Today has turned out to be a coffee day for me. I am so tired. I hope it wakes me up. It is raining. Making it even harder for me to get motivated. I wanna just crawl back in bed and sleep all afternoon.

We went to Lowe’s last night and bought some paint and a palm sander. We are going to start in the bathroom. Yesterday I was scrapping and prepping for sanding and painting. When they built the house they wall papered the bathroom. Someone was lazy and stuccoed right over it. Except they were too lazy to take the fixtures and mirror off of the wall. So we had to do a little plaster work to make it look right. It was dry this morning. I am going to sand down the cabinets today. Yippee. Anyone want to help?

We had spagetti for supper Monday. Andrew sure made a mess.

Here he is being a big boy drinking out of his sippy cup.

I love this picture because you can really see his hair. He doesn’t have much.

My little man wanted his picture taken too. He is getting so big.

My hubby had the truck towed home Monday evening. The guy looked under the truck and said the oil filter was gone. So now we know what happened. It is just our luck. It worked its way off. I am just glad we still had the other car for Tim to drive. I took it yesterday and got new tires. Last night he had to put a new coil of some sort on it. One more thing to add to the drama. LOL. The dishwasher quit working mid cycle. Woe is me.

We are still alive and kicking. That is a lot to be thankful for.

I have taken some pictures of Andrew lately that are just too cute. So I thought I would share. Sunday we were watching the race and Andrew pulled himself up to the TV and was trying to catch Jeff Gordon and Kurt Bush. It was so cute.

Aren’t these just the cutest little feet. I love baby feet.

Today I got out Andrews activity table. He really likes it.

And this look says,”Okay Mom that is enough with the flash already.”

I took Andrew to the doctor today. He has an ear infection in both ears and an upper RI. They have come to the conclusion that my little guy has Asthma. Every time he gets a cold he ends up getting an upper RI. So her will have to have a breathing treatment once every day. When he is sick he has to have it four times a day. They gave him an antibiotic and a steroid. Hopefully he will start feeling better tomorrow. He has been so unhappy. His nose has been running. He is congested. And his fever just doesn’t want to go completely away. The last two nights have been rough for us both. Tuesday evening I had him sleeping in his infant car seat so that he was propped up. He woke up crying about once an hour. I had to lay on the floor next to his seat and rock him back to sleep. Last night he didn’t want to go to sleep. It was 1:30am before he fell asleep. Then he woke up at 4:30 and then again at 7:30. We slept on the living room floor until 4:30 and then I put him in his car seat and I got on the couch. We fell asleep watching TV. Hopefully tonight will be better. My back is killing me. I am so ready for a full nights sleep.

Here is our tree. We decorated it Saturday. Believe it or not I still have ornaments in the box. We have so many. This year the kids, Tim, and my dad put most of the ornaments on. I did a little rearranging once it was over.

Yes those boxes under the tree are empty. It looks so much better with stuff under it.

Here is a picture of my cranky baby. He is getting three teeth on the top. I keep calling him rolie polie. He is rolling all over the place. But he doesn’t want to roll back the other way.

Andrew was trying to share his food with mommy. I gave him a teething biscuit and boy he made a mess.

The boys were playing video games the other day and Andrew fell asleep sitting between Tyler’s legs. So they all wanted to pretend to be asleep for the picture.

Do you have any Thanksgiving traditions? Do you stay home and cook or go visit relatives?

We unfortunately live 8 hours away from my husbands family and 18 away from mine. So we are usually home for the holidays. My brother in-law and his family live here. Mary and I usually plan a meal together that way one person isn’t doing all the cooking. This year for Easter Mary did all the cooking because I was 9 months pregnant. So for Thanksgiving this year I cam doing the cooking. I am looking forward to planning and making a big meal. At the same time I am a little nervous. I guess that is normal for us younger people who don’t have years of experience or tried and true family recipes. My husband wants me to make cornbread dressing from scratch. When he told me that I got very nervous. I have tried for years to make cornbread that is awesome and just never have gotten it right. I am from Florida. My parents are from the North. Cornbread and soup beans weren’t a staple in our house like it is for most people who live south of the Mason Dixon line. This week I searched for recipes for cornbread. I made a few and think I have come up with a good recipe for cornbread. I made a call to my good friend Trish to get her recipe for cornbread dressing. She is from Alabama and has all those southern family recipes that she doesn’t mind sharing. Today I made a batch for my husband to take to work tomorrow. They are having a Thanksgiving lunch tomorrow. So hopefully it is good and I don’t kill anyone. Knowing him if it is good he will want me to make it regularly. So wish me luck.

The only thing other than turkey and dressing that is a Thanksgiving day must at our house is pecan pie. What are the musts at your house?

Oh Andrew got two more teeth on the top. He will look like a vampire. The front top haven’t appeared but the two next to them have.

Tonight Andrew sat up by himself. He was able to stay up right for a few minutes before he leaned to the side and fell over. It was so cute. He is growing up so fast. I sat behind him on the floor for about 30 minutes and he sat there and played. Where has the time gone? He will be 7 months old on the 25th.