Since Halloween

It has been awhile, but we've been busy. Rod has been working lot, he hasn't gotten a chance to go hunting at all, this year. But he's hoping to go this Friday, so we will see. He is taking Rusty back to the vet today, he's gonna ask Doc if it's okay to take him hunting yet or not. He is still coughing, just can't seem to shake it.

I've started my Christmas shopping, but no where near being done. I'm hoping to go Friday morning, I love going the day after Turkey day, it's kinda crazy, but I think it's fun! Then that night Rod & I are hoping to go to the boat with a bunch of Rod's family, his cousin Alyssa turned 21 last friday, so were gonna go celebrate with everyone., and hopefully win Lots of Money!

Paige & I went to a baby shower yesterday, it was a good time and Paige was so good the whole time. We got back to Pontiac about 5:30 and then went to Rod's uncle Jims for a steak dinner. Rod's other Uncle Chuck and his Aunt Terri are here to visit from Texas, so a bunch of the family got together.

Paige is crawling all over and pulling herself up onto furniture. She says DaDa and MaMa and NayNay-not sure what that one means yet, but she says it a lot.

I added a few pics of Paige, enjoy!

Until next time, everyone have Happy Turkey Day!

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Happy Halloween

Paige's 1st Halloween was fun, she was a monkey. We made it to see grandparents and aunts & uncles only. Everytime we went to a house Paige would get so warm in her costume, so we either had to take it off or move on the our next stop. She was not liking getting in and out of her car seat over and over again either.

She is growing like a weed, she has another tooth starting to pop through and she is grumpy! Teething tablets work wonders though :o) She is on the move all the time, and doesn't like to be cuddled anymore, sure didn't last very long! Unless of course it is bedtime, then she still likes being rocked to sleep. She is pulling herself up onto furniture, she's had a couple mishaps and has little bruises to prove it.

She is starting to eat real food, last night she had beef stew at Grandma Peg's and she seemed to really like it! I've also started putting shoes on her when we go places every once and awhile so she will get use to them. Although her Dr. says it's easier for her to learn to walk without them, so we don't wear them at home.

Rusty has finished his breathing treatments, however; he is still coughing. Poor Puppy Dog! He's got 1 more pill then back to the Vet he will be going!

Rod has been working on our garage again, he and my step-dad have gotten 1 garage door put up, but there isn't electricity out there yet, so he hasn't put the garage opener on yet. I can't wait for it to be all done! It's taking forever.

I guess that's about it not a whole lot of news.

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Sorry it's been awhile, I've been kinda busy. I've been busy at work getting Delinquent Notices ready to go out and Rod has been working a bunch of overtime. So I hardly get a minute to myself.

Paige started going to a new sitter last week. Just until the chicken pox are completely cleared up from the Sancken Daycare. She's been going to Mrs. Tuley's house, she seems to like her and all the other kids. It is nice because she only lives about 2 blocks away. However, I do feel a little more at ease when she is at Heather's.

Saturday the 11th, I went to Bloomington shopping, I got a few photo albums for all of Paige's pictures and a pair of shoes for work. Then Rod went to Lexington that evening to play cards. Of course they paid top 4 and Rod ended up getting 6th place. He was pretty bummed about that.

Sunday we took Paige out to Jones pumpkin patch and we picked out 3 pumpkins.

Monday was a holiday so I had the day off, so we took Paige to Grandma & Grandpa's house and Rod took me 4-wheeling through a cow pasture. When we got back to the truck I had cow poop all up and down my leg. It wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be! I realized I had never been in the middle of a bunch of cows that are just roaming free, and I was truly scared!

This past weekend Rod worked all weekend, so it was just Paige and I. Saturday we went garage saleing with mom. I bought a few outside playthings for Paige next summer and we got a bunch of cute clothes at a garage sale where Hilary Bauman was selling clothes her girls had grown out of. I also found this little sesame street activity table, which Paige loves. Best $3.00 I ever spent!

Yesterday, I cleaned house and and Edie dropped Michelle off after her weekend she spent with her and my dad. Holly is in North Carolina until Tuesday afternoon, so Michelle will be at our house until she gets home. We watched a movie last night called If Only it was okay, probably not one I will be buying though. Tonight Michelle, Paige & I will be going to Peg & Stubby's for Chili, yum yum!

I took Rusty back to the vet on Thursday 16th, he was getting worse since they changed his meds from the week before. So now I have to give him a breathing treatment twice a day and take new med twice a day. Doc said he would be coughing more at first because the treatments will be breaking up all the crap in his lungs. But then he should cough all the crap out. So we will see, he goes back this Thursday for another check up. Poor Puppy Dog he's been sick for a little over a month :o(

Paige is crawling all over and trying to pull herself up off her knees, but struggles with that. She's been making more sounds, can't really make any out to words yet, but she's defiantly been saying different sounds then usual. It won't be long before she spits out Mama!

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Paige has her 2 top teeth coming in, now she has 4 all together. Her crawling is really improving. She's really starting to move, especially if she's going after Rusty. It's is very cute!
No sign of Chicken pox yet, yeah for that!


These pictures were taken by aunt Kari at Grandma Peg's house. Paige just loves looking out that window.

Poor Rod had to work all weekend. He got home at 5am this morning and then had to watch Paige all day. I'm sure he will be totally exhausted when I get home tonight.

Since Rod was working all weekend, Paige and I went to Jones Pumpkin Patch with Holly & Michelle on Saturday. Holly and Shell got their pumpkins and some mums. Paige & I just got 3 mums and thought we would wait for a time when daddy could come to pick out our pumpkins. Then we drove back to town and went to Hallmark. I had to get another photo album for Paige. Which we already filled up and now we have to get another one. She's got 3 albums full and she's only 8 months old. I guess I can get a little carried away ;o) Anyway, then we went to the Dollar Tree, I found some cute little books for Paige.

Later that night Holly and Michelle came over in their PJ's and we made popcorn and watched I-Robot. At least Michelle, Paige & I watched it, Holly fell asleep before the movie even started I think. After I put Paige to bed, Michelle & I stayed up and watched Man on Fire. I went to bed about midnight, and Michelle slept on the living room floor until about 4 am when Holly woke up and drove them home. It was fun, Now Michelle wants to do it every weekend. We will see.

Rusty is still sick, he seems to be improving a little every day, but he is still coughing.

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Saturday Rod spent the whole day at the Sportsmens Club for the annual Turkey Shoot and the first ever Duck Calling Contest, which he was a judge for. Rod however, did not win any turkeys. :o( Instead he broke his glasses and had to run home to get his old pair that were also broke, but not as bad.

Paige and I spent the day with my mom, my sister, and my niece. We went to Forrest for the Wabash Festival, which was quite a bit smaller than we were expecting. I wasn't expecting anything huge, but they only had like 5 or 6 booths set up. Including Tupperware, Pampered Chef, and a Bake Sale tent. No crafty stuff at all. Oh well!

So we headed back to Fairbury and hit a few garage sales; they were having their town wide sales that day. The only one who bought anything was Michelle, big suprise there, she gets a dollar and it burns a hole in her pocket before she takes her hand out. Then we headed back to Pontiac and went to Hollys house.

Last Tuesday the 23rd was Holly's birthday, she turned 31. So we sat at her house for a while, she opened her presents from me and mom and then we went to the DQ for birthday icecream. Yum!

Sunday evening we had a suprise 60th birthday party for Stubby in Odell at Poor Richards. Rod, Paige and I drove up a little early to help Kari decorate and set up the cake table. It was a nice evening. There was a pretty good turn out and Stubby was suprised, so that was good!

Rusty Update - He's still sick, still coughing and not much interest in his dog food, so we've been making him mac-n-cheese and scrambled eggs. He eats that right up, so at least he's eating something.

Paige is not attending daycare at the chickenpox house this week, poor Lexi! Today she is at Aunt Pat's. She did unfortunately start to cry for the first time when I dropped her off this morning, but she's never been to Aunt Pat and Uncle Harry's house before, so it was a whole new environment. I'm sure she's doing just fine though!

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Hello There, it's been a while. I've been plenty busy at work trying to get all the tax payments put in, and today we finally got all caught up; early than recent years.

Sad news Rusty has been sick, he's been to the vet twice, now we are waiting on his pee test results. Poor puppy dog has been coughing and hacking up mucus stuff. He's on 3 kinds of medicine, which he's suppose to take with his food, but he hasn't been eating very consistently. He's been pretty of lazy most days and every time he tries to play he just starts coughing again. Hopefully his test results will show more of what is wrong with him.

Rod had to work on Saturday, so Paige and I went to Dwight Harvest Days with my mom, my sister, and Michelle. They had a lot of booths, but it seemed that most of them had the same stuff over and over. All that I bought were some homemade doggie treats for Rusty and a barrette for Paige, which is super cute! It was hot and sunny and I got sunburned, silly me forgot the sunscreen. Paige was so good the whole time, she just sat in her stroller and watched all the people. She fell asleep about 3/4's the way through. She seemed to enjoy being outside all day though.

Then we went back to mom's house in Saunemin and ordered Pizza for supper from the new gas station there. It was surprising really good! Paige and I got home I feed her and gave her a bath and she slept all night long. She must have been worn out!

Sunday was kind of a lazy day, Rod was tired from working Saturday night and the Cowboys were on TV in the evening, so I did laundry and made Rod bring up the Halloween decorations and I started decorating the house. I can't wait for Halloween, I love it :o)

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Well our Labor Day Party went pretty good, we had quite a few people show up. We had lots of food left over, that's one good thing about having a party, you get all the left overs! Rod stayed up pretty late yacking away with his friend Doug and his Uncle Ed in the garage. I think it got a little drunk out for the trio. Anyway, Paige got to see her first parade that day, she watched it but didn't get too excited. Next year I'm sure she will be a little more into it, especially when she see the candy!

Thursday the 4th Rod's cousin Chris Schulz left for Afghanistan with the troops. We all wish him the best of luck, our thoughts and prayers are with him, Come Home SAFE!

Rod started a new shift at work , he will now be working 4pm to 4 am on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and then ever other Saturday. He seems to think it'll be a good thing, so hopefully he won't be too tired on his days off. We'll see.

We bought Ike Duffy's old pickup truck for Rod to use when he goes hunting. It's got some problems, but it'll due for what he wants to use it for.

Paige got her first tooth and another one is starting to peak through, she's been a little cranky but not too bad. She gets to start going to Heather Sancken's on Wednesday and Thursdays, so Rod can sleep. Hope she isn't too much trouble for ya Heather. :o)

Work for me is getting a little more busy, taxes are due on the 17th, so the payments are rolling in . I'll probably have a few late nights next week.