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The Last Days of Fall...

Yes, It's True. I am turning 30 - tomorrow.

From L to R:
Meredith, Kristin, Julie, Amber, Me, Laura, Erika, Heather, Melissa.

So I gathered all who dare to be seen with me in public and dragged them to Old Chicago with me. I had a wonderful "Chicago Seven" calzone and a delicious Pomojito. YUM!

In the top picture I was totally caught off guard with the whole "Happy Birthday" song from the servers. It just so happened that they snuck up on me in the middle of the giggles from a joke Amber was re-telling me. I was crying from laughter. It was hilarious! The only non-hilarious part was that they announced to everybody within hearing that it was indeed my birthday and also that is was my 30th birthday. As if I wasn't humiliated enough!

But who am I kidding, it was a blast!

Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet!

Well, we at least got the kids to say Trick or Treat and thank you. Maddie refused to leave the stroller. I think she was tired. Here are the kids with our neighbor friends. Nate is JJ's fave buddy and Maddie's too. She runs around the house saying "Nay, Nay, Nay!" when he is coming over.

Here they are eating all the goodies. JJ specifically told me at bedtime that I am too pick up all the candy he lined up on the floor, yes he lined it all up, and that I am not to eat any of it. How dare he? My belly is starting to hurt, maybe I should stop?

Bergmann's Pumpkin Patch

All I can say is muddy, muddy, muddy!!!! But it was sunny to keep us somewhat warm. JJ had had enough of the mud and wanted to get the heck out of there. I don't blame him :)

JJ's Update

Claire, the occupational therapist, called yesterday afternoon. Here is our update. She wants to see him once a week for about three months to start. What she saw in the test results were that he needs work on oral sensories, sensory tone(his muscles), and his eyes(the tracking). Once we get in there, she may want to change up our plan but for now she is going ahead with once a week. We just have to wait on good ol' Tricare to approve it before we start. I am actually very excited to get him started. And I am especially glad we can correct his eye tracking before he starts to read and write in school so he doesn't get behind!

Update On Lil' Man J

At JJ's last gymnastics class a month ago, I met a fellow mother of a child with sensory issues. JJ is fairly mild, but to me it's not quite "normal." Meeting this woman at the Y had made up my mind to get him checked out again. I got the doc to refer us out to an occupational therapist for an evaluation.

He did do some OT when we lived in San Antonio, but they deemed him good when we left so I didn't continue when we got here.

Today was our evaluation. The therapist did her thing with him and I had to fill out a form as well. After scoring both by Thursday I'll hear back from her. But, from her evaluation today she can already tell that he has tracking problems with his eyes, which means he can't follow your finger with just his eyes. He moves his entire head. This is something a child learns to do at about a year. She wants to refer him to a specialist for it. She also mentioned he has a problem with his mid line. I'll get more info on that when I talk to her next.

The other thing she noticed about him, would be the lack of muscle tone in his hands and arms. So on Thursday, I should hear more!

This picture is of JJ last week on his way to AWANA. It was crazy hair night :)

Corn Maze

Some fellow "single" spouses and I went to the free dinner and corn maze function for those of us temporarily without hubbies around. JJ had a blast at the corn maze. We did, of course, get lost. But it was fun nonetheless.

Fall is Here

I know I have not been keeping y'all up to date on the Langworthy bunch. John's been gone just over 3 weeks and I have been running around like crazy this last week. It started with me volunteering to bring food to my church small group Sunday evening. And on Monday I hosted the squadron's spouse's group at my house. That took a lot of cleaning and cooking! I had a couple of days off before I had to get ready for the baby shower I was throwing with a friend of mine for another friend on Saturday. And I also had to make a dessert for a church ladies night on Friday.

Maddie had her 18 month check-up on Friday and is under weight(22lbs and 33.5in tall). But she eats everything insight so I don't think there is much I can do. She just has a high metabolism! Lucky girl.

We had nice weather over the weekend(80's) but now it is in the 60's and rainy. But I was kind of sick of the warm weather and am welcoming the cooler air that is coming in.

John calls about every other day and is doing just fine. He flies about 3-4 times per week and is spending his off time at the gym or studying for his master's class he started a couple of weeks ago.

Me at the Mexican fiesta at church Friday night.

Maddie's cheesy grin :)

Maddie in JJ's old overall's that I girlified...

And this is JJ with bedhead.






Our college age neighbor went to a bible college and had to do an internship ministering to children. She has been teaching JJ bible lessons the last 6 weeks and he is finally finished!

Water Balloons

This is Maddie's face after she pops a water balloon in the grass. There are also sound effects with this, but obviously you can't here them. It goes something like "ahhhh" :) Here is JJ throwing one into the grass. I encourage only throwing them to the ground vs. at each other. I am not ready to start that yet!

And this picture is JJ's handy work. He loves taking pictures. He doesn't do such a bad job either.

My Front Yard

After I was given this lovely sign to put in my yard and a nice gift card to the local nursery, I was told my yard better look better than it did at the time I was being notified I was a winner. Lawn inspection day is Wednesday so I usually don't mow until Tuesday. I was notified on Monday. What I really wanted to do is yell at the man telling him my husband is deployed, I have two small children, and I have other personal issues way more important than my yard looking "pretty" for their enjoyment. But I kept my mouth shut and mowed my lawn. I'll take that gift card any day!

Block Party

We had a block party down the street last night. Maddie devoured the chocolate cake!

Who Says I Need a Cleaing Lady?

Well, I actually I say it, but Maddie is a good helper with the vacuum's in the house!

And He's Off Again...

To the same place and for the same amount of time...See you in November love :)

Dress Up

Maddie has started stealing my clean laundry out of the basket when I am folding and putting them on(with some help of course). You might not be able to tell how many layers she actually is wearing in this picture, but it was quite a few!

JJ's First Day of "School"

We enrolled JJ in a Mom's Day Out which started yesterday. He was sooo excited to go. He tells me he ate all lunch of his lunch, went potty twice, and took a nap.

My New Sunglasses

We had the kiddie pool out in the driveway a couple of days ago and the kids were taking a break in their chairs, having a snack and wearing their new sunglasses daddy bought them.

Bouncin' Around

We have become the neighborhood gathering place since this new arrival has been in our yard. The kids have a blast and the best part is it will fit in the basement in the winter time.

Big Boy Bed

Since JJ has been refusing to sleep in his toddler bed and chooses the floor instead, we found him a twin mattress set and headboard. And of course we couldn't go without getting him a Cars bedding set to go with it. He stays in it at night, but it doesn't help his sleeping problems. We are going to the doctor tomorrow to figure that part out.

KC-135 Spouse Incentive Flight

John's squadron hosted a spouse incentive flight this morning. We had a great time! A couple of people got sick, but I felt fine. So many people wanted to sit in the jumpseat behind the pilots for takeoff that we had to pick a number between 1-20 and I picked the winning number, 17! Meredith and I were the first girls to sit in the boom pod because her husband was the pilot on John's plane. It was pretty cool watching the plane getting gas and us receiving gas.

Summer Fun

Euchre

Oh how I love this game! I had completely forgotten how much fun this game is. If you aren't from Michigan, Indiana, or Ohio, you probably have never heard of this amazing game. YOU are missing out! Last night we went to our friends' house for takeout and card games, well just euchre. Erika thinks John is her long lost twin bother as they have the same humor. Or at least she found John's silliness absolutely hilarious. I had so much fun laughing at her laughing at John! He was actually on the ball last night, but after about beer #7 it got a bit obnoxious. Yes, John gets obnoxious. But since I was the DD and sober I am sure that made a huge difference in my opinion of the evening. But hey, next time I get to be the obnoxious one, right?

Things Are Going...

In the toilet! Haha. Sorry I am tired and that was funny. Some of you have expressed interest in JJ's training. I am not sure why you are so interested in peepee and poopoo going into the potty, but you are so I'll give you a short update :)
He generally has no problem getting to the potty for #1, but #2 is a whole different ball game and not in mommy's favor. I think we went through 10 pairs of underwear the other day.
We did get out in public in underwear the other day and he did very well.
Maddie has been telling me when she wets her diaper lately as well. So maybe I WON'T be changing diapers for as long as I thought I would be. Yay!

Day One

JJ's first day went REALLY well! I am so excited that he is finally getting it :-) We only went through 5 pairs of underwear, but he told me when he had to go every single time. Oh, except for the one time he ran outside like the speed of lightening and peed on the concrete through the undies. I just laughed from where he couldn't see me because he was standing in such a funny stance. We went to Chuck E. Cheese for dinner with a diaper, but he told us when it got wet and needed a new diaper ASAP! I was so proud!

Operation Potty Training

I woke up today and decided today is the day. JJ needs to be wearing underwear. No more of these stinky diapers. If you have been near a diaper change in the last year, you know what I mean. This picture is of Maddie who decided to share in the potty training and wear a pair of JJ's underwear.

Party Time

My neighbor and friend threw a birthday party for her 1 year old a couple of weeks ago. See what we have to live up to next year? I told her she is going to be my assistant come April :) Everything was coordinated in pink and green circles right down to the food being circles(uncrustables, grapes, round chips, round sandwiches, cupcakes, cookies, pink and green sugar coated marshmallows, and pink/green M&M's). Appropriately, Maddie's dress went with the theme.

Apple Pie

Here is my yummy apple pie with my first lattice top crust. I feel like I have been little Susie Homemaker this week already, between the pie and making homemade spaghetti sauce from the tomatoes we have been growing :) We are also going to the orchard on Friday to pick peaches so I can can them.

Cheese!!!!

This is Madeline's new face when I pull the camera out. I don't even have to say anything she just starts giving me this silly grin! :) I love it!

And apparently I always pull the camera out while she is eating or right after and is a mess. OR the real answer is she is always eating, but you would never tell by looking at her.

It's Been Six Years!

Yesterday was our anniversary! John treated me to an excellent spa day and he is getting a new MP3 player. Can you believe JJ took the picture of John and I last night after we went out to dinner? I think we have a little photographer on our hands :)