playground.

I wanted to take pictures of Chris playing, so today we went to the park. He had fun playing around. The grass was still a little bit wet so we didn't get to play in it. Of course he had to bring some cars and trucks.For some reason he likes to slide backwards...still feet first but on his tummy! I don't know why he likes it so much better than sliding normal, but to him it's fun!

We were ready to leave and walking back to the car when he spotted a fire hydrant. He went up to it and said "Mommy take a picture this!" How could I refuse? He didn't even want to look at me, he just wanted me to take the picture. Silly little guy.

thankful.

For Thanksgiving we went to eat lunch at my grandparents' house. We had a nice meal and then we all went to play outside. Buddy and Jared had an acorn fight and Chris ran around and climbed on the swing and the bench. After that we headed back into town and met Buddy's mom at his grandpa's house. We hung out there for a little while and then decided to come home. We put up our tree, but we didn't decorate it yet. It was nice to see our families, but by the end of the day we were all tired.

new camera.

I got my new camera today! I LOVE it! I got a Canon Rebel XTi. I have a lot to learn but I can't wait to do it! I took a few pictures of Chris right away. Too bad the weather was yucky so I couldn't go outside.

hospital trip.

Well I had to go to the ER. Stupid heart problem again. We were at the mall and I felt it start. We left, and I thought it would go away but instead it seemed to be getting worse. I haven't had an episode like this in a long time, just a small one when Chris was a baby that I was able to stop...before that was over 4 years ago. I don't remember feeling this much pressure, or it being this hard to breathe. Anyway I went in and had the IV like I've done lots of times before, and it was scary as usual. My heartrate went back to normal pretty quickly though this time. I'm just exhausted though. Just brushing my hair makes my arms feel so tired. Chris was very sweet to me...he kept asking if I was okay and wanting to kiss my 'owie'. I'm going to have to find a new cardiologist. Obviously I can't use my old pediatric cardiologist, and the one I saw when I was pregnant with Chris was okay, but I wasn't crazy about her.

color love.

Today I decided to take pictures of Chris coloring. I wanted to try some close up pictures and play with Photoshop a little bit. He was actually cooperating a little bit this time too! I thought the big window in his room would bring in enough light, but it didn't and I had to use the flash. Anyway, I'm pretty proud of the way they turned out. I think I'm going to get one of those black collage frames and hang them all together.

sick.

Chris is sick. Yesterday while we were trick-or-treating he had a bit of a runny nose. Today he still has the runny nose and the sneezes, he is really congested, and his eyes are red. I got off work this afternoon and we went to Target to get some Benadryl for him. Of course he wanted to look at scarys, and since Halloween is over there aren't many scarys left! So we checked out the clearance Halloween things and he picked out a package of nasty spiders. Then we went to look at the Christmas stuff. I could almost get in the Christmas mood- that is until I walked out of Target and into the 80-something degree day. So we came home and I gave Chris the medicine. We started to watch a movie, but he fell asleep. I finally woke him up after he had been asleep for two whole hours- didn't want him to be up all night. That wasn't a problem though...poor little guy was so tired! We did play for a little while but he just didn't have much energy. It would be nice if he could just sleep this sickness away...but more likely I will get it in the next couple days and we will pass it back and forth for a while. That is the one thing I hate about this time of year.

trick or treat.

Happy Halloween! We decided to head to the Farm Patch to pick out a pumpkin. They had a maze in the hay there, and the three of us went through it about four times. Then we picked out a big pumpkin that we wanted to decorate and a baby pumpkin for Chris to hold. He fell asleep on the way home though, so we went in and took a nap instead of decorating pumpkins. We woke up and got ready to go trick-or-treating. Chris was a boxer, or as he likes to call it, a box-man. He was really excited about wearing his box clothes and boxing gloves. We let him play outside for a few minutes after he was dressed, then we headed out to visit our families. Chris had his basket mostly full with candy, cookies, and cupcakes. The last place we went was to my mom's house, where Chris got to box Jared, something he had been looking forward to all day.