Fall Family Fun Day

Yesterday was our annual Fall Family Fun Day. We all went to the Schuykill Valley Nature Center for a nice Autumn walk. Then we headed over to a church in Flourtown for pumpkins. And we wound up on Forbidden Drive at Valley Green for dinner. It turned out to be a pretty good FFFD.

We dressed Jack up like Dennis. We are always joking about how alike they look. Keith and I had a Free Kenny Rice shirt made up. (Infamous, if you know Dennis McCarthy) Kenny Rice is a plumber Dennis knows. About 20 years ago, he was incarcerated for DUIs and spent six months in county prison. Gerry Kehan had these t-shirts made up with a picture of Kenny's cell stating FREE KENNY RICE. This has been a staple in Denny's wadrobe ever since. Jack donned his FREE KENNY RICE onesie, his side parted hair and his argyle sweater. He was very Dennis McCarthy.

More and more Jack hates the car seat. It's almost time for him to switch to a bigger one. Perhaps that will ease his anxiety.

He's also reverting back to newborn like habits with breastfeeding. Actually, at night, he's feeding more frequently than he did as a newborn. This is making me nuts. He woke me up seven times last night. This has been going on for weeks now. I don't know quite what the problem is here. I guess he's just gotten into the habit of finding boobs everytime he rolls around in his sleep. Whenever this has occured before, the problem solved itself in a week or two. But we are going on four weeks now. I'm at the end of my rope in terms of sleep deprivation. Something's got to change.

Perhaps it's our irratic schedule. Because I sometimes work at night, Jack doesn't always get the same bedtime routine. I think it's time I was more consistent with our night time rituals.

I'm getting really excited about the pending birth of Baby Elzie. Tomorrow is her due date. She's gonna be so teeny and cute!