I can't keep up...

I think this has been the longest gap in my posts since I started blogging; I just can't keep up with anything including cleaning my house, grading papers, decorating for the holidays - you name it and I'm behind. I can only imagine what life will be like if we ever are successful in having a baby #2. So once again, here is a recap of the past 6 weeks or so...

We carved pumpkins for the first time and made it family affair with the Cruz's. We had so much fun, and the pumpkins turned out so well! Way to go Tom and Vic! Even the kids got involved; Kayleigh tried eating the pumpkin and Colten loved scooping out the insides : > I hope you can make out the carving Tom did on the one I posted. It's supposed to be profiles of me and Colten when he was a little baby. And I have to add that Tom did not follow a pattern either - he is so talented!


The next day, Tom, Colten, and I headed to my diabetes walk. And a huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported me this year; once again everyone was way too generous, but I really appreciate both the monetary donations and the everyday words of encouragement. It was a beautiful day for the walk too! In other diabetes news, I just started using a sensor that reads my glucose levels every five minutes and sends them directly to my pump. Aside from being another device that I have to inject and wear in my stomach, I am excited that it will help me further control my diabetes, especially if we get pregnant again. The sensor will allow me to keep better track of my numbers to ensure both my health and the baby's.

Kayleigh turned one the following weekend so we headed to her party dressed as characters from Toy Story. Colten loves Buzz, so I bought that costume from the Disney Store and then Tom and I made our Jessie and Woody costumes. I am not very creative or handy, but if I do say so myself, I think they turned out really well. And the party was a blast! Here's a photo of the birthday girl dressed as Minnie Mouse with her beautiful mom (aka Snow White) and of course Colten and me too : >


Then for Halloween weekend, we headed to Columbus to visit Uncle Mike and to take Colten to Boo at the Zoo. We had so much fun seeing the animals, trick-or-treating at the various stations, playing, seeing shows, etc. But the highlight of the zoo was Colten's first pony ride! He loves animals but I wasn't sure how he would respond to riding one. Luckily he loved it! We also had his caricature drawn too. Here's a picture of it even though I couldn't get it to rotate. Later that day, we headed over to the Melnik's for a yummy dinner. Colten got to play with his older cousin Braden; I love watching them together! By the time we got home on Halloween, I was exhausted so we didn't take Colten trick-or-treating around the neighborhood; instead we just watched Daddy pass out candy. Next year, we will venture out for candy ourselves ; >
Here are some random pics too. In the first one, Colten trying to put a basket on Chase's head; Chase is so good with him : > And in the other one, Colten is wearing the lampshade from Uncle Mike's "One Night Stand" costume : >

I hope everyone has been doing well, and I will catch up reading blog updates soon too! Let the countdown to Black Friday begin!!