Halloween Fair

 St George Halloween Fair

Saturday

October 27th, 2012

 

Today Ian, Brody, Grandpa Harvey and I headed to the Halloween fair. First we did some downtown trick or treating. 

After trick or treating we went back to the park to enjoy some Halloween fun.

 



Brody didn't quiet know what to think about these guys at first, but I was able to get him to take a picture with them. 



 

Star Wars!! I was so excited when we ran into these star wars guys. We thought Brody would be thrilled as well but he acted so weird. I honestly think he was a little afraid of them! He was fine looking at them from a distance but when he got close and had to talk to them he got all shy on us.

 

Brody loves cotton candy, so he was of course in heaven and went to town on it!

 



I'm so glad that we live in a town that has fun things going on all the time, we have sure come to love living in St George!

32 weeks

32 weeks

Friday

October 26th, 2012

 

How far along? 32 weeks.   

 
Total weight gain: 23 pounds, I’m surprised it’s not more...I just totally pigged out at our bishops house!

 
Maternity clothes? Still the same as always.

 Stretch marks? No new ones

 
Sleep: Sleep thank goodness has gotten a lot better! Luckily I think my troubles with sleeping were mostly due to my sickness. Oddly enough I haven’t been waking up as often to use the restroom either. Other then finding it difficult to be comfortable at times sleep is actually pretty good.

 
Best moment this week? Sunday we practiced our primary program, it doesn’t seem like it would be a big deal but it was so cute watching Brody say his part and sing. I think I’m so excited because it’s his first one. Also we had an amazing bishopric dinner at the bishop’s house tonight; we all had a great time. I even eat steak, and enjoyed it as crazy as that sounds! We have really come to love our ward and the people that we have met through it.

 
Miss anything? Other then the regular wishing I could be comfortable again I’m really not missing too much.  

 
Movement: Yes, her movement can be felt and seen. She especially likes to move in the evening. The last couple days I have actually been able to feel certain parts of her body too, like a leg or arm, it’s so fun and so odd at the same time.

 
Food cravings: I think orange Julius’s have been my replacement since I can’t get a hold of shaved ice anymore. I also love fruit, I had pineapple tonight and it was divine.

 
Food aversions: Ground beef as always, but its becoming less and less. Definitely still not my favorite but I can eat it if I have to.

 
Boy or girl: Girl :)

 
Labor signs: No, and we pray it stays that way for a while.

 

Symptoms: Acid reflex and heartburn can still get pretty bad if I don’t take my medicine soon enough. My body temperature is also completely out of wack, even with the cooler weather I get so hot especially at night. I have also been experiencing some Braxton hick’s contractions and have been for a while but just haven’t realized it until now. Back pain as always can also get pretty bothersome.

 
Belly Button in or out? Still half in half out, with the top pocking out.

 
Wedding ring on or off? On, but I’ve noticed it getting tighter.

 
Looking forward to: The primary program this Sunday, I’m so excited to see Brody be apart of it. I also might get a break from babysitting sooner then I thought. The boys mom I baby sit for is already dilated to a 3 ½ so she may be having her baby sooner. I have so many things I want to get done before our princess comes I could use the break; I’m also looking forward to spending lots of quality time with Brody before she comes. Oh and Ian’s birthday is Monday!

 
Fun facts: Last night she was quiet the little mover. She kept poking an arm or a leg out (something long and thin), to the point where you could see and feel a difference. I wanted Ian to feel it so bad but every time I would go to grab his hand she would move, she also moves whenever she hears my voice so I couldn’t tell him to feel it. Finally we got lucky and he was able to feel it one time. He thought it was the weirdest thing ever, haha in fact he said he wasn’t sure that he wanted to feel it again it felt so strange. Also I was lucky enough to receive 2 back massages this week!! I was one lucky girl!! A random fact, it is finally getting cooler here, at the very end of October, how crazy is that! Two nights ago was the first time we didn’t have the air conditioner running all night. This was not by my choice at all; if it were up to me we would still have the ac on all night. Also our appointment is this Thursday, I’m excited to go and see how our little girl is doing :)

Halloween party

 Halloween party

Wednesday

October 24th, 2012

 

Being over the Cub Scouts definitly has its perks, for instinse being able to go to the fun halloween party pack meeting! I of course knew Brody would want to go to this! Sister Moss is great with the kids, and had some fun things planned. First they did a parade, then made fun spider suckers, then did halloween bowling, and then played a fun game! I missed most of it because I was busy deciding who got what award for their costums so luckily Dad snapped a few shots.

 

I asked Brody what he wanted to be for halloween this year thinking I would for sure get some kind of star wars related answer, but to my suprise he wanted to be batman. This is the same costume he wore last year, I asked him quiet a few times if he was sure and every time he still wanted to be batman. We wont complain, easy and cheap for us!

 

"writing" his name on his plate. We are working on the name thing but hes not quiet able to do it completely on his own yet. I thought it was cute he tried :)

His fun spider sucker.

 

Brody and his buddy kaleb went off and bowled again while the older kids played a game.

 

Brody had a great time! He also got the award for the "most super" costume!

31 weeks

31 weeks

Saturday

October 20th, 2012

 

 

How far along? 31 weeks 1 days.  

 
Total weight gain: 20 pounds.

 

 
Maternity clothes? Still just a few shirts, my leggings and belly band. I'm getting really nervous about what I’m going to be wearing as far as pants go this winter. I have tried on maternity pants and its so discouraging! All the ones that fit me good are too short.

Stretch marks? Still no new ones and still tummy free :)

 
Sleep: Sleep has been horrible!! I don’t know if it’s because I have been sick but I haven’t slept much at all. My back aches like crazy, I can’t breath, acid reflex and heartburn are horrible and I’m burning up at night.

 Best moment this week? I got nothing. Anya ended up not coming this weekend and I have been sick so nothing spectacular has happened. I was able to take Brody shopping today and buy him winter clothes, so that feels good knowing he’s set for cooler weather.

 
Miss anything? Sleep!! Sunday I got a total of one hour in the morning, and last night maybe 2 if I was lucky. I pray its just because I’m sick!

 
Movement: Yes, we can all definitely feel her now, she can be quiet the little mover. She seems to move the most when I’m laying or sitting down. I have also noticed her movement increase during singing time in primary, she must like to hear her mama and all the kids sing.

 
Food cravings: As always shaved Ice, I know I talk about them every week but I just can’t help it! Cinnamon rolls have been sounding really good lately; I think I might make some soon.

 
Food aversions: Still just ground beef. And I think it’s more the raw meat, cooking it and the smell. I can manage to eat some once in a while.

 
Boy or girl: Girl :)

 
Labor signs: No, and we pray it stays that way for a while.

 
Symptoms: Complete lack of energy (may also be due to being sick though) and acid reflex is getting worse. I also have come to the conclusion that it’s not just acid reflex, it’s also heartburn. Also as I had mentioned before I just cannot sleep lately and I’m constantly hot. The last one is especially weird for me because I'm usually a pretty cold person, in fact in the beginning of this pregnancy I never wanted the air conditioner on, I was always cold. Now I’m always hot, so weird.

 
Belly Button in or out? Still half in half out, with the top pocking out.

 
Wedding ring on or off? On, but getting a little tighter at times.  

 
Looking forward to: Feeling better and getting back to normal. Also looking forward to the primary program on the 28^th, I’m so excited for Brody to be in it! Can’t wait to see him sing and say his part.  

 
Fun facts: Thursday Ian felt her have hiccups for the first time, he claims it wasn’t the first but I know it was because it’s only the second time I have felt them. Also last night we learned that our little girl is supposedly due on doomsday, haha what a lucky day. One more fun fact, our next appointment will be 3 weeks from the last (on November 1^st) then after that we go to every 2 weeks and then every weeks, cant believe we are already at the end of this!!



More on the pumpkins

More pumpkins!! 

Sunday

October 21st 2012

 

Last night we only had time to do Brody and my pumpkin, so tonight we worked on Daddys. We let Brody pick the pattern again. At first he picked darth vador, then yoda, and he finally decided on a ninja turtle. Dad again drew and carved it, with Brody watching his every move, and did an awsome job.

 

Our finished products!! Brody's storm trooper on the left, my silly face in the middle, and Daddy's ninja turtle on the right. I must say the look pretty dang good!

 

 

The boys showing off their hard work.

 

I thought I would snap a picture of our fun door as well!!

 

 

We also made cookies toinght as a family! Brody especially enjoyed snaging some dough (hes my dough loving boy, of any kind!) and picking out the color for the frosting...I wonder if it had anything to do with his outfit??

Carving Pumpkins

Carving Pumpkins

Saturday

October 20th, 2012

 

Brody had been begging us every day since we bought the pumpkins to carve them. We didn't want to do them too early, but we finally gave in tonight. Brody of course had a blast!!

We looked online for different patterns and let him choose his favorite. He ended up choosing star wars, by no surprise to us! So Daddy used his skills and drew a storm trooper on Bros pumpkin.

 

Dad was nice and cut all the tops for us.

 

Brody was excited and ready to dig right in!

 

I finally convinced him to just put his hand in and go at it, he wasn't too sure about it at first haha as you can tell by this reaction.

 

 

Brody was quiet the little helper :)

 

 

While Daddy was finishing up the storm trooper on Brodys I let him draw the face on mine. He was pretty dang excited about this. Here he is drawing my "silly face".

 

 

The finished product! I just love Brodys creation!

The mind of a 4 year old

The mind of a 4 year old

October 2012

 

Brody is always saying the funniest things, and also the sweetest things. What comes out of his mouth never seems to surprise me! One day he said something and I thought to myself that I should really write it down, so after that I started writing things down that I didn't want to forget. Here are a few things this cutie comes up with...

 

*October 3rd: Brody is the sweetest most considerate little boy I have ever met. He is constantly telling me how beautiful I am, I mean like 20 times a day at least! He must have heard me complaining to Ian lately that I feel like I'm getting fat because here's what this little boy came up with. He walks up to me one day and says "Mom I think your beautiful, and not fat, but a little bit skinny....(pause)...just right." Seriously, how sweet is he!!

 

*October 8th: Brody and I were just relaxing on the couch chatting. I asked him if I was his best friend and he said yes. I always like teasing him so I told him he never gets to leave me, his reply was "Ok (pause for thinking)...but when I leave I'm going to call on the phone and always come back." Haha seriously what a cute.

A couple days later I was telling him how much I love him. His reply to that was "I love you too, but remember when I leave I'm going to call on the phone."

 

*October ?: I don't remember the exact date but it was sometime shortly after his birthday. Brody and I were at Walmart and ran into Sister Lillywhite, she is the 2nd councilor in the stake primary presidency, we work pretty closely since I'm the 2nd councilor in our ward (she helps me a ton with scouts!) Anyways we were chatting and I told Brody to tell her what he just had, meaning his birthday. His response to this was " Uhhh my FREAKIN star wars party." With a completely how could you not know attitude. I could have died, luckily she just laughed!

 

October 11th: I had my doctors appointment today so we all headed over to it. While waiting Brody was talking to some kids. He was trying to explain to them who Ian was, here's his attempt.."the one with the cut short hair cut...with the pokies...that's my Dad." Haha we couldn't help but laugh at this. It was a pretty good description being that Ian shaves his head.

 

October 14th: Brody's room was in serious need to a cleaning, and he knows I don't like a messy room. So while I was helping him get ready for church this morning he tells me "when we get home from church I want to clean up my room super sparkly!" My response "YES, PLEASE DO!"

 

Also this same morning I asked him if he wanted some cereal for breakfast. He said no, that he wanted vegetables for breakfast. Who is this kid!!

 

Brody was full of funnies today, because I have one more..which is probably my favorite. At 4 I had to go on some visits with our primary presidency, which always take a while. So when I got home Brody was asleep on the couch, I knew this was so not good, especially since he had been asleep for awhile. We managed to get him in his bed around 10 or so. Around 11:30 I opened our front door to check something out and when I closed it again Brody busts out of his room with a big smile on his face and said "Good Morning Mama!" Me: "Oh sweetie its not morning yet, Daddy and I haven't even gone to bed yet." Brody: "oohhh", smile instantly disappearing. Haha I couldn't help but laugh, he must have been just waiting to hear that door which meant Dad went to school and it was morning. So we made a bed for him on our floor (between my belly and the way he sleeps there's no way he would fit with us) and he was back to being excited :)

October 15th: Ian once told me that whenever his parents wanted to find out their kids secrets they would ask them questions while they were sleeping. We tried it a while ago with Brody and it so works! Tonight while checking on Brody I decided to give it another try. So I said the normal goodnight I love you to see if he was aware and he was, but still very much asleep. Then I asked him who his favorite was... Brody: "Mama." So I thought Id pry a little bit more, I asked him who his best friend was...Brody: "Daddy." Haha maybe I shouldn't ask questions I don't want to know. But hey at least I'm his favorite.

October 17th: Today after picking Brody up from Grandmas we headed to the store to pick up a few things. I was missing my little man so I told him "Brody I love you more then life itself" Brody: "Mama your SOOO beautiful." He sure knows how to make me feel good :)

Also today, I was in the kitchen making dinner and Brody was just hanging out with me. He started tapping his foot on the tile and asked me what that noise was. I guess I didn't clue into the fact that he was playing around because I told him I thought it was his foot. But Brody informed me that "no, its a bad case of ghosts!"

October 18th: We have one of those cloth closets in front of our window in our room (so not my ideal spot for it), and the light was shinning through it this morning, causing the bottom of it to look very lite up. Brody: Big gasp..."Mama whats that light in your closet!?" Me: "Oh its just the light shinning through the window. Brody: "No, I think its a monster taking Brody's presents!" Haha looks like its time to find a new hiding spot.

Also today. We have his friends Sam and Zion over and they all wanted to watch a movie with popcorn. Brody of course wanted to watch star wars but they ended up deciding on Kong fu panda 2. While watching it a fight scene came on, Brody leaned over to the boys and said "Star wars is way cooler, Star wars has light sabers." As if the fight scenes in Kong fu panda weren't cool enough!  

 



Movie time!!

 Movie time with the boys

Thursday

October 18th, 2012

 

Today we had Brody's friends Sam and Zion over. Brody LOVES these two boys!! And of course Treyven was over, so it was me and 4 crazy boys today. We went to the park and when we got home they all wanted to watch a movie with popcorn, they decided on Kong fu panda 2 (Brody wanted star wars of course but he was outvoted haha).

 

Four handsome boys!

 

 

After a while they all decided to lay on the ground and get comfy. This picture cracks me up, Zion is the only one watching the movie normally. Sam is in the toy bucket huddled under a blanket and Brody's watching it upside down, can either one of those really be that comfy?? haha.

30 weeks

30 weeks

Tuesday

October 16th, 2012

 

 

How far along? 30 weeks 4 days  

 

 

 Total weight gain: 21 pounds. That sounds so scary! But my doctor isn’t worried at all. And despite how HUGE I feel at my last doctor’s appointment I was 30 weeks but only measuring between 28 and 29 weeks. So I guess I’m still doing ok as far as weight gain.

 
Maternity clothes? I did buy one new shirt at a thrift store the other day. But still no pants, I’m going to need to find a cheap but still cute (do those even exist?!) pair pretty soon though.

 Stretch marks? Still no new ones and still tummy free :)

 
Sleep: Last night was actually the best night of sleep I’ve had in a long time. I didn’t even notice Ian get up and get ready this morning. Most nights I still need to get up a couple times to go to the restroom, back pain in still an issue with getting comfortable as well. On the bright side though my acid reflex isn’t keeping me up too much anymore, its bad when I’m trying to go to sleep but by the time I wake up in the middle of the night my medication has usually kicked in.  

 
Best moment this week? Saturday was a very good day. We got to spend most of the afternoon and evening together, which is quiet a treat for us. We went to the taste of Dixie festival and then to the pumpkin patch.

 
Miss anything? Shaved Icees :( Even though I only had 2 this summer, I have been dreaming of them for months! I talked Ian into letting me get just one more before they close but it was too late! They are both closed! It was a very sad day when I drove by both and saw the sorry, were closed sign. If someone was there they would have got the wrath of a pregnant craving woman!

 
Movement: Yes, more and more. Today she was really active especially. And it always seems that when I’m laying down she is the most active.

 
Food cravings: Of course shaved Icees, as always. They had the Hawaiian ones at the festival but Ian said they were too expensive :( I knew that was my last chance of getting one since the summer season is over.

 
Food aversions: Ground beef is still the only one.  

 
Boy or girl: Girl :)

 
Labor signs: No, and we pray it stays that way for a while.

 Symptoms: exhaustion, back pain, acid reflex, and irritation. I have noticed my patience it becoming increasingly thin with this last trimester. It’s almost like the 1^st all over again.

 
Belly Button in or out? Still half in half out. I think it may be all the way out by the time were done though.

 
Wedding ring on or off? On

 
Looking forward to: This weekend my sister should be coming to visit. We are all pretty excited about that. She was going to come for Brody’s birthday but ended up not being able to make it so she’s coming to spend the weekend with us.  

 
Fun facts: We still haven’t decided on a name yet, but we have narrowed it down to two first names and two middle names. Either middle name being able to work with either first name. BUT I think we want to keep the final decision a surprise, partly because we just don’t want to hear negative feedback if there is any and also because we probably won’t be able to decide till we absolutely have to haha. Also it is the middle of October and I refuse to sleep without the air conditioner on not to mention we sleep on top of the bed with just a thin blanket that never stays on. Now I know St. George is hot but I think my pregnancy is finally getting to me as far as my body heat goes. I'm usually a really cold person, so something is up. And one more fun fact, our baby girl had her first (noticeable) hiccups in my tummy in the early afternoon on Saturday. Ian was gone and didn't get to feel them but Brody did, he thought it was pretty cool.

 

 

This picture isn't that great but it'll do. It was Ian's late night at school and I'm already almost done with this week so I figured Id better do it. Lucky Brody got to be Mr. picture taker tonight!!

 

And yes I feel like I'm getting huge!! But I'm almost 31 weeks, I feel like I have a right to be huge...right? Haha at least I'm running with that excuse. 

Festival & Pumpkin Patch

 Taste of Dixie Festival

&

Pumpkin Patch

Saturday

October 13th, 2012  

 

Turns out all those free (fun!) things for the kids we went to yesterday were for the Taste of Dixie festival. And even better it was going on today too, and EVEN better Daddy only worked till about 3!! So we all headed down to have another fun day at the park.

 

Brody kept calling it the fair, he was so excited to go to the fair again. And the first thing he wanted to do was ride the "merry go round" as he calls it.

 

Ariel and Jacob joined us for a little bit, it was Jacob's first time on the carousel :)

 

 The next thing he wanted to do was the obstacle course!! He was way excited to show Daddy how awesome he was at going through it. He had a blast of course.

 

 Being a goof ball show off and sliding down the sides instead of the actual slide. I think he liked just messing around in it more then he was worried about how fast he could get it done.  

 And of course he had to show Daddy the awesome slide!

 

Yesterday he didn't go inside the bouncy house so he thought he would give it a try today. I think he was glad, he seemed to enjoy it quiet a bit!

 

We tried to tell him to bounce off the sides, but instead he always just jumped face first right into them haha silly boy.

 

 

We ran into our friends the Judd's while we were there. Brody and Kaleb wanted to go through the obstacle course together.

 

 

Being silly again and having a blast!

 

Josh had a booth for his business. I thought it this was so cute, the boys acting all serious and businesslike.

 

 The Pumpkin Patch

 

Brody kept seeing pumpkins in the grocery stores and of course wanted to get one. But I really wanted to bring him to a pumpkin patch, I mean come on..its way more fun that way! So after the Taste of Dixie festival we headed to Staheli farm to get some pumpkins.

 

Our handsome little boy was so excited! He thought it was the coolest place.

 

Bro thought he found a pretty good pumpkin, until he turned it and found all the weird bugs. He thought the bugs were pretty cool but I suggested we just find another one!

One of Brody's awesome finds :)

 Hunting for more with Daddy.

 

We were determined to find just the right one.

This whole bending over thing is a lot harder then it looks when your pregnant!

Brody is always so much fun to be around!

Showing off one last find!

I completely spaced getting a picture of all three of us with our pumpkins until after we left. But here's two of them!

Checking out the weird witch clothes.

 



We all had such a great time at both the festival and the pumpkin patch! We were so glad Dad had most of the day off so we could have some great Family time. I love building memories like these and I especially love seeing my little man so happy! Now Brody cant wait to carve the pumpkins!!