Obligatory Halloween pictures

Ugh. I was home all day yesterday and didn't get anything done. Not a single thing. It wasn't even until I was getting ready for bed that I realized that I could have at least blogged. Oh well.

Saturday, after we trick or treated in Lincoln Square, we decided to finally carve our pumpkins. Yep, a few days before Halloween.




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See gabes blurry head? That was about as interested as he got. He watched handy manny while we carved pumpkins. I hope next year he will be really into things like this (although it was so much cleaner since he wasn't!) I hope that Jorge's excitement for Halloween rubs off on him, it really has rubbed off on Sidney.



Sidney carved Jack Skellington, completely free handed. She didn't draw anything or have a picture to look at. She did an amazing job!! I carved a cat, but I followed one of these sheets that comes with the pumpkin stuff. Next year, hopefully I'll be more creative.

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Paper mama photo challenge

I'm going to give it a shot again. The theme this time is "fall". This is my favorite shot of gabe, popping the leaf filled pumpkin.




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2 year checkup

I love gabes pediatrician. He's very laid back and doesn't really worry about anything, which is kinda a relief because I find myself worrying about goofy things. He's not concerned that gabe is not really gaining weight, I mentioned that I was always really tiny and not concerned. He's also not concerned that he eats only pasta and hot dogs. He basically said kids at this age don't necessarily eat a ton, that was more of a concern with gabe as a newborn/baby.

One concern was Da (his pacifier). Another concern, and only because I brought it up, is co-sleeping, mostly because it will be hard to break. So....we have two very hard habits to break. Jorge and I were planning on waiting until thanksgiving to move gabe to his own bed, because Jorge has the week off and can sleep in if it takes all night. I kinda want to do it NOW. Then, I figure once he's sleeping in his own bed, putting himself to sleep, we can tackle Da.



Here's the thing, I don't mind co-sleeping. I mind the fact that one of us has to go to sleep with gabe because he can't put himself to sleep. He could sleep with us for another year (just skip this part mom) if he could just go to bed by himself. So, try to put him in his bed and start the whole process there, or try having him put himself to sleep in our bed?

I have so many pictures of gabe and Da....







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Shit I hate Sundays

Yes, I know that it is Monday, and that I just posted something, but deal. I had a sucky day of my own making yesterday and I wish that I had gone online and looked at the rockin mama. I have wanted to do this link up for a while, but one of us was always off. here we go.....





Shit I hate.....blocks. I'm sorry (kinda) to everyone who got gabe blocks for his birthday, but I hate them. They are always ALL over!

Shit I hate.....coats. What?! Yes, I hate wearing coats because I feel like I'm suffocating! I turned into a bitch at Costco because my coat was suffocating me!

Shit I hate.....expectations. I know, vague. But I hate expectations put on me and I really hate when I have expectations, I (almost) always get let down or let someone down.

Shit I hate.....being bitchy. Yesterday, I was bitchy for no reason and that made me even madder. I just couldn't stop being angry, ya know?

Shit I hate.....Halloween. Yep, I hate being scared so I have always hated Halloween because i think people are just waiting to scare me.

Shit I hate.....being afraid to blog with so many shits. I don't know why I'm afraid of what people think. I'm not even sure how many people read this. I just don't usually swear so I did feel hesitant about this.

Shit I hate.....being fat, ok not fat, just not as skinny as I used to be and not healthy. I feel like I have gained back any weight I lost or any inches. It sucks.


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Trick or treat!!!

Saturday was the annual trick or treating sponsored by Lincoln square businesses.
We went last year and had tons of fun. This year, I knew it was either going to be super great or not so great. Gabe doesn't really have a middle ground right now.


It went well. Gabe mostly ate suckers and we were also watching baby j and I think he had fun. It was a little chilly and a little crowded, but overall a good day. (I'm kinda glad that I wont be going trick or treating on Halloween! Jorge was a little crazy)
















I could not get a picture where gabe and I were both looking in the same direction!






We did a lot this weekend, like always, but I'm going to space things out so that I have more things to talk about!
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