How did I let this happen?? I'm 32 today! On election day - how exciting. I'm hoping election day goes my way since Tech beat UT this past weekend - what a game.

Thirty two years. Best time in life? I'm thinking right now's pretty good! Speaking of, Jacob has slept really good for over a week or maybe even more - what a difference I feel. This might sound harsh, but it's much more enjoyable being a mother when you get good sleep. If it sounds harsh to you - then you're not a mother who's had to deal with 4- 5 wake ups every night! My attitude is so much better, thank goodness because I was starting to irritate myself. Jacob's birthday falls on Thanksgiving this year, so it'll be extra special. In the midst of the sleep depression, we decided to keep his party simple and family - which means their will have to be zoo animals at his 2nd birthday bash. I've got some pics to post of the house ... but only a few because our kitchen is messy and I don't want to clean on my birthday! And, I'm too lazy to go upstairs and snap pics .... so I'll get some more next time.

But first .... here's some pics from the patch last week. I didn't get as many pics as I would have liked - J was on the run (crawl) quite a bit!

With all the cuties from playgroup (L to R): Hudson, Callie, Keely (turned around), Jacob and Gates. You can see Jacob plotting his escape.

Making his escape!

Finally, I'm free!

I thought it would be neat to document Jacob's height compared to our new tree in the back yard .... we'll see which grows taller! ;-)

Not the greatest light, but this is our kitchen nook. Jason's 83-year old grandpa re-did this table for us ...this table has been in my family for years and when he was re-doing it ... he found the certificate of completion from Pennsylvania (where my family was from) for 1935. He did an awesome job!

The Living Room ....Oreo was my furniture model.

And this is our side yard that Jason put together last weekend. Just Kidding!!!