So much fun!

We have enjoyed going to the park every day! The park that is close to my apartment has four purple slides and two swings and is in the shade all day long (which is very nice)! Gideon loves to play the lion or tiger and growls at all of the boys and sometimes even the girls even though I tell him not to scare the girls! Gideon enjoys eating lunch at the park every day and when he wakes up he says, "Momma, go to the park to play with my friends and eat lunch?!" I then reply, "Not right now, the kids are not there yet, so we have to wait for your friends to get to the park!" Gideon has had fun riding his bike every day as well and even went on a long ride with mommy and daddy! Gideon experienced his first flat tire! He was so sad that he didn't get to ride his bike for two whole days because daddy couldn't fix it till Saturday! Gideon would look at his bike and poke his cute little lip out and say, "Oh, poor bike! Bike at doctors to get better, huh mommy!" :o) The other day we were waiting for Ammon to come home from work and were playing I Spy out the bedroom window, when all of a sudden Gideon says, "Mommy the Bald Eagle took my Baton!" (This is from the Little Einsteins movie, which Gideon loves to watch!) We then proceeded to play Little Einsteins for an hour till Daddy finally got home (Poor Ammon had a long day that day and came home from work an hour and a half late!)
Jeremiah is growing up so much! He got two teeth at the end of July (right when we were moving) and for the past month he has been trying to cut three teeth on top and one on the bottom! Poor little guy has such a swollen mouth that none of the teeth can poke through, but finally on September 1st the first tooth on top poked through! He has been finally sitting up on his own, but gets so excited about toys and big brother that he kicks his feet and looses his balance and falls (of course he misses the pillow that I set next to him to fall onto)! We went to his 9 month well child check (if you can believe that) and in the past three months he grew 2 full inches!!! The little guy is still little because his weight couldn't keep up with his height and weighs only 16 pounds! The doctor was concerned about this and basically told me that Jeremiah has out grown my milk and that I have to now feed him just formula along with baby food! I am really upset with this because Jeremiah is a very good nurser and I do not want to stop that bonding with him right now and spend money on Formula! I have continued to nurse him and have mixed formula in his baby cereal in the mornings, so I hope that he gets the extra calories that way and gains weight! I now have to take him in monthly for a weight check! The doctor also says that Jeremiah has a Gross Motor Delay because he would not lift his head up when the doctor did a pull up with him! I on the other hand do not agree with the doctor but am still going to go through with the referal to the Childrens Development Center and see what they do. I think that Jeremiah is not delayed because the doctor came in and did a brief history (not all of it and I was a little erked by this) and then said he had to go check on something and that he would be right back...30 minutes later he came back and finally did the exam on Jeremiah! First, I forgot to tell you that I had to wake Jeremiah up to go to the doctors, then strip him down to nothing but his diaper, and then by the time ther doctor did the exam an hour after we got to the doctors office, Jeremiah was tired, hungry, and cold! (No wonder he didn't hold his head up for the pull up)! Oh well, more hoops to jump through!
Ammon is enjoying his job, but he gets a little bored now and then! He says that he really misses counseling with the children or adolescents! He is enjoying the time off of work to spend with the family, but I'm afraid that he has enjoyed it so much that he has forgotten that he still has to study for his Masters License Exam! He doesn't need his Masters License to work at the current job, but he would like to get his licensure anyway! Ammon is getting really excited for hunting season and has already planned out from opening day till the end of the year the days he is going to take off of work and go hunting! The only problem with taking off of work, he has to do comp time, so he works extra on each day to save up hours that he can then apply to the days that he does not work! That makes it a little frustrating that he works late the other days, but it is worth it!
I have enjoyed playing with my boys and knowing that my foot was not broken it was just extremely popped out of wack and has been swollen so much from that that it hurt to walk on it! I got it popped back into place, but it sometimes still gives me pain! I am planning on canning peaches and applesauce soon and hopefully make some more jerky as well!
All is well with us and we hope and pray that all is well with you! We miss you and would love to hear from you if you want to call us, since that is the only communication that we can do everyday! :o) We are so grateful for the blessings that the Lord has bestowed upon us and we are grateful that we are in His hands always! We love Him and we love you all! Have a Great Day and Keep a SMILE on your face!