Happy (Belated) Halloween!

Like I mentioned in my previous blog, we didn't have big plans for Halloween other than to pass out candy. But we did make a big pot of chili, we got to dress up our favorite little mister, and have a fun evening together as a family. Mason's professor was nice enough to give them the night off since many of the students had kids they wanted to take trick-or-treating. Even though we didn't do that it was very nice to spend time together. For Eli's birthday, my sister bought him a cute little superhero costume, so we decided that would be his Halloween costume. Even though it was kind of drizzly out, we did have several trick-or-treaters. I always enjoy seeing the kids all dressed up, and Eli really liked helping to answer the door. He didn't really know what to think at first, but he was definitely curious about all these kids ringing our doorbell. He even started waving to the kids as they were leaving!

Our sweet little superhero!

Mason's pumpkin

Eli and his pumpkin! He's a great carver! ;)

All three of our pumpkins lit up and ready to go for Halloween!

Though Halloween was very fun for the three of us, the last month and a half has been slightly hectic. It started with my car being backed into and finding out that my wisdom teeth needed to be removed, which I already mentioned. The morning of Halloween Mason ended up leaving school early because he wasn't feeling well. After going to the doctor it was determined that he had bronchitis and borderline pneumonia, so it wasn't surprising that he felt the way he did!

The evening of Halloween (after we went to bed), Mason's truck was hit. Luckily, no one was injured, and it wasn't a hit and run, but it caused enough damage that it totaled his truck. The driver was going fast enough that she managed to push the front tire of the truck from the street onto the curb. Though dealing with all the insurance stuff is kind of a pain, we actually ended up sitting pretty. We only had roughly $1500 in the truck, and we got $5700 out of it. And Mason has already purchased a different truck. It's a diesel so he's like a kid in a candy store.

Where the truck tire ended up.

Mason's new truck.

The next day I ended up going to the doctor with a pretty significant ear infection. My ear and head were just throbbing. The doctor gave me some medicine, but by Sunday it was even worse, and I ended up getting sick because of the dizziness. So off to the doctor I went again! This time they gave me a different antibiotic and some ear drops as well, which were a God-send! Somewhere in the chaos, Eli fell and cut his head right at his eyebrow. It could have been so much worse, but it scared me half to death because it was his first significant injury that I've had to deal with on my own (Mason was in class). He's pretty tough, but he definitely cried for awhile with that one!

Last Friday after Mason dropped Eli off at daycare, he hit a deer with the Cobalt. Luckily, he was okay, but the car has seen better days. We dropped it off Monday to be assessed, but we haven't heard anything back yet. We're hoping to hear something tomorrow. If it's totaled we're still on the fence as to whether we will purchase a different car right now or just wait until later. Since we drive about a half hour to work each day, the truck would be a bit of a gas hog, so we are still back and forth at this point.

And then on Tuesday, I got my wisdom teeth removed. I only had to have the bottom two removed because the top two just never existed. But because they had not come in all the way, they had to be cut out rather than pulled. I had intentions of going back to school today, but it probably would have been a bad idea. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't somewhat uncomfortable right now, but I'm hoping the pain (and some of the numbness still in my lip) will subside soon. I'm hoping tomorrow will go okay and there will be minimal laughter at my chipmunk cheeks. They could be a lot worse, but I still don't like how they stick out right now. And no, I will not be posting a picture of that! ;)

As you can see, things have been crazy. Despite everything, we've been incredibly blessed that we are still as healthy as we are and that none of us got hurt with the vehicle issues we have had. And not only that, but we found out that Mason gets to student teach this spring!! That was probably the biggest relief of all, because that means he will get to apply for teaching jobs for this fall. All the prayers definitely worked, and we are incredibly thankful!! Though we've been very blessed, we're hoping for a slightly less chaotic holiday season! ;)