Pumpkin Patch

Everyone who knows me, knows I love Halloween and Fall in general.  This last Saturday we took Jace to his first ever Pumpkin Patch.  We decided not to go out into the actual patch since it was a little muddy.  We instead just stayed in the area with a straw maze and pre-picked pumpkins and let him wander through all the pumpkins looking at them.  Jace thought the pumpkins were balls and tried to pick them up to throw and kicked a few!  The cutest thing he did was think one pumpkin had a "belly button" and then showed me his belly button.  We took a wagon ride and picked out a couple pumpkins to carve sometime this week!

After we went to the pumpkin patch, Ben and I headed up to Boise to hang out with friends.  We got up there a little late so we missed out on the pumpkin carving, but we did go to Haunted World's in Nampa where I managed to get the bejesus scared out of me a few times!  It was also great to catch up with some good friends who I haven't seen in awhile.  I just have to say I love this time of year and this is just the beginning to all the fun we'll have in the next week!

Well That's Fantastic

I'm not really sure why I can't get my crap together to blog more than once every few months....It could be because Jace is 18 months and as busy as every. I can't turn my back on him for a second or all of the sudden he morphs into a terrorist and is plotting ways to torture me! He even manages to put his evil plots into effect sometimes.....for example while writing the first sentenced of this blog I had to stop to go clean up the shards of glass from him throwing a mug at my rock hearth of our pellet stove!

So once again I'm doing a catch up blog to try to get back on track! Although it will be Sans pictures because I am too lazy to go through them, then up load them etc etc etc! Summer brought us lots of hanging out with Jace while he played in the yard and his pool. He is running and starting to jump and talk up a storm. He says a lot different words and is even starting to put some together in small sentences.

We celebrated 4th of July with good friends and family. We went to CSI to have a picnic and watch fireworks. I think I was more excited about the fireworks than Jace was, but at the very least he didn't freak out at the loud noises. He did instead run around so I did more baby chasing than firework watching, but such is life when you have a toddler! He did like the poppers you throw on the ground and got a kick out of throwing them at his mom from dad's shoulders. It was a fun family time.

Also in July, Ben and I celebrated our 6th Anniversary with a trip to Vegas. I had never been so it was a lot of fun catching all the famous sites. My mom was gracious enough to watch Jace for 5 days. Ben and I really had a nice time and it was great to be able to spend some adult time together. We gambled some and took in a Burlesque show and walked and walked and walked some more! I can't wait to go back. I didn't get ride anything on the stratosphere which was on my to do list due to lightening the night we went!

August was really uneventful. We have still been struggling to get Ben's pain under control and have been working to get him healed with physical therapy. I am really hoping that things get better for him. He hasn't been working and I think that is frustrating both of us. We'll see and I guess only time will tell.

September brought changes with work. I am still up on Labor and Delivery as a charge nurse. I also decided to get my certification for my field in Inpatient Obstetrics. My offical title now is Andrea McCarron RNC, BSN! Lot's of letters make me sound cool and of course way more professional! One of my best friends also left our hospital to move closer to her family. While it was a good move for her, it is a definite loss for me personally and for my department. She is a great nurse to work along side of and she will be missed dearly by all of us. I love your face Jamie!

October has been pretty normal so far. We are decorated for Halloween and still trying to decide on costumes! I'm leaning towards a Viking Couple for Ben and I and a dragon for Jace! We'll post pics of Celebrations. I also just got back from a nursing leadership conference for work, and it was wonderful. I now find myself starting to consider in which direction I would like my nursing career to move in. I have lots of thoughts running through my head on this subject that I hope to blog about in the future.

Lastly, it took me 2 hours to write this because of my little terrorist~ He managed to break my bracelet, rip 3 pages out of one book, pull the movies out several times and even give me a hug and kiss and make my entire night! I missed that little guy while I was gone.

Until next time!