After your birthday, you had three more opportunities to dress up in our Chicken Costume. First on Oct 24th for Daddy's Uncle Kelly's birthday party; then on Halloween Morning for your second Official photo shoot and then again that night at your friend Sammy's house for trick-or-treating.
We had lots of fun taking you around with the kids to trick-or-treat. You didn't really know what was going on, but you liked watching the kids dressed up in their costumes. Daddy and I dressed up in our farmer costumes to take you around, and I got terrible blisters on my feet. It was all worth it though...you got a big ghost bag full of candy :)
That night we stayed over at Melissa & Stathi's house since they live so far away. When we woke up in the morning, you were coughing like crazy. We were pretty worried because there have been so many cases of the swine flu going around. So Daddy and I hurried to get ready and we headed to Insta-Care. It was your first trip to a place like that.
It was torture. You had to get poked and prodded all over and you didn't like it. They wanted to get an X-ray of your chest. I had to put in you into a machine that was really tight on your chest. You had to be standing up and I had to hold your arms in the air. You were crying and screaming, boogies rolling down your face. I hated every second of it. But we had to make sure you were OK. We made it through...but it was not fun. They ended up giving you a steroid to help your coughing and sent us on our way. The called the next day to say no phenomena and it wasn't the swine flu...just a bit of the regular flu. You were better within a couple day. Thank goodness!!!
The next couple of days we did lots of cleaning to get ready for our company arriving on Friday. We picked Shannon up at about 10:30 on Friday night. She thought you were even cuter than before (of course).
We just went home and hung out that night, so we could get up early the next morning to hit the town. Shannon and I took you to Liberty Park to play with you on the swings. It was lots of fun until Mommy tried to help you walk back up the slide and I pushed you on your face...Fat Lip #2...not good. You loved the swings though and watching the other little kids. We took tons of pics of you as you will see below.
That afternoon, we headed up to Park City. Daddy had borrowed his Uncle Dennis' condo for the weekend. It was a great time, lots of eating, hot tubing and hiking. You were a trooper. I always feel bad when I take you out of your element..but you adjust great. You slept in mommy & daddy's room in your playpen.
On the way back from PC, we decided to take Shanon to Antelope Island. She really wanted to see some buffalo...and did we ever. They were everywhere. We had a picnic (you had your first Chicken Nuggets & Fries), went for a hike, and took pictures of tons of buffaloes.
The next few days Shannon and I took you on lots of adventures. We went downtown to the temple, on top of the conference center, sugar house park, the gateway, and a ton of different grocery and drug stores Shannon had on her "list". All in all, it was good good and busy week. I always feel bad when I have you off your schedule and out of the house so much, but you are a great partner and friend. I love showing you off and had lots of chances this past week.
Shannon left on Friday and you and I spent the weekend cuddling and watching TV. We did go on a run or two (have to get back on the diet) but generally took it pretty easy.
The last couple of nights, you have had a terrible time sleeping. For some reason, you just cry when we put you down at night.. or wake up after you've been down for a while. Sunday night was the worst. I put you down at 10 and you cried until almost 11:30. I couldn't take it anymore, I hate tough love. So I got you out of your bed and I took you to the living room where I pushed two couches together to make us our own big crib. You and I cuddled and watched TV for about 30 mins until you fell asleep. I love watching you sleep...it turned out to be one of the best nights of my life. I just watched you forever...your face is so beautiful!. At one point in the night you woke up and started crying. I realized there was a pillow between us and you couldn't see my face. I moved the pillow..we made eye contact and you stopped crying and went back to sleep. I love how I know that you love me too. You are my best friend. Thanks for putting up with a hectic couple of weeks. You will have many more like that in your life with me. You will find that mommy tries to pack in too much all the time. Hopefully you will love me for it :)
Love you forever. Mama
