My 30th Fall

My 30th Fall...

I love our street...

Well, my birthday came and then it went...and then I forgot that I had even turned 30. The big 3-0. My 20's are over now officially. Do I feel different? Do I feel older? Not really. I didn't really spend my twenties (at least the latter half) as most people do. I got married at 24, had Hannah by 25, Calah by 28 and Jacob 14 months later...so honestly, I don't really feel like my 20's were a carefree time of self-discovery as they are for so many people. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I've been feeling 30 for a while. The past 10 years were filled with abundant blessings...and I'm thankful...and looking forward to the next decade. 30 feels like a new time for me. I'm a little more confident in who I am and what I want...and since I know we're not having any more kids, I feel like we can finally focus 100% on the ones who are already here. Of course, finishing school is also part of the plan...

This weekend, we took the kids to Sonny Acres...a family tradition that I've been doing since I was Calah's age. They went on some rides, sat in the pumpkins, and then got cotton candy. The kids loved it of course. Hannah is old enough to remember it now and is always very excited to go there. Calah was having fun until she stepped in a broken pumpkin and got pumpkin guts all over her jeans. Then she was done. Unfortunately, this happened before we were able to get a group shot on the pumpkins...guess there's always next year! Jacob just chilled in his seat the whole time.

Pumpkin Pic sans Calah messy pants...

My action shot of the slide...shoot!

Hannah after eating cotton candy...

Calah didn't want cotton candy...she wanted my corn...

Updates in general...

Calah's new favorite thing to say is "JAKE-JEE" (her version on Jakey). It's so cute! She also loves to grab my purse and keys, put the purse over her shoulder and say "bye bye" and pretends to leave. But as she approaches the door, she remembers to come back and kiss me goodbye.

Hannah is getting older by the second. She is 4 going on 25 I think. Somewhere along the way she has learned out to ummm...stretch the truth, shall we say? Yesterday she broke our neighbors glass lawn ornament and when Jon asked her what happened, she said "Calah did it". Not quite sure what punishment should be...I just remember knowing from a very early age that the worst thing I could ever do was lie to my parents. I think I need to ask my dad what he did to scare me so much!

Hannah and Calah are on a 60/40 plan. 60% of the time they fight and 40% of the time, they love each other. When they love each other it's really adorable. One of their favorite things to do together is read. The other 60% of the time, I think it's their mission to drive me absolutely crazy. They have 3,654,999 toys...and yet...they are always fighting over just one of them.

I did not stage this picture...this is what they do every morning...(40% of the time)

Jacob is crawling and almost getting in a sitting position by himself. He will cross a room to get a toy...and good news...does not need to have surgery until he is closer to 12 months. The urologist was able to get a good exam on him and thinks that he will just need a normal circumcision with nothing more. Of course he'll still need to be put to sleep, but at least he'll be a little older then and weaned from a bottle which should make things easier.

That's about it...I promise to have an intellectual post soon...my brain is operating at maximum capacity right now with school so I don't have the mental energy to write lately. Or I'm just getting old!