I'm taking Justus to the doctor today. He has had a fever for three days now. It stayed a low grade fever for most of the time but spiked a bit yesterday. We both have colds which isn't unusual for us because our allergies are so sensitive. We are using the wood stove now so there is more dust in the air & that always stirs things up.

One thing I love about Sam's new job is that the boys can go and hang out with him. It's especially important for Justus who asks for his daddy every moment of the day. He went to spend the night with Sam this week. This time he is on shift for eight days in a row. The most he would do at one time is fourteen. IF he ever did that he would have off twenty days off. It's something that we are considering when the baby comes in March.

Today while we go to the doctors office Zeke will go and stay with Sam. Justus is mad about that...he wants daddy time too! LOL!

Today my sister and her kids come home. The kids spend their weekends with their dad. My sister stays with "friends". We never know where she actually is. I dread every Sunday afternoon. Our house doubles in numbers and chaos ensues for the first few hours. This is especially hard when Sam is gone. I can feel my blood pressure go up immediately. This 'issue' is on the top of my prayer list. I pray for compassion for them and what moves WE need to make to get to the next place. How's that for "Joyful Expressions"? Did I mention that I am pessimistic by nature....another character flaw that I pray God will continue to work on with me!

We took Justus over to stay the night with daddy. So it's just me & Zeke playing around. I forgot how fun having ONE can be! He is a silly little guy & I've spent part of the day chasing and tickling my little Zeke-ie. One on one time is super special! I'm sure Justus would agree!

Week 24~

I go Friday to the doctor so I will know then how much weight I"ve gained. Last time it was five pounds which is significant for me. The baby is really kicking quite a bit now & last night Sam got to feel it for the first time. This one is a real kicker! The heartburn has settled in & no matter what I eat I am guarunteed to have it at least once a day. The is no more sleeping on my stomach it feels like a canteloupe is in there & sleeping on a canteloupe is not at all comfortable. My sense of smell is also out of whack. I was drinking some juice the other day. It was supposed to be Orange Mango but it tasted like green olives to me---I don't like green olives & almost puked! This pregnancy I have been extremely tired. I'd love to stay and chat but it's time for Zeke to get out of time out.

One in a million shot - A smile from God !

Halloween Weekend~

There are several set of pictures from Halloween weekend. So if you have the time take a minute to look at them all.

We went to a great festival for the kids. They had bounce houses, candy, free food & live music. We also got on the hayride & they took us to a corn maze which Justus absolutely LOVED. The church payed our way in. Once we got back it was dark so we grabbed some food and listen to the music. We will go to this festival again next year. This church put a lot of thought & money into this outreach. RIght before we got ready to go they handed out door prizes. The kids had a blast.

PRAYER REQUEST~

More changes may be coming to the Adams' household. Please pray that we will have wisdom to take God's direction.

I loaded the picture backwards. But here are some of our kiddos Halloween night. We went to two fall festivals. The kids had a blast & the weather was perfectly COLD! More to come...it took a while to get these up. I'm not sure if it is my computer or internet or what. Enjoy!

Running Errands~

Sam is headed back to work tommorrow so we ran some last minute errands. Walmart-yuk!, the mall-equally yuk. McDonald's for the kids-again yuk. And now we are stocked up for the next week with things we needed. AH, it's good to be home.

Oh yeah we did make a fun stop at Hobby Lobby. I want to make some snowglobe ornaments out of the little plastic bubbles that you get small toys from out of the gumball machine. So I was looking for some miniature figurines. Like baby Jesus, Stars, anything like that. I didn't find what I was looking for so I will try again as Christmas gets closer.

Narrow Escape~

Today I messed up our checking account by using the wrong check card. Thankfully the Holy Spirit reminded me about it & we fixed it...I think. We got cash out of one account & deposited into the other account. As of now it looks like we won't have the $30 insufficient funds fee. I guess we will truly know at midnight tonight. Hopefully I made a narrow escape!

A visitation~

Well, over the past few days we have had a visit by the 'terrible two's". In general the two's are one of my favorite ages. But Zeke has had some flare ups lately. Such as going into the refrigerator & pulling out the milk. Then spilling a half gallon all over the floor and then 'swimming' in it and splashing in the puddles. Or throwing an apple at the brick wall which exploded all over the place. Smashing the grapes into the floor. Climbing up to get candy- today he got a sucker & was hiding behind the couch eating it. Seriously the list could go on.

Most of the time upon discovery of the mess I've had an immediate reaction of either anger or simply trying not to laugh out right in his face. He's really being a stinker! In part I think this is him discovering that there is a reaction to every action. He's had a little red butt a few times this week. And of course getting away with some things because I couldn't stop laughing at his antics. My quiet little fella has turned into a mischevious toddler!

Soccer player~

Could it be that there is a soccer player in the making? My little one is kicking up a storm these days! Once I almost peed my pants because he hit just the right spot. Another time I smacked mom's puppy because I thought he had jumped on my stomach. It actually hurt. I realized it was the baby when it happened again the very next day & there was no puppy around. Poor puppy.

Voting~

We're voting tommorrow. Yeah for early voting. I got an email tonight saying that if you vote a straight ticket to be careful. It said that if you vote for all the other candidates before voting for the president then your vote for the pres won't count. IT's on the website SNOPES.com. Here is the site: tp://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/straightticket.asp

Anyone catch the first few minutes of CSI tonight? I am watching on the DVR. The first minute all you could hear was the background sound, none of dialogue was working. No voices only sounds. THat happened another time recently. IT was a Claritin commercial, all you could hear was the violin music in the background. Were you able to hear the whole thing?

More from last weekend~

Someone said they like pictures so here are some from last weekend. I will post the ones from this weekend soon. Maybe even before next weekend! Enjoy!

Last weekend: Say CHEESE~

We decided not to go to the local pumpkin farm & to go ahead and visit some pumpkin patches at the local churches. We visited two places and bought more than our share of pumpkins. Here are the only pictures where the kids would sit still long enough to take one. They were all too excited to sit still for the three seconds it takes to snap the pic.

Hanging at the park~

After we found our pumpkins we headed to the park for a picnic lunch & some good ole' exercise and fun. The kids lasted longer than the parents. Or maybe I should say the mommas. There were four preggo mommies that were ready for a nap before heading over to Nathan & Traci's later for a shrimp boil & spaghetti for those anti-shrimpies.