Start of Trick or Treating

This weekend was the start of our Trick or Treating this year. My plan was to re-use Landon's costume from last year, which was a Cowboy/Sheriff. On Saturday I decided to try it on Landon, he kept trying to take it off and broke down in tears. He would not stop crying.

I tried the costume again in the morning but got the same response. He kept saying "Dooo, Dooo". I finally realized that he must remember the Scooby Doo costume from Walmart, didn't realize a 2 yr old could remember that. So Sunday morning we went to Walmart and bought him the Scooby Doo costume. He smiled and seemed pleased.

He still wasn't the biggest fan of it until we got to Trunk or Treat at TBC Sunday night. He kept on his costume, even the hat, which is unusual for him. He went around the circle and even said "Trick or Treat" and "Thank You". He was very protective over his candy this year and would yell "NOOOOO" when I reached in to get him a piece of candy. It was actually pretty funny.

Here are some pictures of our adorable Scooby Doo......

We have been having a speech pathologist from TARC come out for the past few months to help Landon with his enunciation. Cheri is our s.p.'s name and she does a very good job with him. Landon's biggest problem being understood is that he starts words with vowels. Cheri advised us that M, P, and B are the foundation of when kids start talking. Landon can say Baby, Papa, Mamma, Dad, Nana and more words but when he tries to say Moo he states Boo. Cheri thinks it may be because he is trying to talk too fast. He is making progress and Cheri states that the best thing to do is Practice, Practice, Practice.

Cheri also tests his ears with a piece of equipment that the ENT used, but all it says is "refer" or "pass". Landon's left ear states "pass" but his right ear has stated "refer" twice now. If there is one thing that I do not want to do is pay for him to get tubes again, but if we have to, we have to.

On the pregnancy front, we are still in the holding pattern until next month (november). Dr. Gleason stated that he would do a pregnancy test on me at the beginning of the month and if it was negative he would start me on Provera to induce a cycle and then he would switch me to Femara. I am excited to start trying again since Nate's issue seems to be resolved. When we went and saw Dr. Chen last week, he stated that he had seen a jump in counts but never as big of a jump as Nate had. God definitely answered those prayers.

As we continue to on this journey I need prayers that I can be content with what God has given us and that we would still be content if our prayers to expand our family are not answered how we want them to be. God has a plan and I need to lean more on Him for peace and understanding. I think it is natural as part of our old sin nature to want to know the plan and to know it now. I pray that the nature would go away and that I could let God's plan play out and be happy for everyone else who is pregnant.

I had better go and enjoy the last of the beautiful days we are having until the cold sets in and stays.......