Ten on Tuesday (10/19)

So, I missed a couple of weeks....read #1 below for the reason why:

1) I can not tell you how glad I am to say that my house has been vomit free since Friday! WHOOHOO!!! John came down 2 Thursdays ago with a stomach bug. He started vomiting at 9:00 at night and continued every 20 minutes for 3 hours and then every hour for 3 hours after that. Took him to the Dr. the next day. Said he was fine, that it was a 24 hour bug going around. Sure enough, I got it followed by Carl. But strangely enough, John never stopped vomiting. That weekend may go down in our history as one of the absolute worst. Even after Carl and I stopped, John continued on. I took him to the Dr. again Monday, but they just sort of blew it off still at that point. Wednesday came around and here we went again... so I took him AGAIN. They sent us for the hospital for tests. To close a long story...we gave him all liquids and kept zofran down him every 4 hours for 2 days.... then...he was all better. They are guessing it was just the virus that may have reinfected him 2 times and then his tummy was so raw and torn up it never had time to heal until we gave him sedatives for 2 days. It was SO SAD!

2) As he gets older I am starting to notice very distinct personality trends developing in him. One of which that stands out to me right now is that he may be becoming a perfectionist. When he is drawing something and it is not perfect, he says "I messed it up" and starts all over and tries and tries again until it is how he wants it. Even when we say "no, it looks great" he follows with "it not look great". OR when he is counting and he gets to 13 or 14 and can not remember what is next, he gets super upset and has to start over. OR when he messes up a song or you dare to sing it with him, he screams and has to start from the beginning. OR when he is playing with his toy animals or something and he one falls over, or is not exactly where he wants it, he will stay with that animal and it is perfect. hmmmm????

3) I am not sure if he is guessing correctly or not, but I am pretty sure he is learning his left from his right. when you ask him if we are turning left or right in the car, he normally gets it right. Or he will point to two things and tell me which is on the left or right; he does the same things with his hands and shoes.... is it too early to know that? Or is he just a lucky guesser?

4) Pictures have become a lot easier to take of him. He will stop and smile anytime a camera is around. CHEESE BALL!

5) Ended up with a shark costume for Halloween, the dinosaur came and it is WAY to small.

6) Had a garage sale this weekend - TOTALLY worth it. It was during the neighborhood garage sale weekend so there was a TON of traffic. Have to wonder if we would have made as much without the neighborhood signs. If you are out there and reading this and just want to clean out some closets, DO IT! You may have a small gold mine. :)

7) GO RANGERS! We have not typically been baseball fans, but last year Carl got into it because he knew John would want to play one day. Since then we have become regular baseball watchers. And this season has been extra special! The Rangers have made it to the postseason and are about to beat the Yankees to go on to the world series! Would be so cool to have the World Series in Texas the same year the Super Bowl is here (too bad the Cowboys won't be there, boo!).

8) GO SOONERS! WOO HOO for being #1 in the BCS. A lot of pressure, but I think we can live up to it. The championship is in Arizona this year.... wonder if I can still travel in January?!??!

9) Baby is rolling around in my belly, I LOVE IT! That is my most favorite thing about being pregnant. I LOVE feeling the baby, it is something that only I have and only I share with this little miracle. I think it is the instant bond for me. Probably another month or so before Daddy can feel it though.

10)Looking for a good Chicken Tortilla soup recipe if anyone wants to share?!?!? I am LOVING soup season. I feel like I eat some sort of soup at least every other day.