Isty Spider

Levis new favorite song is The Isty Bitsy Spider. He will do all the hand movements and sing along with me. Its so cute I had to get a video of it.

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This weekend was a busy one. Friday we went to see them turn the lights on at Temple Square. That was a lot of fun. Levi has fun running up and down the grass. We had to wait about an hour and a half to watch the lights turn on but it was worth it. They turn all the lights on all at the same time and it really feels like Christmas now. We sang Christmas songs on the way home and had a great time.
Saturday we spent the day over and Jeremy parents house while Jer hung bead board in there bathroom
Today we went to church and than hung Christmas lights and than went back over to the in laws and finished up the work Jer was doing.
My camera has stopped working all of a sudden and I can not figure out why. I was going to take pictures of the light we put up but I cant get it to work.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving. We had a great day. I am still getting use to the Madsen Thanksgiving but we had a good day and some great food. Last year we all had the stomach flu really really bad so I was really happy that I got to enjoy the feast this year. Levi did not get a nap today so he was way over tired by the time we got home but other than that he did really really well.
I am so thankful for my family. I am thankful for our new house. I am thankful for my friends. There are so many things that I am thankful for and I know that I am blessed.
Here are some pictures of today.

Levi helped me make pumpkin pies

Here are the pies we made

This is Grandma Sherry, Grandma Joyce and a family friend Jen

This was the table setting. This is the part that I am not use to. We were always so casual in my family so its hard to get use to such a formal dinner but its nice in its own way. I do miss the dinner in my PJs and non matching dinnerware.

Thanksgiving Eve

It has been a long time since I blogged. We have been busy. Last weekend we left Levi with babysitter that was not family for the first time. He did great. He did not cry once when we left. He has never not cried so that was very cool. He was sound asleep when we got home. I was very happy with the babysitter and we will be calling her again. Jeremy and I went to an 80's party at my friends house that night. We had a blast.
Levi has learned how to sing the Isty Bisty Spider song. Its really cute. I will post a video of it soon.
We are going to have Thanksgiving dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Madsen tomorrow. I am making a green been casserole and two pumpkin pies. I hope that we have a good time.
Jeremy had a half day today and we all went swimming and had a good time. Jeremy also has the next 4 days off so I am looking forward to having him home.
Levi has been very very constipated so much that he will cry and scream when he has to go because it hurts so much. So his doctor told me to try some benifiber and I have been but it seems to not really be helping. So tonight I got some soy milk and I am going to see if he is allergic to milk. For the next two weeks I am going to try and not let him have any milk and see if it helps. I know that if he associtates going potty with pain than we are going to have a heck of a time potty traning him so I want to fix this problem as soon as possible.

BB

This morning I went to clean my bedroom window and I saw that the window has a BB hole through it. I called Jeremy and he came home from work to see it. He called the police to make a report. He than went back to work. I swear if its not one thing its another. We just got the car fixed and now we have to fix the window. It makes me mad. So I decided to burn off some of my energy and I spent all afternoon raking leaves. I have blisters on both of my hands but it felt so good and the lawn looks great. I wonder why I wanted a big lot. Its a lot more work. I was going to rake them all in a big pile so Levi could play in them but I ran out of time before the sun went down to get them all raked. I will try and finish tomorrow.
I was playing around with my camara and Lilly is very photogenic.

This is the bullet hole

Levi was helping

Lilly

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Weekend

We went bowling with some friends on Saturday night. It was pretty crazy with the little ones and I am not sure if I will be doing it again any time soon but over all I had a good time.
I am now sick though. I think I have a sinus infection. My ear hurts today and I hope that I am not getting an ear infection.

When Daddy comes home

Jeremy got home last night. We are glad that he is back home safe and sound. Here are some pictures of his family in California and the job that he was working on.

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Jeremy is staying in Cali until Thursday. We miss him like crazy around here.There is a lot more work than they thought there was. He only took 3 outfits and 3 pairs of underwear. So hes going to be very stinky when he gets home. I told him that he need to go to a laundry mat but I dont think that he will. He also has to change hotels tonight. The first hotel was all sold out for tonight so they needed to find a new one. Its all part of the adventure. I don't think that he will be going on any more install any time soon. He said that for sure he will be back on Thursday so I really hope so.

Levi and I went to lunch with my moms group and when we got there we got to see the Vetrans day parade. It was fun. Levi loved the fire truck because they had there sirens on.

Everyone's after the candy.

This was everyone watching the parade.

Gas

I had a pretty good day. A friend invited me and Levi to dinner because she knew that Jer was out of town. So we had a nice dinner while the kids played. I am so blessed to have good friends in my life.
Jeremy is staying in California till Tuesday. They have a lot to get done and they have to wait on other people to finish their part before they can finish their part. So its going to take longer. Hes working hard and enjoying seeing his family.
I scared myself this morning. I let Sammy out to go potty first thing this morning and I noticed that the gate was wide open. That freaked me out because it is never left open. So I went out to shut it and turned around and saw the car door wide open. Now I was really freaked. So I went and checked out the car thinking I was going to find it trashed and the bogeyman hiding in the back seat. Everything turned out to be fine and I realized that I had just forgot to shut both the gate and the car. Wow I must have been way out of it when I got home last night.
I filled my gas tank today. We have not filled the tank since the beginning of summer. It was only $40 to fill it. I was so happy. Gas is $2.25 a gallon right now. I hope that it keeps dropping. Its still sad to think that I am happy about $2.25 but I have to look on the bright side and just be thankful that it has come down.

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The next Bach.

Bye Daddy

Jeremy is in California and I miss him already. He left about 4 hours ago. His work is paying him to go. They bought his ticket and paid of a two room suite at the hotel and he got food money for the three days he will be there. I am totally bummed that I could not go with him. I have no idea what I am going to do all weekend with out him.
Levi has decided that he does not want to sleep at all any more. I feel like I have a newborn again. Its frustrating. I don't know what keeps waking him up at night. I hope its just a phase and that he will grow out of it sooner than later. I think I figured out part of the problem tonight. He no longer likes to be rocked. Hes been fighting me when I rock him for the last week. I have rocked him his whole like. So I did not know what to do. Tonight he was fighting me and screaming at the top of his lungs and shaking while I was trying to rock him. So I laid him down in his bed and turned on his "fish" than sat down beside his bed. In about 1o minutes he was out cold with only a little bit of fussing. I am going to try it tomorrow because I am not sure if it was just because he had wore himself out from screaming.

I voted.

I did vote yesterday. I was not going to because the night before I had a bad dream about my political opinion. But than at the last minute I decided to. I am glad that I did. I am not sure whats to come with our wonderful nation but I have hope that this is the start of the change that we need.
We had our first taste of winter this morning. I do have to say that I love the snow. Its so pretty and clamming. I cant wait for real winter and I hope that we get a whole bunch of really big snow storms.
Jeremy is going to California this weekend for work. Hes going to install some things at a Libray in Milpitas. I am more than a little bit jealous. But Jeremy has not seen his family in almost a year (11 months) so I hope that he gets to see them while he is there. He will leave tomorrow night and be back Sunday night unless the job goes longer. I am going to miss him but he will make good money while he is there. We are planning a trip to Cali as a family between Christmas and New Years. Jeremy has 10 days off so we are going to drive out there and spend some time with both our familys and I am really really looking forward to it.

Levi has learned that he can stand on the oven draw and get into everything.

Lilly almost for stuck up in the tree. It took her the longest time to figure out how to get down. She finally figure it out when it started hailing

Yesterday the storm was rolling in

This is what I woke up to this morning.

Its snowing

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Here are some recent pictures. Grandma Roshel, Grandpa Mike, Rachel, Cody, and Dominic sent Levi a birthday present so I took some pictures of him. He loves the new puzzle and the clothes are perfect for him.

Levi playing with the puzzle.

One of the new outfits that he got.

The Puzzle

Me and Levi Trick or Treating

Here we go

Candy

Even Sammy got to go

Jeremy and Levi are taking a nap together

These are video of him playing with the puzzle. If you listen close than you can hear him trying to count the each piece.

Fish

Jeremy went fishing last Saturday with his buddy Cody. They have been going for the last month on Saturdays. This time they found the sweet spot. Jeremy caught 3 and Cody caught 4. They almost got in a fight with a homeless man. Its a funny story. Ask him about it.