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.

I took Caden to the doctor today. He's had a cough, a lot of congestion, and for a while he was choking a lot. I was pretty much over-reacting though. His lungs, ears, and throat all were clear so it's just a plain old cold. It's horrible though because he's so small I can feel all of the congestion when he breathes. Hopefully he'll get over it soon though.

Corban has been staying with Craig and Diana the last two Wednesday nights while Johnny, Caden and I have been at small group. They have a HUGE dog, he's a Goldendoodle which is a standard poodle and golden retriever mix. Anyway, Crosby gets all of Corban's "leftovers" that he drops along the way so he loves to see Corban come to play. Today after his nap Corban was eating a cheese stick and dropped some of it on the floor. He looked at me, put his hands up in the air, and said, "doggy?" Like, where is that doggy that comes and eats all of the stuff I drop on the floor? He kept pointing to the cheese and saying that. He's repeating just about everything we say now too and just now he walked up to me, and kissed at me until I leaned down to give him a kiss then he grabbed my hand and said, "Five" until I gave him a high five. Yesterday I asked him where Nana and Poppy live, he said, "tucky." I think that's just about all that's new in Corban world for now.

We had a great visit with Nana and Poppy this weekend. They got here Thursday night, Friday we went to a pumpkin patch. Corban got to go on a pony ride and a hay ride. Both of them were a rip-off as far as what you got for what you paid, but the look on his face when he got up on that pony's back was absolutely priceless! We didn't get any pumpkins though. We don't do halloween, so we weren't going to be making jack-o-lanterns out of them and it was honestly just too cold out there to deal with picking one out and paying for it. I'm hoping maybe we can come to KY in October next year to go to Evans Orchard and the Tuttle hayride. Saturday I had to go to Wal-Mart to replace my phone. It was a long time in coming, but my old one finally broke. Then we took Nana and Poppy out to dinner for both of their birthdays. It was actually on Poppy's birthday, but Nana's is coming up soon. We went to the Texas Roadhouse and had a nice steak. This is where Johnny and I were going to go out on our date a few weeks ago when everyone ended up getting sick.

Monday was the usual crazy with both boys and babysitting and getting groceries. I end up doing a lot of running around on Mondays. Yesterday was pretty nice though because Johnny ended up being around most of the day. He's going fishing on Friday though, and I'm not looking forward to that. He'll leave around 4 am and probably won't be back until the rest of us are all in bed. Tonight is small group, our last one before the end of the year. I really enjoy our group, but it's getting harder and harder to find someone to keep Corban and I hate to ask the same people to do it all of the time. We're lucky people around here love our kids so much though. Sunday morning Craig showed up at the door with a toy for the boys. He was acting like it was no big deal, but I could tell he was really excited about it. Well, I've got to go clean up a mess Corban made last night. Happy Wednesday all!

We skipped MOPS this morning. I wasn't going to take Corban because he had no business being in the nursery with his cough and runny nose and Johnny's got a lot going on this afternoon, so we just stayed home. We were watching a show this morning though and Corban fell asleep sitting on my lap. He's been asleep for about an hour now on the couch. I hope this isn't the only nap he gets today. I need to do lots of laundry before Mom and Dad get here. I'm hoping that they're going to get on the road soon. Mom had some office work to do for CopperWood and Dad is getting a massage for his birthday. Happy Birthday Daddy! He's 62 on Saturday. Oh, have I put in here that my Aunt Phyllis is engaged? I've never met the guy she's dating, Mom and Dad just did at the Wilson reunion a few weeks ago. They haven't set a date yet. Mom is bringing pears to can. She got a bunch at Mike and Martha's and hasn't had time to get them done yet, so we're hoping to get to them this weekend and she will have to share!

Took Corban to the doctor yesterday morning. He has a bit of an ear infection, so he's on medication for 10 days. Since he's 19 months old and this was his first "sick" visit, I feel pretty good. The doctor was impressed that this was his first too. One good thing about me getting sick, I lost my last 3 Caden pounds! Now I need to lose 13 more to be at my pre-Corban weight and 15 more after that to be at my goal weight! And don't anybody even ask, I'm not telling you what my goal weight is. In case that doesn't answer your question Sherry, yes, I threw up. Since I got sick last Thanksgiving when I found out about Caden I've gotten sick twice. I think once I started "letting" myself get sick, I do it a lot easier now.

Yesterday Johnny was dressing Caden and I couldn't believe how big he's gotten! I can't believe that my baby is already growing up! Did I already say that we're getting a family picture for Nanny when we're in for Thanksgiving? It's not really the whole family, it's just her great-grandkids. So it's from Whitney who is 12 or 13, Blake (5), Skylar and Grace (3), Corban (1 1/2), Annabelle (5 months), Caden (4 months). That's going to be one crazy photo shoot! It's a secret from Nanny for Christmas, so if you see her don't spill the beans.

Oh, more exciting news. Mom and Dad sold their house! The couple is from New York and I think they have horses. They looked at it sometime last month I think, made an offer yesterday, they haggled a little, and they're going to close in the middle of December.

Now I'm sick too. Yesterday Craig and Diana were going to keep the boys and Johnny and I were going to go out to dinner and maybe a movie. I woke up not feeling great, but thought I would be OK by dinner time. Not so much. I "got sick" at the church while I was doing the bulletin. After that I just felt yucky and Corban wasn't doing much better either. He just wandered around and fussed most of the day. Last night I even sent Johnny to the guest bedroom so that I could take care of Corban if he got up in the night and so that I wouldn't keep Johnny awake being restless. Corban slept through the night though - actually the longest he's ever slept at one time. Today we're feeling somewhat better, but obviously didn't go to church. If he was still the only kid in nursery, I maybe would have thought about it, but didn't want to make everybody else sick. I'm letting him watch A LOT of cartoons this weekend. I just feel so sorry for him. Hopefully this week we can get better. Other than babysitting not much is going on until Thursday - my Mom and Dad are coming up. Saturday is Dad's birthday so I'm glad they'll be here for that.