Joined the Club

So, we have officially joined the club as of last week...the sick kids club. Jack had been a trooper with a runny nose for about a week, but really started to get down on Monday. He started to run a bit of a fever and sure enough he had ear infections on both sides. I think we caught it early because he had just started to fuss with his ears a bit. Thanks to some antibiotics, he seemed to be feeling better by Tuesday afternoon. What a blessing to have made it 10 months with no major illnesses. We are thankful for a healthy and happy boy!

It's a good thing since we had company. Miriam & Bob, some friends from South Carolina were camping nearby. They stopped by to meet Jack. We had not seen them since about this time last year when I was about 8 months pregnant. Miriam and Josh worked together in the ER in Abbeville. It was great to see them and have an opportunity to catch up.

Wednesday morning our MOPS steering team had a meeting to regroup before our second meeting. We met at Sarah's house. Jack enjoyed playing with Mallory and exploring all her toys. It was quite a rainy day. We really needed it, but it always makes for an interesting day when we get it all at once.

At the Lake with the Girls

Friday and Saturday, our MOPS Steering Team had their retreat at Lake Burton. Since it was all day Friday and part of Saturday, I took Jack along. As usual, he was pretty laid back and enjoyed sitting in the floor playing with Mallory, Sarah's one-year-old, while the ladies tackled the agenda. They entertaining themselves. These two were so well behaved.

After dinner we had a chance to get out on the lake. I convinced Joni into tubing with me. She had never been before. She was pretty reluctant, but had a wonderful time once we got going. She even wished we could go faster. Jack enjoyed the boat ride. Although we must have been pretty boring, because he fell asleep while Joni and I were on the tube! As usual, there are lots more pictures

Sorry for all the hyperlinks...Blogger wouldn't let me upload any photos!

The Adventure of the Runaway Sodas

So, Saturday evening we attended a MOPS family cook-out for our outgoing and incoming Steering Team Members and their families. It was great to meet the husbands of so many of the great moms I have worked with and will continue to work with. We were responsible for bringing drinks. The expectation was for around 50 people, so we had about 9 two-liter drinks and a gallon of lemonade. The party was at the Thurmond's house, who live up in the Highlands neighborhood. As we arrived, I carried Jack, his bag and the lemonade and Josh tried to get the two liters, but some of his bags broke and the drinks went rolling. It was so hard to contain my laughter, but hopefully you can imagine the humor in the situation (unfortunately, I didn't have any hands available to photograph it). Although, it's probably good I couldn't photograph...that might have sent Josh over the edge. He didn't find it as funny as I! He finally took my suggestion and loaded them into Jack's stroller and proceeded down the hill. Once we arrived Josh noticed he had a seersucker short twin, Sarah!

Anyway, we enjoyed getting to know some of the other families and having dinner with them. Jack enjoyed flirting with the only girl there, Mallory, who is almost a year old. I guess he likes older women. Here's a cute picture of them getting to know each other. Mallory was so cute. She kept her eyes on Jack while we ate...probably to make sure he didn't steal her dinner! We look forward to watching these two growing to be good friends.