Week in Review 9/22/14-9/28/14

I was not a good picture-taker this week.  In fact, I was a TERRIBLE picture taker.  But I did get a few shots and I can give you a rundown about the rest. 

On Monday, we had our garbage disposal replaced.  Our old one was leaking under our sink and there was no repairing it.  Joseph had a great time wandering around the kitchen while the repair man put the new one in.  I have no pictures of this.

Tuesday-Thursday were pretty uneventful.  Went to a few church consignment sales to look at winter clothes for Joseph, but that was about it.  I have no pictures of this, either. :-(

I also have no pictures of our homeschool week.

Photography failure for sure.

And yet ANOTHER thing I have no pictures of was me locking my keys in the car at State Employees Credit Union on Friday.  I'd gone to make a deposit and, while Joseph and I were waiting in line inside, I realized I didn't really know where my keys were.  I told the people behind us in line to go ahead and we walked back out to the car.  Sure enough, they were in the back seat (next to his car seat) with the doors locked.  Apparently, after almost 2 years of motherhood, I'm still not guaranteed to be able to keep up with my child, my purse, AND my keys all at once.  I called David who said he would leave work immediately, but with his 35 minute commute I knew there had to be a way to get keys faster.  So I called my parents who, while they did not have a spare car key of ours, they did have a spare house key, and I knew I had a spare car key at home!  So they came, waited with Joseph at SECU, while I drove around the corner to our house in their car.  Got my spare key, came back to SECU, and was able to get into my car.  Disaster averted!  Thanks Mom and Dad! :-)

I did manage to get a couple of random pics this week...

Many mornings, after school time, Joseph will sit down near his bookcase and start "reading."  So funny to watch him go through book after book.

Joseph still takes a 1.5-2 hour afternoon nap each day.  Some days he naps in his crib, some days he naps in the bed with me, and some days he takes part of his nap in the crib and finishes out the rest of it in bed with me.  One day this week, when I'd brought him into bed with me to finish his nap, I caught a couple of pictures of my sweet, sleepy boy (who still had the big red scab on his nose from his tumble last weekend :-( )

Sleepy boy cuddled up with mommy

Sweet toddler waking up happy :-)

MOSTLY what I DID get pictures of this week was our annual Mt. Airy/Mayberry Days trip this weekend.  So much fun with my two guys!  And the weather was so wonderful!  Our first stop, of course, was Snappy Lunch, for an early lunch.  I got a breaded cheeseburger, Joseph ate a biscuit, and David, as usual, got a famous Snappy's Pork Chop sandwich!

If there is a sweeter toddler in the world, I don't know where!  So blessed to be his mommy!

My two handsome men...my whole world in a picture!

David's sandwich.  That's one BIG pork chop on that bun!

My burger (of a more manageable size) :-)

After lunch, we walked down the "Mayberry Toys" a great toy store on Main Street in Mt. Airy.  We were even able to pick out a few birthday presents for Jojo while he was distracted with the train table!  He had so much fun running around and playing.  And he definitely thew a stereotypical 2 year old tantrum when we left.

Joseph making new friends

We stopped and listened to a little bluegrass...they were wonderful!

And we finished our morning by driving a little further north to the produce stand on the NC/VA state line that we always go to.  Bought some apples and a few other things.  Joseph loved exploring!

After the produce stand, we came back to Greensboro so Joseph could take his afternoon nap.  Then we finished off the evening with dinner at Sticks and Stones, one of our favorite places.  :-)

Another note from this week, I ended up with an old kid's book (copyright 1959) that used to be my mom's.  It's written about occupations that children can grow up to be.  Imagine the delight my traditional self experienced when I flipped to the middle and saw the job "homemaker" featured.  I love being a homemaker/stay-at-home mom so much, and in a world where we often aren't considered to have a "real job," it felt good to be featured, even if it was a kids book from the 1950s :-)

A few of you have asked me for a family-building update.  Right now, I'm finishing up (this week) a round of medication to shrink the two ovarian cysts I have.  I've been pain-free now for about a week so I'm certainly hoping that means they are gone.  I had 3 cysts before I was pregnant with Joseph, one while I was pregnant with him, and have had 3 since then.  So these cysts are a constant battle.  I'll have an ultrasound mid-week and, if things look good, we will be ready to proceed with our final IUI in mid-October.  If our final IUI fails, we will announce our plans to further build our family at that time (we have really prayed and discussed it and finally feel a peace about the path we have chosen).  I know God has exciting things ahead for our family, no matter how more children come into our life!

That's it for this week!  Hope everyone is well! :-)