Pre-Halloween

For your Halloween pleasure…  I was afraid this onesie would be too big, but it fits pretty good.  The pants, on the other hand, are too big.  Leah says thanks Aunt Jenny.  The shirt says "Auntie gives the best candy"  

Jeremy and the girls gutted all the pumpkins and carved 2 of them.  I got to carve the other one.  Then we picked the seeds out of the guts and are gonna roast them, when I find the time (which could be tricky!)

Can you tell who's is who's?

The big girls each have Halloween…er, excuse me, Fall Parties, today.  To make it easy on me, they are both bringing Rice Krispie treats!  Yesterday I was told that Grace didn’t like her costume.  When asked why, I got a “because.”  I think she thinks it doesn’t look much like a ladybug.  We tried it on this morning and changed it up just a bit and I think she’s happier with it.  Come back tomorrow to get a look at dual ladybugs ready to go trick or treating.

Immunizations

Yesterday Leah got her first set of immunizations.  She is a healthy 8 lbs 5 oz and 22 inches long now.  She was all happy and cooing and smiling...until they stuck those needles in her little thighs.  She turned beet red and screamed bloody murder.  After something to eat, she was back to herself.  And she slept really good last night...yeah for that!

No new pictures...I've gotta get on that...

One Shot Deal?

Last weekend my parents came for a visit.  My dad isn't much of a baby person, I think he prefers them once they start walking and talking.  Anyway, I got a picture I just had to share.

It's a little dark, but there's Dad and Leah.

We also went to Family Day at Jeremy's work.  They have little safety seminars, feed ya lunch and you get a bus tour of the plant and a goodie bag.  It was windy and chilly, same as it was last time we went.  Grace went in the ambulance and she got to listen to her heartbeat.  They got to climb in the firetrucks and a brand new semi.

And, wouldn't you know, you can't find a decent pocketwatch in this town without paying an arm and a leg at a jeweler.

Grace's Turn

We got some orange and black striped tights for Grace, intending that she wear them during spirit week.  They are school colors and last week was Homecoming.  Well, that didn't work out, so she wore them the next week.  Of course, she had to be a ham in her picture.  FYI, her legs are crossed, she doesn't have the shoes on the wrong feet.

She loves to hold Leah, so here is one the many I've snapped.  Don't mind the possessed red baby eyes.  I've also caught Grace several times carrying Leah which freaks me out because Leah's still so floppy, if you know what I mean.

Anna should get a post too, but I can't seem to get many pictures of her lately, especially without her blanket in her face and her thumb in her mouth.

We girls have a date night tonight.  Jeremy's working nights, so we'll go home to say goodbye to him, have dinner and go back to the mall.  There are puppies to see, a play area to enjoy and a new Joann's for me to peruse.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Over the weekend, Jeremy, Grace and Anna went to a corn maze in Lingle.  They met up with the in-laws and did the corn maze (of which they came out the way they went in) and picked pumpkins in the pumpkin patch and tried to stay dry.  Leah and I stayed home because the weather was less than ideal.  They got some big pumpkins for carving closer to Halloween.

The biggest one weighs 40 pounds.  There's some warty gourds in there as well. I don't have a picture, but Leah and I have to share a mini-pumpkin; we felt a little slighted.

We also got some grocery store pumpkins (the day before the corn maze) and Jeremy helped the big girls carve them up.  They sat outside a few days before the picture, so the have started to shrivel up.

Grace's is the cat on the left (serious shrivel-ege) and Anna's is the funny face. 

Random Tuesday

Thought I would do a picture post today.

Happy Leah on her "bear skin rug"

hanging out in Mom & Dad's bed

She finally starting to outgrow the "newborn" size of clothes and diapers.  And her sleeping at night is getting more regular, I finally get about 4 hours of solid sleep.  If she would just get to sleep before 10:00 each night, mama would be happier.

It's About Time

I figured we'd be getting eggs from our new chickens long around August or September.  Those months came and went with not a single egg.  The other day Jeremy came in and had found 7 of the things!  'Bout time those girls start earning their keep. 

They are smaller than store bought eggs.  That big white one is store bought and the rest are from our chickens.  And the yolks are the lovely dark orange color, not that watery yellow stuff like store bought eggs.  Yeah for real eggs!

Some pictures of the girls.

After I curled Grace's bangs and the bottom under

You can see Anna in the background with her usual look, the blankie up to the face and her thumb in her mouth.

Do you know how hard it is to get a picture where all 3 girls are behaving...at this point in time, nearly impossible!  This was better than a similar one where Anna was digging for "crumbs" in her nose.

Back to the Grind

Yesterday was my first day back at work. Those 6 weeks with Leah sure did fly by. One of my coworkers summed it up the best, "Nothing changes" The papers are exactly how I left them on my desk the day I ran out to have a baby.

I think Leah probably did better than I did. She had a big nap, dirtied some diapers, drank some milk and was all around a good baby. I managed not to shed a tear. When I got to work there was a gift from my department on my desk.  A diaper cake and some cute snowbooties.

Anna was pretty glad that her "baby sister" got to stay at daycare with her. They are in different areas, but it still made Anna happy.

I've gotten a request to put more pictures of the girls up…so I'll try to snap more of the monkeys. You'll have to get on me if I start to slack!

Back to Work

Today is my last day of maternity leave; I go back to work tomorrow.  I am really not looking forward to joining the land of the working.  I SO enjoyed staying home with Leah and doing laundry whenever I wanted to, and grocery shopping whenever I wanted to.  And I really would rather sit on the couch with Leah to breastfeed than pump in a cubicle in the bathroom at work. 

And I know my time breastfeeding her is gonna be shortlived.  I can already feel the RA pain coming back in my feet and hands.  I can't nurse while I'm taking my medication.  One day last week I knit a bit too much and I'm still dealing with the pain and swelling.  I have an appointment with my rheumatologist the end of October and I have doubts I'll make it that long.

I best go make sure my lunchbox is ready to go and my pump is ready to go and hope and pray Leah lets me sleep good tonight.