Oh my goodness, it has been a little while hasn't it? This Thanksgiving I am thankful for acute care clinics that are open late. We took Ethan to the doctor last night at 8:30 p.m. and was told that he had croup. Maybe next year we could be thankful for a pharmacy that is open on Thanksgiving?? I doubt it.

Jacob found out on Tuesday that he is a now a regular. That means that he will get holidays off, he will have a standard start time of 1:00 p.m. and he will also not be required to work overtime if he doesn't want to. Also starting December 1st. our insurance premiums for the Option High will go down to 45$ a pay period. I love that he works for the federal government. It sure does have its perks.

We had dinner this afternoon at Grandma Youngberg's. It was nice and I really enjoyed the fact that there were other people there that could watch Ethan so that I could eat while my food was still hot. That was a definite bonus.

On Halloween we got carpet! Ethan loves it - and because he loves it - I love. Anything that means less bumps; means fewer cries; fewer cries; means less strees; and less stress means a happier mom.

On Halloween we of course visitied all of the Grandma's and Grandpa's and I got to eat all the candy that they gave him because he is too young for chocolate. It was great. He thoroughly enjoyed being a giraffe and thankfully and surprisingly Jacob had the night off so we were able to go as a family.

Right now we are saving money for a new car for me seeings how I don't have one at all. So if anyone is thinking about what to get me for Christmas - I want a car. See if you can afford that hu? Jacob's 3 siblings all just got new cars and it is really depressing to him. It sometimes make him wish that he had student loans where we could just buy things. But we have to keep reminding ourselves that one day they will have to pay them back.