Bapples, Pumpkins, and Car Seats

This past weekend we went on a whirlwind tour of Iowa…so for the boys, this was a long weekend in the car seats. We got to the QCs around 11pm (Indiana time) and made a “quick” pit stop at Frank’s Pizza for Italian beef sandwiches and sausage and mushroom pizza. (yummy, my mouth is starting to water just thinking about it). After that snack J, we decided it was time to get the boys to bed….just Jonah did not want to go to bed and he got a little too noisy at the hotel and we………GOT A CALL from the front desks about the noise. Oooppps! Sorry to whoever was below us. But do you blame the kid, 6 hours in a car seat and a powernap to boot…

Saturday, we went to surprise Aunt Peggy (she did not know we were coming for her birthday) and go to the apple orchard with her and Casey. It was pretty cold and windy, but we had fun. We first went to Thompson, IL to a road side stand (1hr in car seats), then we went to a General Store in Clinton, IA…it was like to largest junk store full of old crap, but it was neat. Jen- It still smelled the same J We then headed back to Hampton, IL to have a chicken and dumplings dinner at Grandma’s old church, but when we got there they had a hour and half wait….Thought going through my head at this point….ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!....Since Josh, the boys and I had to be at Tim and Meghan’s by 6:30, we decided to skip eating there and would stop at Wendy’s on the way. It was really nice to see everyone and get to spend a little time with them…Congrats, Nicole (hope everything is going well).

Saturday night, we met with Tim, Meghan and Crabby Gabby (those she was not really that bad) for the Bettendorf Halloween parade. Which we all had a great time and to watch three grownups chase after candy in the street was pretty funny. Though we have decided that we will always be in that spot, Jonah left with a grocery sack full of candy. We had to dump the pumpkin out twice before the parade was over. The funny thing was Jonah made all assumptions that the bag was his, so every time someone touched it in the van, he would start screaming “MINE!, MINE!, MINE!”. After the parade, we went back to their house and played a little Wii, which Josh and I decided that we want one. Once Jonah started having several meltdowns, we decided it was time to go back to the hotel.

Sunday, was a long day… Aiden decided 4:45am was the perfect time to get Mom up, but we had to leave by 7am to get home. I was able to get everything packed up, the kids changed, and Jonah feed, before Josh even got out of bed. It was a successful morning, we left the hotel at 7, went to Sonic to grab breakfast, and off we went. We made a couple stops on the way home, but we made it back to Indy at 1pm. We went and picked up my mom, then headed to Noblesville to catch the Pumpkin Train which was a part of Jonah’s birthday. The Pumpkin train is a passenger train that goes to a pumpkin patch about 30 mins away. It was really great, though cold and windy. Jonah got to go into the engine and look around, they had a petting zoo, a hay bale maze, and of course…pumpkins. Jonah was so proud to pick out his own pumpkin and carry it around. We spent about an hour at the patch and then got back on the train and head to the station.

Oh…..what a weekend.

A new cousin

Well, this past Wednesday, William Matthew was born at 4:12am weighing in at 5 lbs, 5 oz and 18” long. He will be in the NICU for about 4-6 weeks and then home, so it will be a little while before the boys can see him. But after surgery he is doing very well.

Pics, Pics, and more Pics

Since I have been bad about not posting any new pictures of the boys, I have decided to overwhelm you. :) Happy Looking!

Bubby, you did not tell me that trains were scratch and taste....ummmm, bananas.

More test to go…

Today Josh took Aiden to see the Gastro-intronologist. Tomorrow at noon, they will do a test in conjunction with the pulmonologist, where they put Aiden under anesthesia and watch his digestion and breathing. I am a little nervous, just because they say it takes longer for infants to come out of anesthesia and I am not sure exactly how long it will take. I am really hoping that I can be in the room with him while they do this. So be praying for us…

The dr. increased (doubled) Aiden’s reflux meds to see if that would help him. Well I better be getting ready to go home.

Tripping to the Children's Museum

So at the end of August, Gabby got a new baby sister (Emmalyne). So as a welcome home gift to mom, Josh took Gabby, Ed and Jonah to the Children's museum for the day. I think they all really enjoyed it, especially my future construction worker...well, maybe he can still be a doctor.

The tests are in...

And nothing... Everything was negative and is immune system is fine, so back to step two. The first steps program is going to work with Aiden on his sucking strength and breathing techniques, which may end up being a waste of time since he will start using a cup in the next two months.

Aiden is starting to get his mobility figured out. He is now able to roll both ways from back to front and front to back. He has been starting to scoot back when he is on his tummy, as well he is figuring out to putting his knees under him. So it may not be to long before his is crawling. I really hate that I am missing most of these milestones, it seems that I had more time in the evenings to spend with Jonah while he was an infant.

Well just a little update… This weekend we will be going to the RedBull GP Motorcycle races at the track, so I will let you all know how cool that is next week.

Spur of the moment trip

This past weekend we decided to take a trip to Iowa. It was really fun, though there never seems to be enough time to get everything we want to get done, done. We were able to get together with several of the family members for Frank’s pizza on Saturday night and we spent about 3-3.5 hours laughing, eating, and chasing kids around (typical Bos reunion J). Then we took the boys to get Whitey’s ice cream- which Jonah did not care for the cotton candy, but instead wanted mom’s strawberry cheesecake in a waffle cone- at one point he handed me his spoon and grabbed the cone out of my hand, like here mom I think this is a fair trade.

Sunday, we woke up, had breakfast in the hotel, and then went to church. After church we made a stop at Reifies for lunch, which is always good. For some reason Pepsi always tastes a thousand times better there, than here and I filled up for the road. Jonah ate most of his salad and was ok with the bishops bread ( I am not sure what is wrong with him, that stuff is the best) and then he barely touched his actual lunch. After lunch, we went to visit with Tim and Meghan while they were waiting for Tim’s softball game to start. (Note… Gabby was not at the ballgame, but we seen her Sat. night while Jenny was babysitting) We compared our two and Miss Gabby is the same weight as Aiden and like a thousand times longer.

I guess I still have a butterball turkey.