Pumpkin Patch

Paul had his pumpkin patch field trip with his school on Friday. Big Paul couldn't get off of work so luckily Charmaine's mom was going with her and they offered to help me. What a big help they were!!! I could not have gone without them!

Preston, Paul, and Nicholas

Paul and Preston

The boys had so much fun and there was plenty to do! Besides picking out each of their pumpkins and one for Peyton too, they got to "milk" a cow, get their faces painted, and play on all the fake animals! They also had a petting zoo there, where they pet a real cow, chickens, a pony, and much more!!! The boys had a really great time; it was a wonderful day for all of us!
Peyton was wonderful the entire time and only woke up to eat once! He slept through everything; I guess he is used to a lot of noise!!! Here he is with the cow statue!!!Thank you again Charmaine, and your mother too, I really do appreciate all the help you gave me!!!

Peyton's 1st Smile!

Peyton smiled for the first time on Thursday, the 23rd! It was right before big Paul came home from work, so he missed it!!! I happened to have my camera in my hand and I caught the tail end of the smile, that's why it doesn't really look like he's smiling in the picture!!! Everytime he has smiled since then when I put the camera up to take a picture, he stops smiling and stares at the camera! I guess he's camera shy!!!

Jennie and Holly's visit

Two Mondays ago, the 13th, Holly and Jennie came to visit me and the boys. I loved their visit and really enjoyed the company! Preston also found Holly quite fun and seemed very comfortable with her. LOL...it was so cute. Thank you girls for coming to visit us! It was a much needed visit from friends and I really appreciate you driving up here to see us! I'm so glad you both got to see little Peyton!

Fire Field Trip

On Monday Paul had his first field trip with his school! We went to the Ferrara fire apparatus and Paul and Preston got to go on a real fire truck, see how they were made, and see the tools that real fireman use! They had a wonderful time and we were glad that daddy got to take off of work and go with us so Peyton could come along for a ride too!!!

Unfortunately we had thought that Preston was over his prior sickness but we got home and his fever had started again and it was 102! Paul took him to the doctor and I had him bring Paul too because he had a cough and he called from there to tell me that they both had strep throat!!! Wonderful! We did our best to kee them away from the baby! It must have worked because Peyton is doing great! This was a rough week for mommy because it was the first week alone with all the kids and 2 of them were sick! Thankfully, the boys are all better now!

Our second week at home

Mimi left yesterday and we miss her already! She was a tremendous help to mommy! She cooked, cleaned, did laundry, let mommy takes naps, helped take care of Peyton, and did much, much more! Mommy, Daddy, and the boys really enjoyed her company too! The boys loved that Mimi took them outside to play in the backyard and also took them to ride their bikes! Mommy could not have gone it alone this past week, so thank you Mimi! I am very appreciative...you are the greatest Mom in the world and I hope that I can come close to being as good a mother to my kids as you are to me.

This past week, completely out of the blue, our little Preston decided that he was going to go poo-poo in his little potty!!!! Wow! He pooped in the potty before he even went pee pee in it! After he pooped, I guess he loved the praise and attention he got, so he went and sat back down to pee pee! No, he's not officially potty training yet, but whenever he feels like going in there is fine with us. We are not rushing him because he is still adjusting to having a new brother in the house and not being the baby anymore (well he is still my baby, he's just not the youngest anymore)!!!!

While Mimi was here, we did plenty of shopping (for the kids)! We needed winter things for Paul! I also found out that Peyton is a very good baby in the car like Paul was when he was an infant! This is really good news for us because Preston was terrible in the car; he hated car rides! He would scream almost the entire time and nothing would comfort him! It was miserable and I really didn't want to have to go through that again, so I hope Peyton stays this way!!!

Unfortunately, Preston got sick last night and he is running a fever today. My poor baby! You other mother's know how aweful it is when your little ones are sick! Awwwwww!

Back to the doctor

Peyton had to go back to the doctor today. He had what looked like a "cold" in his eye and it was almost completely closed with a lot of gooey stuff in it. We called the doctor and then headed in...it is just a blocked tear duct and when she was telling me to use warm compresses and massage it, I remembered Preston had the same thing when he was little, around a few weeks old also. She gave us an antibiotic ointment for it and that was that! It is a very commom thing for infants.

Lunch with Uncle GJ and doctor appointments

We went to the doctor for Peyton on Monday, September 29 to make sure he was back up to his birth weight. When we had gone for his first appointment the week before, he wasn't quite there yet. It turns out that he was back up and he weighed in at 7 lbs. 8 oz. Everything was great, so we go back next for his 2 months shots, unless with having 3 kids we see her sooner!

I had a doctor's appointment too, but since mine wasn't until the afternoon and my Uncle GJ was in town, we (Mimi, Mommy, and all the boys) went to meet him and Edgar at Cracker Barrel. Because we had the kids there, it was a little hard to really talk to him, but we still enjoyed the visit! It was sooo good to see him, and Edgar as well! We all wish we could see him more often! Thanks for meeting us Uncle GJ!

We headed straight to my doctor's appointment after that and mommy is doing well now. The doctor said that I developed "fluid pockets," ewwwww, that will go away in about a month! Other than that, everything is good!!!