Lesson 208: How to know you are being assimilated

My mom loves the brand "Life is Good". I would say about 80% of her clothes come from Life is Good. She has also brought the entire family along for the ride. Tyler, Ted, and I all have our Life is Good apparel too. Here is Ted, finally able to fit into his Life is Good romper. 

Ted Tiberius got his Star Trek diaper in the mail yesterday hooray! He is officially a Trekkie like grandpa. (Well he was probably already an official Trekkie with a name like Tiberius :) )  

Lesson 207: another year, another trip to the pumpkin patch

 Let's start this post off with a picture of diapers. :) We had finally had a sunny weekend so I tried to hang dry my cloth diapers. Supposedly the sun bleaches out any stains. I don't know.... maybe it made a difference. I liked how it looked.   

We had the annual Opfar trip to the pumpkin patch.  

 As adults there is not much to do. Tyler and his brothers played the bean bag toss while I watched for the first half. 

 We watched the pig races and I had my picture taken next to some goats who were sticking their heads out of the fence. 

 Ted road in the sling my sister made. It has come in handy :) 

 Then we ate lunch. 

 And that is what you do at a pumpkin patch. We didn't go through the corn maze because it was a mud pit from all the rain the week before. 

Here is Ted in his pack 'n' play. 

 Ted and I made Tyler take a break from homework. I set Ted on Ty's head and he was just so happy hahaha

Lesson 206: While the cats away, the family will send random pics throughout the day

My mom is good about sending me pics of Ted while I am at work which makes me smile. Here is Ted in his swing. It is an old used swing my dad bought from a garage sale. It does not work very well so you kind of have to push it but he loves it. 

This picture came to me upside down. The caption was something about Ted making himself a hat. 

Such a fancy baby.

Tyler sent me this pic when I was working late. He asked if I see Ruby anywhere.  

This picture was sent by me to my mom when she asked if Ted was feeling any better. He had been having a crabby day. I think this picture answer that question.  

I took this pic of my two boys watching TV. Ted has no clothes because Tyler had a fire going in our wood burning stove all day and it was STINKING HOT in our house. 

This picture is to show how Ted finally appreciates this frog that has been hanging on his car seat since before he was born.  

Lesson 205: Ted and Max are pitiful

Last night while Tyler and I lay in bed, this is what we had to listen to.... 

It is Ted and Max. They are both in Ted's room crying. Hahaha poor babies. We let this go on for a while and then went to check on them. I fed Ted and Tyler snuggled with Max on the spare bed in Ted's room. 

Lesson 205: Ted playing the piano

Lesson 204: A rainy weekend

 Arrr matey, it's pirate Ted. 

 Saturday we had dirt delivered to our house for our front yard project of leveling out the grass. Tyler built a wall that you can see in the lower picture. Much to Ruby's disdain, a squirrel perched on the wall. 

Squirrel on our wall 

Since the dogs are no longer sleeping on our bed, Max has claimed one of the spare bedrooms as his own.  

Me and Ted. Ted just woke up so he is still pretty out of it in this picture.  

Lesson 203: The Fat and Skinny of It

Here is my theory....

Marriage makes you fat

Pregnancy makes you fatter

Breastfeeding makes you skinny :) 

This morning I was able to fit into a pair of jeans that have not seen the light in probably 2 years. Oh yeah :) Of course I take NO responsibility for my ability to fit into them. It is all Ted.

Unfortunately the past couple nights Ted has reverted to his newborn habit of waking up every 3 hours to eat. Ugh... He has been sleeping through the night for a couple months. In the beginning I was able to handle waking up over and over because I was not working and I could sleep during the day. Now I am at work. If anyone hears a loud bang it is the sound of my passed out head hitting the desk.