Trip to the mall

Garrett & I decided to go hang out at the mall today. I had to return an outfit of his and since it's so cold out, I thought he could get some exercise. Of course, I parked at the wrong Dillard's! But, he walked right with me all through the mall, when I was returning his outfit, he was hiding in the clothes rack right next to me, or so I thought! When I was done, the sales girl and I couldn't find him anywhere!! She called security immediately, and thankfully, there was no one else in the store. I figured he was just right there in the toddler girls section, I looked everywhere, we checked the dressing rooms, the boys section, shoes, etc. I was trying so hard not to panic. We were all calling his name, nothing. They found him all the way at the other end of the store! A good 3 departments over, hiding in a clothes rack. I managed to not freak out and only started crying when they brought him over to me. He said, "I was just playing hide & seek, why are you crying, momma?". So innoccent! I didn't know whether to hug him or yell at him! I choose to hug him, tight! He just kept saying, "why are you crying". I explained why I was crying and that when we are in the stores, he must stay by momma because it scares her when he runs off and leaves her. He said ok, I have no idea if he really got it though. I think so, when we were leaving the mall, he said "i stay by momma, so she's not scared".

Happy Thanksgiving

We hosted Thanksgiving this year. It was a lot of fun, it's always a lot of work, but things went really well, no major hiccups. Matt's cousin, Kelley, and her family were able to join us from Colorado this year, and the kids all had a blast running around and playing. Of course, I was busy and didn't get any pictures :( In all, it was a great day. My only complaint is all the flies that have moved in! We had the back door open and now I have a small infestation of flies & no idea how to get rid of them.

I am very thankful for my family and friends. This year has shown as some hardships, with me losing my job and we've seen our real friends come through. It's been a blessing being able to be home with Garrett and really spend time with him. And of course, we are ecstatic about the baby coming. In all it's been a great year, and I can't wait to see what the next year brings us.

Update on Matt

Exactly one week ago, Matt hurt his back. He came home from work, went to the gym & when he got home said his lower back was tight, we decided to get a jump start on our Thanksgiving cleaning, he wanted to wipe down all our kitchen cabinets, well, as he bent down to wipe off the last one, he pulled a muscle in his back! Stubborn, stubborn man drove himself to the ER at 3:30 in the morning after arguing with me that he could not wait until a decent hour so we could find someone to looks after Garrett & I could drive him. Thankfully, the closest ER is literally at the entrance to our subdivision, so he didn't have to drive far and never had to accelerate much. The Dr told him it was bad muscle spasms and prescribed Motrin 800mg, they weren't working and Monday when he had to literally crawl into the bathroom, we called his Dr, they did x-rays and said yes, it is just a bad muscle spasm, but prescribed some muscle relaxers and pain meds to go with the Motrin. Each day he got a little better, but he decided to spend the week at home. Normally, i would think this is great, but with how much we had to do, it wasn't so great! I ended up doing the majority of the cleaning myself, which was what we were trying to avoid. By Wednesday he was doing well enough to help me cook and with the floors, so that was good. And of course, he is fine now, he is hunting with Chris and couldn't be happier! The Dr did say he might want to get an MRI to see if there's more disk damage to his back, but Matt decided to wait, since if they tell him he needs surgery he isn't going to do it right now anyways, so why pay a small fortune for the MRI. Since his other surgery he hasn't been able to work out and has been eating too much, so he thinks it's just the lack of exercise and weight gain. He's hoping Monday to get back to working out and see if that helps things any.

Garrett's room

It is not done, but I am so tired of painting that we've declared it done for right now! We need to get some accessories, a book case, drapes, bedding etc, but while I am unemployed, this may have to wait. The wall with the road still needs some work, I want to paint lines, becasue you can't really tell it's a road, and Garrett's name needs to be hung up. But, here's some pictures of where it's at now. He loves his room and has rediscovered some toys that have been in his closet, and he's really enjoyed that! He's napping better in there too, it's a bit darker, which is great! He does wake up a tad earlier because it faces the street so I think he hears the cars in the morning, mainly Matt's truck!

Glucose test

I had to go back to the Dr's today for a 3 hour glucose test, since my blood sugar was a little too high Tuesday, but it looks like it was a false negative. After 2 hours, they sent me home, my levels were so low, they weren't at all concerned. Yay!

24 week checkup

I had my 24 week check up today, the Dr is very pleased with how things are going. According to her scale I've gained 12 pounds so far, with Garrett, at 24 weeks I had gained 24 pounds, so a big improvement there. My iron levels are back up, so I'm doing good there too. Today was the 1 hr glucose test and I failed :( The cutoff is 140, I was right at 140, so I go back Thursday for a second test, this one for 3 hours. Matt wasn't too thrilled, since he has to stay home with Garrett, but it wasn't my fault! My next appointmnet is December 10, my parents will be here, so they will be able to attend my second ultrasound! I'm very excited. I have decided it's a boy, but everyone around me still thinks girl, so I guess we will see. The Dr, today, even said a girl, based on my weight gain and HR. She swears she doesn't know what it is, that's just her guess.

She also convinced me to get the h1n1 vaccine, now I just need to get Garrett his.

Life with a toddler

I haven't written in a while, I guess there's not much going on. I did have a job interview this week, i didn't write because I was invited for a second interview, so there's not much to say, yet. Although I did interview with Kohl's, I did not get a call back, so I'm guessing they choose not to hire me. We had decided I wouldn't accept the job, but still, how depressing that I can't get hired in retail! But, it was $7.25 and hr, 15 hours a week, just not worth it!

I'm 24 weeks, but I go to the Dr on Tuesday for my glucose test, so I'll have more news then.

Life with Garrett is fun as usual! We went grocery shopping yesterday and he was riding in the car cart and grabbed a chocolate cake mix when I wasn't looking! I didn't notice until we got home because someone helped unload the groceries, they were busy and I guess this was to speed things up, so I didn't notice until we got home! I'm pretty sure it was $1 or something like that, so I'm not upset, I just laughed when I saw it!!

I need to write more about Garrett, i measured him earlier this week, he's now 38.5 inches, so he did go through a growth spurt, which explains why all his pants are too short! He can still wear 2T shirts with no problem, but he is definitely a 3T in pants now. He is losing that baby shape, he's lost that pot belly, he's much more long and lean now, you can see his ribs and his spine. He's not terribly skinny, but you can see his body shape changing.

we are still having trouble with nap & bedtime, I'm just not sure what to do about it all! I'm hoping it's a phase and he eventually just grows out of it, but I'm sure tired of fighting with him! We alternate doing bedtimes. Last night G was laying on our bed watching a little tv and I reminded Matt it was his turn, he laughed and said let him sleep there, I'll sleep in his bed! That's how much "fun" bedtime is right now. It used to be my favorite thing of the day, not anymore!

He is just a sweet heart though, he loves to hug and kiss, he loves to hold my hand, he wants to help me do everything. He is my shadow. And he takes after me in the talking department, pretty mucha s long as he's awake, he's talking! People think I exagerate, but we were at dinner last night with Matt's family, Ryan brought a friend and he just kept laughing at Garrett, he finally said, man he talks a lot!! So, it's not just Matt & I that feel that way.

Happy Halloween

We had a great time on Halloween. Garrett dressed up as Spiderman, he liked trying to shoot webs from his hands. He had a blast. We went to a fall festival before we went trick or treating, it was in our neighborhood, he had a lot of fun, they had a ton of games geared towards kids and well, you just couldn't lose, so he always got candy! On our way back to the house, we trick or treated, and G loved it! One house scared him, it was decorated pretty well! Matt left us near the house and went to pass out candy, while Garrett and i finished up, then we went back home. He was getting tired by then, but after a little snack and some milk, he had SO much fun handing the candy out. He would rub to the curb and say "coming?" and then race back to us at the porch so he could give candy away.

I forgot my camera when we went to the festival, so I don't have many pictures at all. sorry! I have a couple of our great pumpkins though!