians 3rd birthday party! We're having it at the Royersford Firehouse at 12:07. Invites were sent out and everyone should be receiving them soon. Obviously we are doing a Fire house theme...and I'm making a fire truck cake! Just you wait and see, it will put the Noah's Arc cake to shame!

Alicia asked them to clean up their toys and this is what they did...

Jackson was watching Alicia eat breakfast, he would watch the food go from the plate to her mouth!

JACKSON!

This is what parents really do when there kids go to sleep!

Alicia and I were having fun with KC!

And the big announcement is....

I can finally reveal what the "Big News" is...I was offered a job MUCH closer to home. I actually have two offers and I need to make a decision by tomorrow evening. Its great because I get to be closer to home and spend more time with my family. Next Friday is my last day!

Hands On House & Landis Valley

Today Alicia had to work from 10-7 and I had both the boys. After Jackson woke up from his nap at 10:30 Alicia's mom, Jack, Olivia and all three of us went to the Hands on House in Lancaster. They had a few new exibits like a construction zone and a nature area where you can build different types of birds and fly them. Christian just did his own thing and explored the different areas. Jackson was very good too! I had him in chest carrier and he just looked around taking it all in. His favorite area was the Make Believe area, they had a wall of mirrors and he just loved looking at himself.


After playing there for a while across the parking lot the Landis Valley Museum had their annual Harvest Days. Landis Valley is a turn of the century town set up with period actors that are making candles the way they did during that time, or carving a pig for dinner. We didnt stay too long but it was a neat experience and I would like to go back and see what all they have to offer.

Our day in Lititz, PA

Today we went to Litiz for something to do. Today they had their Chocolate Walk, however we didnt do it this year. You had to buy tickets in advance. There are different businesses through out downtown Lititz had stations setup and they handed out chocolate. Next year we'll do it.


We walked around the Farmers Market and my friend/customer at my work, Melissa was there. I havent seen her for a few months and it was nice to catch up with her. She was kind enough to give us a baget! Christian watched a kid juggle and balance on a board, he was mesmerized! We window shopped all the unique stores and settled on a place for lunch, The Pantry.

After lunch we took Christian to Wilburs Chocolate to see how they made it. He really had a good time in the store, he walked around picking up everything and some of the things he was saying "for Christmas"! We got him to settle on a chocolate lollipop.

Jackson fell asleep after the chocolate factory and we just continued window shopping until we got to the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery. They offer tours of the factory and they let you make your own pretzel but it was very busy so we decided against the tour for today. After spending some time there we left to go home.

One foot in, now just have to get the other one in

I went to the council meeting tonight. I was the first one to speak. I was very nervous because I was in a room of very important people...but I did it. I told them who I was and a little about me. I told them why I wanted to be apart of the rec board. They voted on allowing me to be considered and put me on the agenda for next months council meeting to vote on!

There is some other news brewing that I cant mention just yet but hopefully I can announce the news soon...keep checking back