Crutches for Zack!

Well we had an interesting week! On Thursday Zack had a little "incident" taking out the trash and ended up with crutches! He was smashing some boxes that didn't fit in the trash can and pounded his heel full force in the cement. He called me from work saying he probably hurt his foot and asked if I would make an appointment for him to see a doctor (which I did get for 8:00 the NEXT morning). At noon I met him at a restaurant for a meeting and watched him "hop" from the car to the door...it was then I realized we needed to see a doctor immediately after the meeting. So here he is leaving the TODAY clinic. I think we both felt much better knowing it was not broken! Since then there has been lots of ice, elevation and Advil.

Jack likes playing with dad's crutches.
Our weekend was pretty quiet with Zack on crutches and me being 37 weeks pregnant! I thought for sure I would go into labor on Thursday :)
Zack is doing much better. Here he is leaving for work today...he looks much happier and is in less pain.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

"Y"

Jack is working on his vocabulary...the NUK probably doesn't help things along! (Not something we are going to take away...less than 4 weeks before the baby arrives!)

Zack and I can probably make more sense of his "words" than anyone else! For the longest time Jack kept saying "Poppie" (strong emphasis on POP), we had NO idea what that meant. FINALLY days later...it means puppy! He likes to add "Y" to the end of lots of words..."nopey", "yeppy", nakky", "Jacky", "hoppy"...

Jack can always slow down for a "nakky" ("snacky").If he could carry 10 balls at once, he would!!!
Making sure Elmo reads the sports section!

Taking Papa's car out for a spin.

This weekend we went shopping for a chair for the nursery...Jack had to try out a few for himself!

Wearing daddy's hat and listening to Elmo.

Jack's FAVORITE thing to do: Reading with Daddy!

Baby update: We are down to 4 weeks until our little baby girl arrives! This week I will start my weekly appointments. We are praying for a safe and healthy delivery. We are doing our best to prepare Jack for this little girl. Baby girl received two dolls at the shower last weekend and Jack has been taking care of them...feeding them and sharing his NUK!

We have been SOOO blessed by warm(er) weather this fall. We are taking advantage of every minute.

We took Jack to the zoo this weekend - I know 3 weekends in a row! He loves seeing the animals...He tried feeding the goats this time...we will get better with practice!

Jack loves spinning around and then trying to walk! It's pretty funny to see...

Jack's second FAVORITE thing to do: Playing catch with daddy!

Jack is working on his drop-kick! (sorry for the sun!)

Nana comes to visit!

Jack had a VERY exciting weekend!

Nana from Michigan came to visit.

Before she arrived Zack and Jack raked up a few leaves!

Of course you can't rake leaves and not play a little...

We kept Nana very busy while she was here. After breakfast Jack wanted to color with Nana.
Nana brought Jack a sucker! He LOVED it.

We took Nana to a park...

Driving to "papa's"

Cleaning up after Nana and Daddy!

...And we HAD to take Nana to the zoo!

Jack is trying to get as close as he can to the ducks!

Checking out the prairie dogs with Nana.

Watching the otters.

Shootin' hoops with Nana. Jack discovered if he stood on his chair he would be closer to the hoop...

Aside from seeing Jack (and us of course) Nana came for baby girl's shower. Baby girl and I were treated to a delightful afternoon of delicious food, good conversation and very generous gifts. (and YES the food was as good as it looks!!!)

I am so glad my Mother and Mother-in-law were able to make it!

This girl will be well dressed!

This shower was such a treat! Thank you dear friends :)

Baby update: We FINALLY ordered the crib...a little late I know but we figured she would be in our room for a while anyway! I can't believe we are down to 4 weeks - CRAZY! Jack has affectionately named the baby "pie"...not sure where that comes from. Every night when I rock Jack to sleep he insists on seeing my tummy and patting the baby. He is going to make a GREAT big brother.