Carving of the Pumpkin

Quinton helped Daddy pull out all the guts, and boy did he love it! Sloan, on the other hand, just watched patiently, wondering what was going on? She too was was having fun, as she ate squash for the first time... we thought we would stick to the theme of pumpkin.

Fun times for the Sullivan's....we love the fall.....and cannot wait for Halloween.....either!!!!!!!!!!

Poor Quinton

I felt so bad last night.............. QMAN woke up at about 12:45 am "barking like a dog", as he would say! That darn croup again. He totally knows the routine since he has had it 4 times this year...He says, "Mom and dad you can come in the hot steam and have a party with me"...Wow.... this is not what I consider a party but.... ok! After about an hour of reading books, taking a actual bath and then deciding he needed to use his shaving cream and shave his face like dad, he finally fall asleep.

He was such an amazing sport with being so sick. I think Aaron and I were more worried than he was, of course.....it's just that horrible sound!!! The next morning we took him to the doc and he was able to get some medicine which already started to make him feel better. Quinton heard Dr Jacques reviewing all the details with me and then after we got home, and as serious as possible he says, "Mom, I need to drink a lot of liquids...in order to go visit CC and DD this weekend." I guess he does use his LISTENING EARS....when he wants too! Amazing!

Tanner's Ochard

It was a beautiful day this Saturday, so we decided to hit the Apple/Pumpkin Patch with everyone else in Central IL. We had a blast! It was so hot, we were all dressed for Fall, however we were wrong... after 80 degree weather we were sweating bullets.... I guess we will learn to layer next time.

Quinton had so much fun running through the corn maze, playing on the largest and coolest playground I have ever since and eating snow cones that he could add his own "12 flavors" -Tiger Blood was his favorite.

Sloan enjoyed her time as well. She sat grabbing her feet so quietly in her carrier, and giving smiles to anyone who peeked in. I think she is starting to get sick of all the bouquets I have been putting on her head, her daddy secretly told me. However, it's just so cute!

All in all it was a great day and a tradition that we will have forever as a family!

A crazy month

I started to blog tonight and then looked at the last entry, realizing it's been a long time since my last post... time has pasted quickly. Between going to St. Louis, acting as general contractor for part of the flooded basement, enjoying time with friends and now playing the Wii, we have been crazy busy this past month.....and having tons of fun along the way. On top of it all, our iMac is out of commission and I am sick about it! This single "piece of..." has stored all of our pics for over 8 years and we have no back up...!!!!!!!!!!

Let me just tell you those computer nerds, are not liking when they see my cell phone number pop up on caller id twice a day; it's been over 7 weeks without a computer and they still do not have a solution. At first I didn't think it would be that big of a deal, no computer, no ebaying, no QMAN games, no news, hotmail, etc. but it really is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's amazing what I take for granted these days.....and they STILL have no solution; they'd better have one by tomorrow, or else. Keep your fingers crossed, for all sanity!

Sorry for the boring update.. I just needed to get my anger out here instead of on my husband or children. I will post more soon....

TO BE CONTINUED...................

Nightime Routine

I love putting the kiddos to bed. We definitely have our routine of taking baths, reading books, telling a story and saying our prayers. It truly is the best and could last up to about 2 hours if we would let it! It's when they are the cleanest and smell the best, when all the conversations about the day and night are revealed and when we can communicate how much we're thankful for....AMEN!

Last night, Qman decides that we're going to read not 2 or 3 books, more like 6... Sloan and I were ok with this, after seeing the length of each of them. In fact, he was on a theme of the seasons as we started with "The Haunted Halloween" book and ended with the "Best Christmas Star." I just had to laugh after he asked me if I had ever read any of these books in high school? What??? Where did he get the word high school? Does he think high school is all fun and games....like his preschool.... I guess he'll have to wait and see.

Anyway, in the midst of reading, he stopped and says, "Mom, look at Sloan, she hears what we are saying and she's smiling. " Then he starts tickling her feet and says, "I love you Sloany Bologne" with a big grin. My heart melted, and tears filled in my eyes....and then we finished our routine.

Sleeping thru the night???

Well, I had started a post back on Sept 11......saying little miss Sloan had slept thru the night for 3 nights in a row! Is this a trend? I guess, I wrote a bit too soon....Wow that WAS great! However, now, with my luck she is back to waking up for that 4 am feeding and I am due to go to my parents for a business trip this week, of course!!! Will my mom wake up and feed her? Well, I know she will, but does she want to? I know she is only 4.5 months old, I just feel bad.

So, Aaron and I sat over Mickey Mouse pancakes, eggs, and coffee this morning trying to decide what we did to get Qman to sleep thru the night? ...yeah, it was rice cereal we thought....didn't we also give him tons of Milk... breast milk, formula, 2%, skim.....just kidding! So we decided to try the cereal....she did great, she sucked that spoon so fast and was so excited, it was if she had been asking for it for so long and we just hadn't heard her. She acted like a pro, as if she had eaten before? (I have pics, and will post later) We are thrilled and are going to continue both at breakfast and dinner and see how she does.....keep your fingers crossed and please send any ideas our way!

We love you Sloany...... and know you can do anything you put your mind too!

A girlfriend(s) this early?

So we're driving home last night from the Pumpkin Fest and Quinton had been flirting with his darling little friend Sylvie and Aaron asks him, "Quinton, do you have a girlfriend?"He says, "yeah!" Daddy asks, "what's her name?", Quinton says, "Sloan," Daddy says, do you have any other girlfriends? Quinton says, "Mommy"....I about lost it....Daddy of course, was surprised, and asking one last time, "anyone else?" Yeah, Sylvie Boeker and Isabel from St Louis....I think I was laughing and crying at the same time. Pretty cute!