Fun Happenings in October

We have had a fun couple weeks as we still try to settle into this new way that our family is functioning - with me working nights and David staying home to care for Trey and get ready to start resume classes in the Spring. We are enjoying our time here where we live, but we are anxious to get into our own place where we can unpack all our boxes and truly settle into our own home. The short sale process is a lengthy one - we have everything done on our end, and we are waiting on the seller's lender to approve the sale. We are going to Knoxville for Thanksgiving, and to be honest, I hope that we don't close on the house until we get back from Tennessee. I don't really want to close on the house and then be gone for 10 days. We will see what we find out this week.

We went to a family farm day last weekend. We had fun looking at the cows, goats, horses, and donkeys. There was a little traumatic event that happened while we were there. A stillborn calf was being born but it was stuck inside the mama cow - there were all these little kids standing around watching, so that was sad. It actually really grossed me out - the smell, the flies all around, the sight of the farmer manually removing the dead calf without any gloves. And to top it all off, David was hungry - they had a booth there selling food and he bought a hamburger to eat there. I hadn't eaten lunch either, but I COULD NOT eat - I had absolutely no appetite. I know I do labor and delivery, but I don't deliver cows. Overall, we had a good time that day. Trey loved the animals.

Trey discovered toilet paper the other night and found out how fun it is to unroll and unroll and unroll it. I love the look on his face when I walked in and found him. He is a very busy little boy, and he is learning the word "No". We are trying to teach him how to obey - it is amazing that even at 11 months how much he understands.



Trey is enjoying playing with toys more. He really likes this LeapFrog refrigerator magnet alphabet set that I found for him at a yard sale. It teaches the letters of the alphabet and the sounds each letter makes.


This is a typical position for Trey when he sleeps. He still sticks his bottom in the air which makes us laugh. He is a good little sleeper on most days (although David may disagree on nights when I work).