Jared, Lucrisha, & Leylan

I am so thankful that Friday is so close. This week has definitely been a long and stressful one. Before I returned to work I found out I would probably be taking over Jefferson City. Then one person told me maybe not til the first of the year. Then I learned for sure that effective November 1 I will be taking over. Just when I thought I was half-way getting into a routine with work and getting Leylan to the sitter now I have to drive to Jeff City. Taking over this store is going to be a big change for me. I guess as long as it is a good financial move one shouldn't complain. That is yet to be proven though.
Jared's 30th Birthday is on Sunday. Never do I know what to get for him and this is a big one. I think I have about developed an ulcer from thinking what to do for the man. This one has people have said is a milestone. Screwing this one up would not be good. I can't really put one thing else on this subject because he will be reading it over for me.
Also housework and laundry have never been my strong suit and now I feel like giving up. Ashley knows this better than anyone. It seems like I don't like to do daily chores, just wait and do it all at one time. That part drives Jared mad. This has always been my method, but with Leylan I think we need a daily cleaning routine. Working and coming home to think I am going to accomplish anything is about crazy however. Most time when I get home I end up on the couch with Leylan. After picking him up from the sitters each days I just want to hold him and be lazy. Don't get me wrong we don't live in a dirty house just a laundry filled, dusty one. No one would ever know though we don't really get visitors. You would think that we live 10,000 miles away.
OK I am really done whining for the night. Just needed to let out a few things.

I have been trying to get these pictures on here since Sunday. In doing so Jared thought I had really messed up his laptop. My friend Kellie told me about Smilebox on Hallmark. I wanted to try it and have something new on here. Well you have to have XP or Vista in order to use it and we don't. After I visited that site, other sites would not pull up properly. It was so upsetting thinking I had lost my outlet. I was determined for it to work. So I played around in the internet settings and bingo we are working. Thank Goodness!!
So the slide is of us going to Boo at the Zoo with my sister and Kaeleigh. We took a few pictures at home first. Then we picked Ashley up and headed that way. It was so fun watching and looking at all the little ones in costumes. Next year Leylan will be one of those waddling around. In one of the pictures Kaeleigh looks like she is being eaten by a camel. Ashley said it scared her. After the treat trail we went by Ash's and tried to take a few pictures of the two of them. That really didn't work out.

Big Smiles, My Boys on the couch, Lumberjack Baby, and Me & Leylan

First Cold


Sorry Ashley...I love it.

I never thought I would ever have to leave work due to a little gas. Well Leylan decided to scare me and the sitter today with his. If you haven't seen pictures this little guy doesn't miss a meal. As a matter of fact, if you try to take his bottle away, most of the time he squalls. This morning he skipped out on two bottles and was very fussy. Christy called me and I could hear him screaming. It broke my heart. That was not like him. He is very much a pleaser baby as long as he is fed & clean, you usually don't hear any fussing. So needless to say I left work. Don't get me wrong I loved, loved that part. The part that troubled me was the screaming and not eating. So I got him from next door and brought him home. Then I gave him some gas drops and he began to let it rip. After that he ate all his bottle and was still a little fussy. I did his little leg runs and rubbed his belly. He started smiling and laughing after that. I was supposed to be at the Fountain City store for a training at 2. Since he seemed to be feeling better I dropped him off with Edna. Then I went on to the training. Afterwards, I went back to pick him up and then he decided to have his big diaper. Well I really wish I would have just stayed with him. That's because my time at work lately feels like bad gas that I can't get rid of. I am sure that it will pass just like Leylan's did today. I just really am getting stressed waiting for that to happen.

Kaeleigh playing at Powell Station.

Leylan bathtime fun. He has turned into a thumb sucker now.

Saturday was a busy day for the Moreland Family. We were invited to Rylan's first birthday. Jared saw all kinds of folks he hadn't seen in awhile. It seems like all his old pals have babies now. It is fun going to these things and hope to share many more with the Murphy Fam. Life has really changed for us and most of his buddies. There were babies everywhere at the party. Ferg and Whitney were there with little Leah. She is so cute. I would look over and she was constantly smiling and making noises. Leylan laughs and smiles now, but not as much as Leah yet. After the party we decided to go out to the Foothills Fall Festival. We didn't have tickets to the shows I just like to look at all the crafts. They seemed to have the same things as last year. Then we went to Smoky Mountain Brewery at Turkey Creek for dinner. Leylan slept through the crafts and dinner. Once we finally got home I wanted to let Leylan sleep in his crib. Jared questioned me a little on this. I think he thought it would be a bad night if we did. I guess he wanted sleep. Well needless to say I put him in his crib at around 9 and he slept all night. So I am hoping we can take his pack 'n' play out of our room and keep using his crib. That was our Saturday it was really a great day.

This is a really funny story. One of my bestest friends Melinda sent me a text on Thursday asking us to a bonfire. I ,of course, read like I hear, only what I want. The message told us the party was on Friday at 7pm. I thought it said that night. So we decided to go for a little while anyways. Jared asked me why are they having it on a Thursday night. My reply was before Leylan we did stuff like that on weeknights. The pictures are the outfit I put him in for his first bonfire. He looked so cute I wanted to remember it always. So I put him in his highchair and took these. Then we headed off to Mel's house. Arriving right at 7 believe it or not and noone was there. The lights all looked to be out except the kitchen. I knocked on the door no answer. Then I decided to leave a note on the garage door. Mel finally came out and ask what we were doing. I said we were there for the Bonfire. It's tomorrow she said we all just laughed. It was good seeing her anyways. We actually missed the real party the next night. Sorry Mel.

Well I know I have been away for awhile. Life has been very crazy trying to get use to working, home stuff, and caring for Leylan. My work always seems to stress me out one way or another. All in all, it hasn't been to bad this go around. I am still trying to get myself up earlier. Life was so much funner and easier when I was staying at home. Me and Leylan could stay up and watch our favorite late shows. Ok, well I could stay up. Now, I don't want to miss Project Runway or Top Design, but they are taking away from my sleep time. Leylan is doing so much better sleeping for us. The week before I went back he started sleeping about 7-9 hours a night. We so love him for that. He still however thinks that somewhere between 3-4am is playtime. I have never seen anyone so happy at that time. He is laughing and smiling so much these days. He is one happy little guy. I should hope he stays like that. Enough about sleeping and work.
Tonight me and Edna (his Marmee) went to the duck duck goose sale. If you haven't ever been you should go. That is for all the soon to be moms and the now moms. They have everything. It is a huge consignment sale in the old Food City down west. Some items Edna bought Leylan were two toys and several clothing items. It would honestly take more than one visit to be able to go through everything. Some of the things we got still have the original tags on them. Me and my sister are supposed to go back on Saturday. They also have a website dkdkgoose.com. It has directions, which I am awful at. Well good luck shopping and I will put some new pictures of Leylan on here soon.