Jay was very good for me on our drive to Miles on Thursday. He slept for a little while, but was fairly quite for the rest of the way. He played with his toys and looked at his books. He was rewarded with getting to swim in Grandma and Grandpa's pool!

He was very excited to play with his cousins and all of the people we got to visit with. He has been so worn out! He's been having a hard time taking naps because there is too much going on. Jay even got to have smoked chicken made by Grandpa.

I had to take a picture so Jason would be jealous! The chicken was really good, but then again, everything we had was.

What a Week!

I taught vacation Bible school this week. I taught the science portion. It was really interesting, especially since the theme for the week was Overboard! Most of the experiments we did involved water in some way. The pre-school kids got to play with Jay's inflatable pool for the first two days. It proved to be too much of a temptation for the older kids, so I started to take the water out Tuesday. (The janitorial staff was very nervous about the pool all week anyway.) While I was teaching, Jay got to go to their nursery. He did really well and only cried one morning. And he didn’t really cry for very long, I just had to sneak out. He didn’t even cry when I came to pick him up, which is pretty typical. Of course he was pretty tired by the time we got home and had lunch! Jay has also been sneezing a lot today. I’m trying to figure out if he’s got a cold or if it’s allergies. I know I had a pretty bad sinus headache this morning. We gave him some kid’s allergy medicine (recommended by the doctor!) and I’m hoping he’ll be able to sleep through the night. He’s been putting himself to sleep since Wednesday night. It has been a great relief! The next step is for him to put himself to sleep at nap time.

Crazy

It's been a long week at home. Jason is working a lot at his two jobs. There are some days, like today, where we don't get to see him very much. Then again, his hours help us with Baby Step 2, so hopefully all the extra hours won't last forever! Jay has been having swimming lessons this week. He seems to be enjoying them, but wants in or out of the water. None of this sitting on the side and waiting for mommy to get in or out. We missed Thursday's session due to Jay having a fever. He is cutting four molars and they really started bothering him Wednesday. He had a fever when he woke up from his nap and continued on until Friday morning. We did take him to the doctor since it seemed his ears were bothering him. The doctor said his ears looked good and to keep up with the ibuprofen, Tylenol, teething tablets and teething chews. Unfortunately, Jay does not like taking medicine by syringe so it's been quite a bit of fighting for him to take the Tylenol or ibuprofen. He's doing a lot better today. He hasn't needed any medicine since yesterday, but I did give him some ibuprofen before bed, just in case. He does seem to have a case of heat rash around his lips. At least I hope it's heat rash. (We had a friend who used to be a nurse, tell us that's what it looked like.) I have been trying to get stuff done around the house and swimming. The swimming is a lot of fun since I have a wriggly little boy to try to hold on to. With it being so hot out, our afternoon walks have disappeared until swimming lessons are over. I've battled migraine headaches at the end of the week due to insufficient sleep. Jay slept all night last night, so I'm feeling pretty good today. We did take a long walk this morning before the heat and I'm hoping to do the same tomorrow before church. I made some calzones for our freezer and am hoping to be able to make some more in the next week or so. Not easy to do when Jay wakes up part way through! As you can see, it's pretty busy around here. No, Jay is not walking yet which I still have mixed feelings about. We'll have to see if things slow down next week.

What a Week!

Jay and I have had quite the week. We've run a lot of errands, played with cousins, tried fresh from the garden food, had ice cream cake and had four molars poke through! As if that wasn't enough, today we're planning on going to a graduation party and tomorrow we have a church service with a band! We are also getting driven back to Ames where we'll get to see Jason and Zara again!

We went to a picnic with Grandpa Slater's family.

We watched our cousins throw rocks into the creek.

We had a picnic in the cow pasture.

And have had so much fun that it wears us out!