Waking up to wildlife

This morning Emmett woke up early, so I put him in bed with me and turned on Little Einsteins. A few minutes later, Emmett is AHHHHH-ing over something. It is a deer outside our window. Then if you look closer she has two babies beside her. Emmett was amazed! We traveled around the house looking out different windows as they moved. We then went outside and he was in heaven. Until he expressed just how excited he was and off the deer family ran. It made for a nice start to our day.

We had our first MOPS meeting yesterday. Should be a lot of fun this year. There are lots of great women to meet and get to know. It was also great to catch up with a few moms that I met last year.

I decided to take down the gate to the stairs. Luke doesn't know yet, so unless someone tells him , he'll find out when he gets home. It seems to be just fine. I put all of his riding toys in the basement so he couldn't ride them down the stairs. No falls to speak of and he can come and go as he pleases. No more dragging you to the gate and throwing a fit because I am not going downstairs. We'll see...there's no going back now.

We are headed in to the gym and then on to coffee with the girls. Should be a fun day.

Emmett watching the deer threw his bedroom window

We're done! almost...

The carpet has been laid! We are finally done. The only parts left are to tile the bar, which we'll do sometime this winter, and paint the dining room. Oh yeah, and landscaping. That is a huge project and will maybe get started next summer. We love the new space and Emmett has plenty of room to spread out his toys.

Emmett got dressed up in his Chief's gear this Sunday. It is already too small and we will have to do some online shopping for new Chief's apparel! The Shelton's came over for football and food yesterday and are coming over for the Monday Night game. It will be nice to have some company since Luke had to leave this morning for Denver for work this week. I am a single mom til Saturday! Lots to do and plenty to keep busy with. MOPS starts back up this week on Wednesday and planning on a few gym days this week. It should go by pretty fast, but we will miss Daddy none the less.

Harvest Time!

So I finally get to eat the veggies I planted this spring! I have yellow squash and many zucchinis about to be harvested. Hopefully before the snow falls, I'll also get a few leeks. The growing season is so short here. Pretty fun to pick fresh veggies though!
Emmett is doing great! Napping like a champ and making up for lost hours. He is napping 2-3 hours at a time and sleeping thru the night. We finally got back into the gym today. With the summer camps over and kids back in school, it is so much easier to get Emmett into the daycare so I can jump on an elliptical for an hour! We had a nice storm pass thru today and it really cooled things off. We have cool weather in the forecast for the next week or so. I love it!

Carpet gets installed tomorrow! I got the install phone call a few minutes ago and they want to come tomorrow! Luke and I have not finished moving the furniture out and need to finish the trim work. We have a very busy night ahead of us, but we work best under pressure! Once the carpet is done(Saturday) I will post an update video of the finished product. SOOO excited!

Better today

We were up again last night, but not because Emmett was sick. Mostly because he fooled us into needing/wanting to sleep in our bed last night and then wanting to play at 4am. He definitely feels better. His fever seems to be stable at 100 degrees and getting better by the second. Once again he is into everything. His new trick is to pick up(not push) the stool and place next to the counter and get into what ever is available in his arm's reach! He has only demolished a pack of sticky notes and a few Kleenexes...so far.
Emmett is sleeping with a pillow these days(probably helps with the congestion too!). I bought a few of these pillows called pillow pals. He got a turtle, while my two girlfriends with kiddos on the way recieved a cow and a sheep. He loves it and it makes for a great Kodak moment. Emmett wants to play ball all the time. He leads you to where he wants you to sit and play with him and then will play until he is bored and he'll just walk off. Never mind that I am in the middle of making dinner or even on the toilet. He wants to play ball on his schedule. One day...the bathroom will be sacred again.

Monday night football with Dad

I hate being sick!

So, Luke, Emmett and I are all sick. I think it was weather changing, over drinking/exhausted, and for poor Emmett-an ear infection. We haven't slept in days. Emmett has been waking up at night and not really going back to sleep. He just takes a short nap and then screams. We never would have suspected an ear infection though. He has never once tugged at his ears or any of the tell tale signs. Anyway, after another long night, we decided that there has to be more than teeth going on(He has another huge molar coming in at the moment! That makes four in the last 2 weeks or so!). We spent the morning at the urgent care clinic. Emmett also started wheezing this morning. Worrisome due to the fact that Luke has such terrible asthma. The doc at the clinic was awesome. He and the nurse worked really well with a cranky, drippy nose, teething/slobbering almost 18 month old. We immediately started Emmett on a heavy antibiotic and will hopefully get to sleep tonight.

We just took his temp again after he woke up from his nap and he is now running a 102 degree temp. Called the doc and we are pumping him full of Motrin to try and break the fever. I don't see sleep in our future....

Emmett got a postcard from Grammy and Poppy today! They are in their motorhome on the way to Nova Scotia. Sounds like it has been rainy but beautiful all the same. We miss you tons and travel safely. Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Mark are on their way to the Lake for a trip. Talk to you soon and have a great time!

Here are a few more Emmett photos and a quick video of the kiddo!