We have a lot to be thankful for

Our dear sweet boy Jack - he's such a miracle and we're so lucky to be his parents. He amazes us everyday and we can't remember what it was like without him. We say this all the time that we'd rather have a messy and loud house with a toddler rather than a quiet, clean house with no pitter patter of little feet, or belly laughs. Hearing Jack laugh just melts my heart and he gives kisses and hugs now when you ask for them. He is an amazing little boy and everyday I'm in awe of him.

Thanksgiving unfortunately was a holiday spent without Mark because he had to work. But Jack and I and the girls drove up to WI on Wednesday afternoon. We dropped in on Gramma at work on our way through and then went to start baking. Thursday we got up and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade together and the family started coming around 1pm ish. Jack was very funny and was just running around with Owen. You'll see a video of that in a bit.. The day after Thanksgiving Owen came over for a little bit in the morning to play with Jack while Jessica went Black Friday shopping - I did my shopping online. Then we packed up the truck and headed over to Gramma's work again for lunch. Then we raced through the office because nobody was there and pushed Jack in an office chair back and forth - he got a huge kick out of that. Then went up and down in the surgical chair. He cried when we left, poor kid. So all in all Thanksgiving was a whirlwind - it was nice to be with family but we really missed Mark/Daddy. Maybe next year we'll all be together.

Jack updates

I know I know it's been awhile. We've all been busy!! We just came back from visiting Gramma and Papa up in WI. We had a nice family get together on Saturday evening and we think that's what brought on his fever because we were outside a lot on Saturday and it was pretty chilly. So Jack just got over a virus - he had a 103.3 degree temp on Monday night and then a 102.2 temp on Tuesday night - took him to the dr on Wednesday and the dr said it was a virus but didn't give me anything for him except medication for a urine infection which he didn't have after they tested the sample. So frustrating! So we still don't really know why Jack had a fever, but it seems to have passed and he's better now. He's back to sleeping through the night and not wanting to cuddle as much as he did when he was sick.

He's also saying so many words! He now says Hi Ya! Socks, shoes, me, milk, cat, dog, mama, dada, baba, nana, stop and a few others that I can't remember. He is such fun!! He loves going to his babysitter's and he only sees her 3 times a week with the way my work schedule and Mark's work schedule is. So it works out really well. He loves playing outside and kicking the leaves around and running around on the driveway. He's fast! He helps when you clean up his toys, he also will bring you the remote when you ask him to or something he's not supposed to be touching - all you have to say is bring it here please and he does. Can't believe Thanksgiving is around the corner..time is just flying by - it's quite sad really but also very exciting at the same time to see what kind of person Jack will turn into. I'll be downloading some pics later...until then - enjoy the update!!