We're home! We had a great week in Cynthiana, and got lots of visiting done. We ended up not leaving until Tuesday morning, but we got a very early start and were home by 1:30. We just got to hang out at Mom and Dad's with them and Grace Tuesday. Wednesday we had our "Thanksgiving Eve" party at Nanny's. We do pizza, put up her tree, and she reads a letter that she's written through the year. She has gifts for each family and the kids. This year she gave us all the book, "Kentucky's Everyday Heroes" Her brother, Harold is in the book and she had him sign it and put a picture of him and the author inside. That was pretty cool. For those of you who know what Nanny's (or Karen's) apartment is like, you can imagine having 15 adults and 7 kids in that space was like. Thursday we had Thanksgiving dinner with Mom, Dad, Tim, Laura, Grace, Nanny, and Mamaw. Friday Mom and I did a little early shopping at Wal-Mart, Johnny and the kids and I got to visit with the Tuttle crew, we had pictures for Nanny's great-grandkids, and then we had a party at Ann & Jerry's. We left Cynthiana Saturday morning to eat with some friends in Mt. Sterling and then we were on our way home. Johnny got sick in the night and Corban threw up in Sunday School, so I'm not sure what the week will look like with both of them under the weather.

Some extremely exciting news, Tim and Laura are pregnant! After 2 years of trying, they find out the week before she was going to have some surgery to remove a cyst. It was cool though because they got to Nanny's late Wednesday night and as they walked in the door I noticed Grace's shirt, it said, "I'm the big sister." Needless to say, we're all thrilled. she's due July 29. There is an increased risk of miscarriage and/or pre-term labor and I know that Laura is worried about that, so keep them in your prayers.

We've had a pretty uneventful weekend. Friday I had Nina until 5, we had dinner and watched a movie with Corban. He sat through all of "Lilo" and asked for "more stitch" when we were finished. Yesterday I did the bulletin and finished one of my projects for next week. Corban threw up again yesterday before his nap, but I think that was just because his reflexes are weak after being sick Wednesday. Today is church and tonight we have a dinner for small groups. It's kind of a "see how they went/get new ideas" dinner and meeting. I've got to make hashbrown casserole and deviled eggs. Johnny is deep frying the turkeys (not nearly as unhealthy as it sounds, but really yummy!). I also want to get clothes washed and as much packed as possible because we're leaving for KY tomorrow after we drop Nina off. We figure it will be easier to travel at night with the kidos.

On two very exciting notes: Caden rolled over on Thursday! He went from his back to his belly, which is really the harder, but he's done it a few times so it's not a fluke. Also, for the last two nights BOTH boys have slept the whole night through until 7 am!!!!! Yesterday I was really tired, I think just because I had gotten a little more sleep and my body was craving more. Today I feel almost chipper and the fact that everybody is ready and I'm posting before church says a lot too! Have a wonderful Sunday everybody!

Can I just say that I hate insurance? I actually had to pay a bill not long ago that was from an ER visit from when I was 8 weeks pregnant with Corban. Yeah, that was August of 2006. Anyway, I'm back at it again with Caden's birth. I think these will be easy fixes though, it's just annoying. Monday night was nice. I droppred Corban off with Craig and picked up Diana. We watched the movie and ate pumpkin pie. Johnny actually got back early and was able to get Corban for me so that I didn't have to get back out. There was about an inch of snow on the ground when I had gone out, so I was happy not to have to get back out in that again. The movie was OK, but I kind of agree with Sherry that I didn't like the ending. I just wish that sometimes the people would do the right thing, even if it's not the thing that makes them happy in that moment. Oh well. Yesterday Johnny got to hang out with us most of the day. He and Corban raked leaves for most of the afternoon. They made the cutest picture with Johnny pulling Corban's wagon that was full of leaves with Corban sitting on top. I've made a few of my Christmas projects, although one of them is not coming out the way I had wanted it to.

I took the boys outside for a bit before lunch this morning. I put Caden in the sling and then put my wool coat on over that. He actually fell asleep in the sling while we were outside. At the table though, Corban was litterally falling asleep in his mac-n-cheese. I carried him upstairs, he laid down, and didn't make a sound. Of course, he's already awake after only two hours and I JUST got Caden down for a nap. Well, I've got to get some bills paid before I go get my boy up.

This is my 100th post, but I don't have anything exciting to report like Sherry, it's just another day for me. I didn't end up babysitting today... found out at 2:40 that she wouldn't be here at 2:55. How's that for notice. Johnny's been fishing today, so it's just been me and the kids all day long. Caden hasn't wanted to take a good nap and Corban only slept about 2 hours, so I got just enough break to eat lunch. I did make a pumpkin pie though. Nina had brought home a pumpkin from school that she didn't want, so I made her a pumpkin pie, then she ended up not coming. I need to get to work on some Christmas projects, but I wasn't about to do that being here all by myself. Tonight I am taking Corban over for Craig to watch and Diana and Nadine are going to come over and watch Definitely Maybe with me. We'll probably cut into the pumpkin pie too!

I'm sure those of you from KCC already know, but I just found a website devoted to Nick Nischan today. It's http://www.nick7-11.zoomshare.com/ if anyone hasn't seen it. That poor family has had so much to deal with. I think about them often, even though I wasn't really connected with them at school.

We had a good visit with Paw Paw and Grammy this weekend. They didn't stay long, but I think they got in some good time with the kids. Corban woke up asking for Grammy this morning. It was so cool watching him this afternoon with his nesting blocks. I've never even tried to have him put them back together, but he did a really good job this afternoon on his own. It was neat watching him figure out what fit where. Not that he got them all back together, but he did better than I expected him to. He also recognized a dear today. He has also been saying "cough" all day and then doing this hilarious fake cough. I'm not sure where that's coming from.

Yesterday was pretty wonderful. We had MOPS in the morning, which was nice because I hadn't been there for a long time. I told the nursery workers that Corban has been biting, so to watch him. When I went back to get him she said that he hadn't bitten at all, but was pretty rough with the other kids. I need to get him some play dates so that he can get more used to being around other kids. After I came home and had lunch, I headed out for the alone part of my day. I wasn't ready to Christmas shop yet, and didn't even go to places where I could do that. Honestly, I went to three craft stores, the Christian bookstore, Kohls, and Gabriel Brothers (that place make Big Lots look like a major department store). I got some stuff for some Christmas projects, and the new book The Shack. Everyone is talking about it, so I thought I would give it a shot. When I got home, Johnny even had dinner ready and the kitchen cleaned up. After dinner he even washed the rest of the dishes!

I think Johnny had a little bit of a difficult day with the kids. Corban had falled asleep on the way home from MOPS, so he didn't want to go back down for his regular nap. Caden didn't help. We haven't given him too many bottles, just because I've always been with him. So, Johnny had a hard time getting him to take the formula. We decided we're going to work with him on this so that I'm not so tied to him and/or feeling bad when I do need to be away from him.

So far this morning Corban and I spent about an hour outside raking leaves. This was not my intention, I HATE yard work, but we were out there and it was something to do. I think Johnny will be surprised when he sees what we did. Caden has been snoozing in the pack-n-play. He's been much better about his morning nap lately, so that gives me and Corban some time together. By the way, Caden has been in a crib in his own room for the last three nights! Corban was 4 weeks when we moved him to the nursery, Caden is almost 4 months! HOnestly, it's as much me as anything, I was waiting until he was sleeping through the night pretty well. He's doing OK. Sometimes he gets up in the night, sometimes not until 5:30. Well, it's time to get Corban's lunch around, and the baby will be waking up soon too. I've got a TON of stuff to do today because JOhnny's parents are coming in the morning. I'm going to make a cheesecake, and try to get Saturday's dinner (stuffed shells) together so that I don't have to do that, plus I need to wash towels and clean bathrooms. Have a great weekend everybody!

We're gearing up for a crazy week! Johnny has meetings at least four days this week and I've got a regular week with Nina. This Thursday is My Day - I've got MOPS in the morning, so I'll take the kids to that and then after lunch I'm going shopping! Granted, I'm Christmas shopping, but still, I'm going to be by myself!

This morning Corban has been a bit of a bear and we had a bad night last night, so I'm not handling it well. He's teething, so that doesn't help. He actually bit a little girl in nursery yesterday. I felt HORRIBLE, but the mother was the one working in there, and she understood, but still it's not cool when your kid is biting. He seriously only does it when he's teething.

On the more adorable side, he says "Okie Dokie" now, only it comes out more like "Dokie Dokie." He's pretty much feeding himself all of the time now, which can be a huge pain, but freeing too. Caden is smiling and cooing all of the time. He's so strong too. I think he's going to be smaller than Corban, but stronger. He's about to roll over too, which is really cool since he hardly gets tummy time at all. For all of you with a second on the way, things are SOOO much different this time around!

Two weeks at this time we'll be getting ready to head to Cynthiana!

Dinner last night was really nice - we had way too much food. Luke and Nadine were here before I even left to go pick Nina up from dance and take her home, Craig and Diana were here by the time I got back. Nadine's cheesecake was AMAZING. She's not a huge Cheesecake Factory fan, and now I know why. It's always nice to have them over because they're comfortable enough with us, our kids, and our house that I don't have to take care of everything, they just jump in and do. This morning I took the kids to Wal-Mart because the vacuum cleaner I had ordered came in, but I've realized since ordering it that it's not the one I want, so I'm just going to let them send it back and order the one I do want. The "Christmas Crap" as I call it is out at Wal-Mart, so we had a good time looking at that. I have got to get going on my Christmas list, I always think I don't have many people to buy for, but before I know it the list is really long. Well, I had better get busy before my kiddos wake up.

I'm trying to think what I've been doing that I haven't posted in a week, and I can't think of anything in particular. Life has been pretty much the same. We're having Craig, Diana, Luke, and Nadine over for dinner tonight. I've still got to go get Nina and take her home, she's been here since noon. Caden has been a little stinker the last few days, but he finally crashed and crashed hard. Tonight we're having steak (homegrown), mac and cheese, grilled zuchini, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, green salad, strawberry/cranberry jello salad, and Nadine is making a cheesecake. I forgot about bread - dang it!

I thought that tomorrow was MOPS, but it's not so I'm not sure what we'll decide to do. I might go to the mall or Target or somewhere just to get out for a bit. The weather has been so pretty that we've been trying to go places and be outside as much as possible. Corban just loves playing in the leaves, so that's been big entertainment around here. Well, I've got to get a few things done before I go to finish my running.