Visit with Santa

This past Saturday, we had the chance to go see two Santa's, and it was a PERFECT day as a family. We woke up and headed out for breakfast at Cracker Barrel, because we had a gift card. After breakfast, we went to our church where they were hosting a "Breakfast with Santa" with breakfast foods, arts and crafts and most importantly, Santa made an appearance! Weston got his picture made, and he actually liked Santa.

Next, we headed out to get Weston's photo taken with another Santa. We didn't get the photo at church, and we wanted some photos that we could use for Christmas gifts, as well, so we got some additional photos done. Again, W did great! We then went to Bass Pro Shop followed by lunch as a family before we dropped Weston off with my parents for his nap and to spend the night while Grant and I went to our office Christmas Party.

It was a great day, and I thoroughly enjoy Saturdays that we all spend together! I'm really looking forward to the next one! :)

Looks like he did pretty well with Santa, huh?! I saw some photo's of his daddy with Santa, and let's just say, it's NOT pretty! So glad that we didn't have a meltdown...

Stomach Bug

Update: So, Weston didn't have anything on his stomach, so he slept through the night just fine, and he woke up at 5:00 AM really hungry. I nursed him, because my doctor told me to continue nursing him since he's breastfed, and he went back to sleep for about an hour. He woke up, and he was SO thirsty, so I gave him some more BM in a cup, and he drank the whole cup dry (approximately 5 ounces). He also ate some Cheerios. Grant is home with him now, and he hasn't been sick again yet, so he's held that down for about 4 hours. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we are over the worst of it!

My little man has his first stomach bug! :(

One of the other little boys at daycare got sick on Monday, and he ended up going home from daycare early. I was keeping my fingers crossed that Weston wasn't going to come down with it, because he didn't get it yesterday. Unfortunately, today was the day, and I'm SO sad!

He started throwing up around 4:30 PM, and he's thrown up three times since this! Poor baby boy! Anyways, he has nothing in his stomach...no food, drink, nothing! How do I keep him hydrated? Everything just comes back up?!

Anyways, Weston and one of the other little boys got sick today, and the boy who was sick on Monday is sick again today. Not good! We have big plans to see Santa this weekend, so we can't be sick at the Harvey house. And I'm praying that we don't come down with it...I don't know what we'll do!

What do you feed your kids?!

So, I have made all of Weston's baby food, but now, he's kind of over it...he likes to eat food that he can pick up and put in his mouth, and he's been eating finger foods, but I feel like he eats the same things all the time. So, I wanted to know...what do you feed your child? What does a day or week look like for your kids?

I'd love some suggestions for food that he can eat that he would like, are healthy and would be different! :)

SAHM's or PT SAHM's - How do you do it?!

I'm dying to do something different! I'd LOVE to stay home with Weston, at least part-time, but unfortunately, Grant is convinced that it's not possible. I'm confident that with a little adjustment in our spending habits that we could definitely do it! We don't have any debt except for our house payment!

Grant has TONS of reasons that we can't do it, such as, A.) It will put his/our retirement out farther or make it more difficult in retirement, because we can't save as much money, B.) We just won't be able to get by each month, C.) We can't save as much money, and we might have an emergency and D.) It will be tough to make ends meet, and we won't ever be able to build a house or buy some land, which are dreams we both have!

Anyways, I'm looking for anyone and everyone out there who has any suggestions/comments/ideas on how you do it and things that you do to squeeze your pennies and save money. I'm open to any and all suggestions! It's going to take some major sweet talking to convince Grant! :)

Also, does anyone else feel this way? Grant and I have been discussing this for awhile now, and we go back and forth on the issue, and it's really the only argument that we have! We never get really heated over it, but we both want the opposite thing, and I'm not sure how we go about coming to an agreement that's satisfactory for both of us. Thoughts?!

Halloween!!

Last Sunday, we celebrated Weston's 1st Halloween, and it was a lot of fun. One of our neighbors hosted a Halloween celebration for the little ones, and we had a great time! Even though Weston isn't old enough to participate in all of the festivities, he had a great time crawling around and carrying a toy golf club all over the yard.

We took Weston trick-or-treating around our neighborhood, and he loved it. He didn't get any candy this year, but we pulled him around in his wagon, and he got to check out all the cool costumes that the kids in the neighborhood had on. Weston was a skeleton this year, and he was pretty cute, if I do say so myself! :) I'll let you decide...

Crawling around before Trick or Treating

With Dad at the end of a LONG Night! :)

Watching in AMAZEMENT!

Mom...I'm READY to go!

See my bag!! I'm going to get LOTS of candy! :)

Day at the Pumpkin Patch

So, a few Saturday's ago, we spent the morning at the park, well, this past weekend, we spent our Saturday morning at the Pumpkin Patch, and we came home with two pumpkins, a big one for the family and a little one that Weston picked out. It was SO much fun, and I'm looking forward to continuing the tradition of taking Weston to the Pumpkin Patch every year. Weston was so amazed by all the "big orange things" laying on the ground, and he was TOO cute looking at them all and wanting to touch them and hold on to them while we were there. I think the pictures are worth a thousand words, so I'll leave you with pictures of our Pumpkin Patch outing! :)

Day at the Park

So, Weston and I went to the park on Saturday morning, and we had so much fun! He climbed on the playground, and he swung on the swings. It was a perfect Saturday morning with our friends!

Anyways, I took some photos, and I'll preface that some of the photos aren't so great, but he's constantly on the move, and it's a struggle to get his smiling face in the photos. I often get the top of his head or side of his face instead!

This is...

...what it feels like to wear your heart outside of your body! I love this little boy, and he is what keeps me going even on days like last Thursday! :) Love him!

This is how I feel today...

I feel terrible! I don't know that I have a fever, but I feel like I do...I have a stuffy head, headache, because I have SO much in my head, sore throat, runny nose, etc. All in all, it's a tough day. Unfortunately, I'm not home in bed...I'm here at work, and I'm trying to focus and get things done; however, it's a bit difficult. I just want to crawl under my desk and go to sleep! I'm planning on leaving early this afternoon to try to head home and get some rest. We have big plans for this weekend, so I can't be sick! :(

And I feel bad, because I know that I caught this from Weston. He had a cold and had a really snotty nose, and he wasn't fussy, so I didn't realize that it was so bad. Unfortunately, he probably felt a lot worse than I gave him credit for! Or maybe us adults just can't handle being sick, and I actually felt worse! Who knows?!

Christmas Card Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak for everyone out there of the Harvey Family Christmas card...What do you think?! We love it!

If you like our Christmas Card, go check out Anita Pope's blog and order your own Christmas Cards for this year, as well. She does a great job, and she is really easy to work with! You won't be disappointed!