Slacker

Okay so I have been a bit of a blog slacker lately. I have been busy with the kids (aren't we all), and work and it seems as though I have something to do just about every weekend. So that leaves very little time for me to write about what has been happening in the Berger household. Here is a quick recap:

We traveled to Columbus to visit with the Guinthers. It is always nice to spend time with them and Max just gets cuter each time we see him. We took the kids to Boo at the Zoo. A good portion of the zoo was closed but it was still a good time. Payton had a great time looking at all the interesting animals they have there and Caleb was content the entire time.

On Halloween, Shane had to work so Nana and Poppy came over to help me with the kids, candy, etc. In the morning I took the kids to our school district's pancake breakfast. The third grade students were performing so I got to see their performance while we were there. After dinner, I got the kids in their costumes and took Payton up the street for trick-or-treat. Caleb went to one house and then Nana put him to bed. Poppy was in charge of passing out the candy (except we had to take shifts because it was sooooooo cold.) Overall, it was a fun night.

Caleb is almost nine months old. He is growing more and more everyday. He is officially crawling and pulling himself up. He follows Payton wherever she goes. I constantly have to check on what they are doing because all I hear is giggling. He is eating like crazy (three meals a day) and is sleeping great! He takes two naps a day and sleeps from 7pm-7am every night. He had the surgery on his ear and did a great job recovering. I only had to give him Tylenol once since there was very minimal pain. The site looks amazing. The only problem we had was that he got a secondary infection from the anesthetic which caused him to be on two different antibiotics. He recently had the flu (which he kindly shared with me) but recovered very quickly. Other than that he is a very happy, easy baby.

Payton is quite the character these days. We have thrown ourselves fully into the "terrible twos." She throws tantrums just about every day and sometimes they are over absolutely nothing. She is often put in time out to cool down because she is so worked up. She is extremely verbal and knows exactly what she wants. She loves Caleb. I have to keep an eye on her because she likes to pull him around the house by his clothing. She likes to put things on his head and push him around (literally). Payton often needs reminded to share, as she takes Caleb's toys and puts them places he can't reach. Overall, these are trying times with her but she is learning and growing everyday too. She makes me laugh more each day with her silly statements and contagious laugh.

The last thing that is new with us is that we have purchased 2.72 acres of land in Granger Twp. Is is a 40 lot development where each lot has to be at least 2 acres. We wheeled and dealed with the seller for a few weeks and finally came to an agreement on price. We go to closing at the end of November. The next step will be to get our house sold (not going to start that until after the first of the year) and then meet with builders to start the house building process. As I am very overwhelmed with the idea of building, I am excited to start this new chapter of our lives. I am ready to move out of this neighborhood and set the foundation to where my children will be living and spending the rest of their childhood! Here are recent pictures of all our adventures.