Tuesday, November 16, 2010

11/16/2010

We had a jam packed weekend with a wedding in Fort Wayne (John's cousin, Joy) and celebrating birthdays in Francesville. It gave us a glimpse into what the holidays are going to be like...I want to say it made me excited for the holidays...but it really didn't (wince). Traveling with the two kiddos was just frankly not that fun. They were all in all pretty good travelers. It was just so much work, and we didn't even spend the night anywhere!







John took Abigail to the PU basketball game. She was so excited. Now everytime we drive by Mackey Arena (which is at least once a day) she talks about how she went to a basketball game there with Daddy. John said at the beginning of the game he looked down at her and she was imitating the cheerleaders, clapping and holding her leg up. She had a great time.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Loads of Fun!

Wednesday John turned the big 3-0! I feel like it wasn't real exciting though I have to say. Middle of the week birthdays are kind of duds. He still had to work, but we made him a cake and a card (he found out what I was going to buy him and told me not to...he wanted his party to be the gift). On the card I had Abigail draw a "picture" and then I wrote on it. I asked her what she wanted me to write to Daddy, and all she could come up with was "Cake". She loves to celebrate birthdays! However, I have learned why, and it's that she gets to eat cake. :) One day after celebrating a birthday, she said completely out of the blue, "I love birthdays." I replied, "You do?" She said, "Yes. I love the cake...(pause)...actually, I love the frosting."

So we had such a fun weekend! Friday night John took Abigail to a football game. One of his good friends, Kurt, from high school is a head coach, so John took Abigail to his game. It was so cute. We got her all bundled up in her new winter gear (that I scrambled to get for her that day), and she drove off with Daddy to go her first football game. She was quite excited. She had new tennis shoes and everything :) (not because it was that special of an occasion, she simply had grown :)). John said she did great. She played with Camden (Kurt's son who is her age) most of the game and then sat on his lap for the last 5 minutes of the game. I love it when John takes her on "dates" like this. They have such a cute relationship. She really loves one-on-one time with Daddy. This year one of the books I have read is Bringing Up Girls by Dr. James Dobson. One of the many things I learned from this book is the father/daughter relationship plays such a vital role in developing a girl's spiritual, emotional, and mental health. I'm thankful John enjoys and loves spending time with Abigail as much as he does.


Saturday I took the kiddos for their first overnighter (together) to Grandmas!!! My mom so bravely agreed to take them both for the night because Saturday night we hosted a party for John's 30th at The Other Pub. We had a great time celebrating with friends - new and old. It was so nice then to go home to an empty house to partake in a full night of uninterrupted sleep. Ahhhh...Thank You Mom!







Then, Sunday was Halloween; so we got to dress Abigail up in her cute Tinkerbell costume and took her trick-or-treating. She was so cute. :) I love Halloween. Some people, I have to admit, make it weird with weird/scary costumes but I just have to say my cute daughter makes it so much fun. Last year she was a bumble bee. :) Last year was much easier because Abigail didn't get it - trick-or-treating that is. She didn't realize what everyone was putting in her pumpkin basket. This year however...she was ALL over it!  Her basket is sitting on top of the refrigerator to help remove temptation. :) We also found it was a nice bridge in getting to know our neighbors a little better. We have had some new neighbors move in over the past couple of months, so it was nice to make another small connection.


(This picture was taken at the end of the evening on my cell - here she is diving into the candy ;))


Abigail with the Johnsons - our fabulous neighbors across the street. Of course they spoiled her with a brand new pumpkin filled with candy, toys, book, etc. etc.


Abigail with the Meister boys. ;) Cracks me up - the difference between boys and girls. :)

 Monday night John got to go to the Colt's game with his brothers and cousin Ben. Go Horse!




Saturday, October 23, 2010

Music and Jackson

"Wash, wash, wash your hair all day long. Wash, wash, wash your hair while we sing this song." This has become one of my favorite songs. The other night I was sitting on the couch feeding Jackson, and I was listening to John and Abigail sing this song while giving Abigail a bath. It's a song that John made up for bath time. Abigail went through a stage where she hated to have her hair washed, especially when John did it, so he made up this song and would sing it to her while washing her hair - while she cried. :) But she has come to love the song and the tradition of singing this with Daddy while he washes her hair.
She is such a lover of music. The girl is ALWAYS singing something. If she doesn't have a song in her head to sing she will simply make something up. This morning I went to get her out of bed and feeling lazy on a Saturday morning I crawled in bed with her to cuddle for a while. I started humming a song. When I would stop she would ask me to sing it again. She also loves to dance with her music.
Lately she has been carrying around random books (that she pretends are song books) and singing with them. The other day she grabbed a Country Western Hymn book (this was actually a song book), one of her purses (of course), and the stroller. She informed me she was going to "Bible study, church, and small group." She then marched with purpose over into the kitchen. Next thing I know she is sitting on the floor in the middle of the kitchen holding her hymn book open belting out a song I did not recognize at all - something completely made up. The only word I could make out was God. So I know it was at least some song of worship. :) I wanted so badly to sneak in some video footage, but of course I was feeding Jackson. Plus I selfishly did not want the moment to end. It was so cute and fun to watch. I knew if she caught me videotaping her she would stop.
Sometimes I feel like my butt is permanently planted on the couch, and all I do is feed! Jackson - the kid loves to eat! He is just huge. We have a doctor appointment Monday, and I am anxious to see how much he has grown. I tried putting some pj's on him last night and literally had to like pull and stretch on them to get them zipped. And I just washed them the other day! So I know he has worn them within the past week!
Here is a cute picture of him figuring out how to suck his thumb. Not sure what to think about this...he has been working so hard at getting his thumb. I think it would be hard to break the thumb thing but frankly it's been hard to break the paci thing too, so which is the lesser of the two evils?

Here is a cute picture of John and Abigail together Saturday lying on the couch watching football (John was in heaven - it doesn't get much better than cuddling with your daughter while watching football in John's eyes. :))

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Week of 10/10/10

Monday we went to Mom Gudeman's for brunch. Uncle Barry and Aunt Doreen were in town so we took advantage and had brunch with them. Cara and her kids joined us along with Grandpa and Grandma. It was a great Monday morning activity for us. Sometimes Monday mornings are downers, so it was fun to have something different and fun to do. I got some good pictures of the morning of the kids.






Mom got some new tents that the kids just thought were the coolest. Aunt Doreen, being the fabulous aunt she has always been, got in there and played forever with them! The girls loved it!
The rest of the week we didn't do much. Abigail's cold got pretty bad, so this kept us home most of the week. We did get in to see the doctor, so I was thankful for this. The doctor warned we could have a long winter ahead. We are discovering Abigail has allergies and asthma to the extent that when she gets colds she can't get rid of them - she ends up with infections requiring antibiotics. Then, on top of that the doctor just thinks her immune system isn't working quite right which explains why she keeps getting these colds.
Friday we went to Bluffton for John's cousin's (Joy) shower on Saturday. We had a great time in Bluffton seeing family and grandparents. Abigail then stayed with Grandpa and Grandma until Monday. I wondered how Abigail would do when the rest of us left Bluffton and she stayed, but she was FINE - actually was excited! Grandpa and Grandma have a nice family that lives across the street, and they have two young kids - Ally and Coy. Abigail just can't get enough of those two. She will literally ask at least once a day about Ally and Coy - where they are at, what I think they are doing, etc..
John, Jackson and I drove back to Lafayette to join some old college friends for a reunion. We went for dinner to Nine Irish Bros and then found a hole in the wall that had karaoke. It was a blast - sort of a cross-cultural experience but fun. :) Good times had by all...




Sunday, October 10, 2010

Taking Over

So my dear hubby finally talked me into taking over this blog...I guess I do probably have more to say regarding my family. I am usually the one with the funny/cute stories at the dinner table. :)
I cannot believe it has been seven weeks since we were at the hospital!!! Crazy how time flies; although Jackson is growing and developing so quickly sometimes I feel as if he is older than seven weeks. He is such a good kid. He is smiling and cooing so much! Got a picture of him in his first 3-6 month outfit - compliments of our favorite babysitter (besides Grandma of course :))!

Abigail is growing and maturing like crazy too! She is actually my greatest motivator to start blogging. She says the funniest things! I keep thinking - I have got to be writing this stuff down! She loves her little brother. I've been impressed lately with how good she is with him. At first she made me a nervous wreck. One afternoon early on I had Jackson on the floor (big mistake), and I left the room for literally like 5 seconds. When I came back into the room, Abigail jumped up and said, "I didn't hit him!" She's gotten really good though, and I'm able to relax more. Though now she has junk in her nose again, so I'm back on germ patrol. The poor thing has had such a rough time this summer/fall. Allergies/cold? This is the million dollar question in our house right now!
Well that is all for now...stay tuned...

Thursday, August 19, 2010

New Baby=New Blog

Catching up with the times...sitting in the hospital having a little time to kill I decided to start a blog.  I would say there is about an 80% chance I'll never update this blog again until our next child is born or adopted....  either way thought I would give it a shot.  Jackson Adrian Sprunger joined us today.  Why Jackson Adrian?  1) Jack is a nickname for John (IE: John (Jack) Kennedy). 
2) We thought Jackson would give him some more options down the road.
3) Adrian is my middle name and my Grandpa's first name. 
4) Also he has the same initials as me (JAS) and Abigail has the same initials and middle name as Andria (ANS).