Baby stuff has been taking over my blog for a while now so I thought I would not speak of anything baby except that I'm now 7 weeks and 1 day until due date *big gulp*.  I will post pics of all the things I've been working on later...

So the other week, I took the kids in for their annual eye exam that they get free from Costco every year.  At the end, the lady accidentally started to write KennaKat's prescription (she has perfect vision).  As she was about to throw it away, I said "Wait!  I can get free sunglasses for them with that!"  So she also wrote Ethylwolfe a scrip (for his perfect vision) and off we went to the eyeglass department to pick out their free pairs of sunglasses.  After having way too much fun trying on some crazy stuff, and a week went by, we ended with this...
Very excited kids wearing free custom lenses valued at $140 each that we paid $0 for!  Every year they'll get a free pair which is pretty cool, I'm sure they'll mess them up before a year rolls around :)

So today started E's 3 week winter break!  I'm excited to have him home again.  I need to get busy planning sleep overs and play dates.  I'm sure he'll want to have another "all-nighter" again soon, and I'm sure he'll be the only one that lasts past any significant amount of time.

Last night I stayed up till 4am watching the Colin Firth version of Pride and Prejudice, while making a mobile for the baby.  I shouldn't have started it so late, but it was sort of a celebratory "woohoo" for not having to wake up at 7am for the next 3 weeks to take the boy to school.  I went to bed when the husband was getting ready for work.  Sad.  I slept for 4 hours, played with the kids all day and am officially pooped.  I kinda feel like watching it again tonight.  Somebody slap some sense into me!

Next week E is giving his first talk!  He's so excited, and I'm even more excited for him!  He's been practicing for 3 weeks now.  The night he got the assignment, he immediately sat down at the meeting and started reading.  He has been wanting to give talks for forever and is so excited!  KennaKat wants to give talks too...perhaps in a few years, (I'm not looking forward to having to write talks for her).  I'm thankful that he got his assignment before my due date.  I was a bit worried about that.

My memory is shot, so forgive me if I have already shared the below pictures...

A few weeks ago, Kenna and I spent the day together downtown.  She had to ride the mechanical horse at Dolly's, I didn't have any quarters, so the owner kindly gave her some.  So kind.
One day in E's class, KennaKat and I were helping out with science and they were investigating wind.  The science kit included balloons and E's teacher gave Kenna one to take home.  30 minutes later, this is what she created...
Her name is Balloonie and she looks like a giant cucumber.  She wears a baby doll dress and a bonnet and has a heart sticker for a nose.  She carried this thing around everywhere and I loved it!  I guess I need to buy this girl some more balloons!  So, while we were out around town, she accidentally left it somewhere.  I didn't notice, and several stores later, neither did she.    On the way home I was thinking "hm, didn't she have Balloonie with her?"

Then I got a call.  One of the ladies at Bien Amie, a children's consignment store downtown, found Kenna's Balloonie and remembered that she was playing with it that morning `6 hours earlier` in the shop.  She happened to have my number from a purchase I made.  How she was able to remember us and match my name to the balloon beats me, but she did and we were ever so grateful!  

I'm trying to plan some fun crafts to do with the kids over winter break.  If you've got any fun ideas to share, please send them my way!
 
As the title already states, I'm pretty sure my nesting period is in full swing.  Every time I turn around, I find myself working on or thinking about projects for the baby.  So last week was the crocheting...no I haven't finished.  I started a baby scarf and I need another set of needles...  I've been thinking a lot about what I'm going to do about the baby bedding, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized, I really wanted to make it myself.  Of course I'm not much of a sewer At. All.  So I'm sure I'm setting myself up for disaster, but I figure I'll never know till I try. (right??)

So today, after finding myself wasting an hour and a half browsing cool stuff on pinterest, I stumbled on this image:
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http://wheretheorchidsgrow.blogspot.com/2012/06/flex-frame-pouch-tutorial.html
I know what you're thinking, it's not a quilt...haha, good guess!  But she has a great tutorial on how to make those individual hexagon quilt shapes, and initially I was thinking, I'm sooo gonna make this clutch.  Then I thought, why not use her tutorial and start making that babies quilt?!  It wont be covered in hexagons, it'll be more like grandma's garden style, but fewer flowers and a lot less time consuming. (one hopes)

I've also been thinking about what kind of fabrics I' want to use, and I started thinking if I waste money on tons of fabrics and it turns out to be a bust, then I'll be mad.  Which led me to my scrap bin...
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Have you ever visited the land of nod?  You can order free fabric samples for any of the bedding that they have.  I've got quite the collection growing since I've been looking for baby bedding ideas.  They are aprox 4" squares and I thought, hey FREE makes perfect for me, plus I don't have to bother picking out the fabrics.  Believe me, I'm the most indecisive person when it come to picking out fabric!

After a lot more internet browsing and youtube tutorial watching, I finally talked myself into getting started.  Why not at least see if I can do it??

So through running errands this afternoon, cooking dinner, and family worship, I'm pretty proud of myself at how much I've accomplished...

I finished sewing my first full hexagon flower, and sewed about 8 more individual hexagons, the rest of the fabric is cut and ready to be sewn as well.  Each tiny hexagon is 3/4 of an inch.  Very tiny!  My goal is to make one full "flower" a day and then I'll head to the fabric store and pick up the rest of the stuff needed for the blanket.  Hand sewing is sooo time consuming!  But will hopefully make it that much more special. (hopefully).
So that's my day.  Give me a day off and I'll forget about all the things I need to do and start yet another baby related project :)  11 weeks and 2 days to go!!  Let's hope I can finish :-D
 
Last week I had my ultrasound and glucose tests.  I am happy to report that the placenta has been pushed out the of way, and a scheduled c-section is now off the table *happy dance*.  Now I can go back to worrying about contractions and normal childbirth.  This baby is extremely painful every time she moves and if I get up too quickly, I'm plagued with stabbing stomach pains.  All of this unexpected stabbing pain makes me think about those contractions and how much worse they will probably be than with the other 2.   NOT looking forward to them coming.  In fact, childbirth would be so much easier without the hours of contractions that come before the push.  Ok, so yes, I'm whining!  But don't get me wrong, I am still completely thrilled that I don't currently have to think about having my stomach cut open and my insides pulled out to deliver my baby.  So incredibly thankful!  But still, I'm a wimp and I'm not looking forward to pain of any form :)

I'm still waiting to hear about my tests results for the glucose test.  It's been a week and I've heard nothing.  This is unusual.  Generally they post the results within a few days online or you get a phone call.  I've received neither.  I'm hoping this just means that the staff or lab is behind or being lazy.  Until I hear a definite I'm trying not to think about it too much....

I'm planning on trying a lot of new things with this baby.  Many of which have come a long way since my last go round 5 years ago.  Some of them being more "eco-friendly", hippy'ish" and others because I just want to try.  
  • For example: glass bottles...  I've always wanted glass bottles.  When I had Ethylwolfe, I couldn't find them.  When I had Kennakat she wouldn't take to anything.  And so with this one, I'm really hoping to give glass bottles a go.  But then I wonder, how will I feel when the baby lobs it across the floor and it shatters into a million pieces?  Will I be so determined to stick with my plastic free ways?  
  • Another example: washable diapers and wipes.  I shuttered at the thought when I had E. "how gross" I thought.  Then I had Kenna and it wasn't until I bought her potty seat that I discovered that they actually made cool looking washable diapers.  Not those terrible historic things of the past that looked terrible and leaked.  So I thought, if I have another baby, I'm gonna give it a go.... and now that the baby is coming, I have mixed emotions about my stand.  Watching youtube videos on how to care for them with graphic images of pooh that I swear I could smell through the computer screen was enough to think 'screw the landfills, there's no way I'm washing one of those!"  When I told the hubby my plan he said there is no way he would even change one of those, ever.   (we'll see about that.)  It all made me think more of what I wanted to accomplish -cheaper diaper bill, less waste, and I've now come to a compromise - washables at home, and disposable when we're out.  Mainly because I really don't want to carry rank smelling diapers in my diaper bag :)  
  • Also I' want to use washable wipes while we're home.  So I thought about that and my current attempts to get better at knitting and crocheting, so I set off to make tons of little square baby wipes (washcloths).  I purchased some really soft 100% wool, machine washable yarn yesterday and so far I've got 4 made.  I'm thinking 20 will do the trick.  It's quite hilarious to see how I'm really not equipped or able to make things unison.  My "squares" -especially the crocheted ones- are hardly that at all.  I can't count my stitches worth anything.  But this is good practice for me.  perhaps by my 20th washcloth, I'll be much better....or perhaps I'll end up ordering them off etsy, or begging my friends that know how to knit and crochet better than myself....I know where you live people!  _Ok back to my original train of thought... after I started putting time and effort into these yesterday, I concluded that I really didn't want baby poo on my pretty washcloths, so I have decided that I'll use disposable wipes for the messy jobs and my cute -sweat and tears- handmade lopsiloo wipes for the pee.  They make wipe warmers for washable wipes, so that's on my 'have to have' list.  It will keep them damp and warm and ready to go.  
  • Then there is the baby bedding issue.  You see, I always wanted a cute bedding set for the crib, but before E was born, a friend went out of her way to buy me a used set from a second hand store, she was really proud of how cheap she found it for.  I'm in no way against 2nd hand.  But the bedding was not what I had in mind at all and well, I hated it.  But I kept it, because well, it was a gift, it was thoughtful, and I'm cheap.  I can't very well buy a replacement when I already have one.  So for 2 babies, I kept the baby bedding that I hated and that was that.  7 years later, I still have that bedding that I hate, I am no longer friends with that person, and I say whatever to  frugality, I'm getting the baby bedding that `I` want!  I may actually have a theme *gasp*.  So I fell in love with a certain set years before getting pregnant with this one and I said, if I ever have another, this is what I'm getting, occasionally I checked to see if it was still there.  So guess what, while I was waiting to find out if I was having a girl, they sold out of it.  I've been looking on craigslist and ebay but haven't had much success.  Woe is me.  So now I'm stuck between searching for that and pondering over the idea of vintage baby room to be shared with her sister.  I'm thinking a nice vintage quilt and a granny stitch blanket.  But things aren't cheap if you dont have a granny to inherit them from, so I'm thinking maybe I can make my own quilt.  Forget the fact that I can hardly sew, I'll just dive head first into a nearly impossible task.  So I'm still pondering over that and how exactly one goes about making a quilt in a very easy way, that doesn't look really cheap and ugly.... I'm still searching on pinterest and youtube tutorials :)  But that idea would tie in nicely with the vintage theme that I already wanted to do for Kenna's room.  Anyone got any vintage "stuff" they want to throw my way?? :)

When I went in for my ultrasound, the lady started in 4D.  There were some really good poses from the baby, but she didn't snap the pictures soon enough to get them.  She did get this one, and I think it actually turned out well, even though I hate how creepy they look, I really liked this one.  I guess it helps that the baby is much bigger and more developed.  Doesn't that look like a hand next to her??  And she looks just like her siblings (go figure, it's like they are related or something!!)  When the lady (someone please tell me what they call the ultrasound person) did the measurements, she said she is almost 3 ibs already.  She asked how big my daughter was when she was born and I told her 9ib 3oz.  She said, 'well, it looks like this one might be even bigger!  Currently she's in the 75th percentile for weight....." GREAT!  Now I get to look forward to popping out another large baby!!  :)  But I'm glad she's growing and is nice and healthy -chunk and all :)

I'll be 28 weeks on Friday.  I can't believe how much time has flown by already!  In 12 weeks my world will be completely rocked!  It's exciting and daunting at the same time!  I feel like I'm expanding at an exponential rate, every day larger, every day I waddle more, every day I breathe a heavy sigh and chew on my Tums to keep this dreadful heartburn down.
And here are the projects my idle hands have been working on...
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4 down, 16 to go: From left to right: Green Knit with small needles, blue crochet, Purple knit with large needles, and green crochet.
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a super tiny scarf I'm knitting for the baby in hand dyed merino wool
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A scarf I just finished knitting for KennaKat from the scraps of another project. Just barely had enough. Hand dyed merino wool -super soft :)
 
I know I seem to be lamenting about the loss of time a lot lately, but really it's the middle of November already!  It didn't hit me until my husband was talking about work today and that next week is Thanksgiving.  Really?!  Every store I go into has hints of the holiday season, and I'm still thinking it's summer with a few surprised chilly days creeping in.  I'm so thankful that I don't have to worry about holidays.  Man, I'd be so stressed out all the time if I did.  Seriously, how does anyone find money to buy so much stuff?!

Enough about that... I get to have an ultrasound tomorrow, along with that wonderful glucose test.  Ugh.  Well, yay for the ultrasound part, but boo for that nasty glucose stuff.  I'm so nervous.  I don't want to have gestational diabetes or placenta previa, mostly though I don't want to have a c-section.  I've never had stitches in my life, and I'm none too eager to get them now.  I'm a serious wimp when it comes to cutting someone open, and stitching them back up.  

Monday I took my little sis to the ASL meeting in Raleigh.  Wow what an experience!  I had no idea what to expect other than signing and big screen tv's.  I wasn't sure how the commenting or singing or prayer would work.  I felt like I was in a different land.  Can you imagine what my biggest fear was?  Hearing someone fart in all that silence and hoping that I wouldn't crack up laughing.  Thankfully nobody did, and I was able to maintain my appropriate maturity level :)  So we arrived 30 minutes early and were some of the first few there.  It was so quiet, it's kind of overwhelming at first.  It's like my ears didn't fit in, such a weird feeling.  The friends were very warm and inviting (of course) and my little sister interpreted for me.  She has taken ASL in school for many years.  I was quite impressed.  She's the only one in the family that can speak another language.  Surprisingly she found 5 friends from school that go to this hall, and 2 instructors.  She was very excited.  I'm so glad that I took her despite how exhausted I was.  I know you're dying to know what the meeting was like so I'll tell you...

The songs are interpreted on a screen that shows images and then people signing different parts to the song.  Even though you couldn't hear anything and I don't understand the language one bit, I was able to feel the emotions emitted from the songs and even know what song was being played.  I didn't pick up my song book as nobody else used one.  And yes, I did attempt to "sing" along by mimicking the signs given, it was crazy.  So then we come to the prayer.  The brother signs the prayer and everyone stares at him.  His eyes were closed but he still gave facial expressions and it's incredibly strange to not bow your head when praying.  Then the meeting started and imagine my surprise when they aren't studying anything we are!  Thankfully a sister that we met before the meeting came over and shared her tablet with us with all of the material for the meeting.    The reading of the paragraphs for the Bible study were recordings of brothers signing, and then it'd break in with clips of another brother signing the scriptures.  It was all really neat.  Currently they only have Matthew-Revelation and Genesis interpreted so their Bible reading was completely different, and the brother came up and mimicked a recording  of a brother signing the scriptures that he was watching.  The sister sitting with us said that they either do that, or they will take notes of the recording and sign those.  It was strange that nobody had books to look at.  They either had pieces of paper that they put notes on for the different parts or a tablet of some sort with the info on that.  The last 2 parts on the KM were the same, and the sister interpreted the comments for me.  Oh the comments!  I can't forget that part!  So there are cameras in the ceiling, you know the black glass domes that are in department stores.  And the person working the "sound station" would zoom in on the person giving the comment and they would pop up on the screen and sign their answer.  Some sat but the majority stood when they commented because somebody was blocking them in front.  I would be so embarrassed to stand up and give a comment on a big screen like that!

The craziest part of the experience was how exhausted my eyes were.  If you look away, you can't follow along, so my eyes were glued to the screen and my eyes really hurt afterwards.  I mentioned that to another sister after the meeting and she agreed that you go through that when you first start coming.  So I'm glad to know it wasn't just me being weird!  We really enjoyed ourselves and it was really nice meeting the friends!

We had our SA this past Saturday.  Man I really miss going to Salisbury!  We get so spoiled here in the states that when things aren't perfect, it's easy to get negative, especially when we have something nice and it gets take away from us.  The day started out really well, but after lunch I felt like I was dying.  It was a sauna in there, and my feet swelled up like balloons, I couldn't even put my foot in my shoe to get up and walk around, because it was so hot, I got really claustrophobic with too many people around and the lady in front of me kept putting her hair on me.  I couldn't breathe and nearly broke into flat out sobbing tears.  Then I thought that I was going to faint. Fortunately I was able to keep my composure, but I'm a crazy, uncomfortable, hormonal pregnant lady - I can't control my emotions like I'd like to.  Even the people sitting on the ice floor were fanning themselves, so   I slept with a bag of ice on my feet most of the night, thankfully after 24 hours, my feet finally cooled off and went back to normal size.  That was the first time my feet swelled during this pregnancy and hopefully it will be the last.  I have such a crazy internal heater, my body freaks out when it gets hot, always has, and of course it's craziness gets amplified when I'm pregnant.  Despite the personal discomfort that I was going through, the Spiritual Food was right on, and I really enjoyed the points brought out.  I enjoyed the interview with our new CO and his wife, we don't get to have them until December, so it was like a sneak preview of what we'll get in a few weeks!  And it was awesome seeing brother Ashe who was our CO many many years ago.

So those are a few of the happenings my way.  I will post the few pictures I took at another time.  And I'll be sure to share the updates from my Dr visit tomorrow.  I can't wait to see my baby girl again!! 
 
I'm in complete perplexity over where October is going?  Is it really just 3 more days before being gone?!  Even though I'm not too happy about how quickly time passes by, I am not sad to see October go.  I'm anxious for November and December to come with our Special Assembly day and CO visit.  I'm looking forward to a nice big helping of spiritual food!

I really appreciated the Wt for today.  Such great reminders from the SC!  I appreciate the love they show for us with the reminders and by putting things so simply, you have to want to not notice in order to not get it.  

Also thinking of the storm that's moving up the coast.  Thinking of all of the friends who may go through tough times this week.  The possible wind damage, flooding, power outages, and snow...I hope everyone stays safe, warm, and dry.

To end on a high note, what do you think of KennaKat's new look?  For the past 3 days, she is quite frequently seen looking just like this.  Her name is Dr. Charming (or something like that) an she's the alter ego of KennaKat.  Quite hilarious.  And of course I can't look at her without cracking up :-)  Never a dull moment with this one!

 
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Photo: Courtesy of KennaKat -I told her to make sure she got my belly and she did. Guess next time I'll tell her to include my face as well :-)
I'm 24 weeks pregnant!  Well over half way now and definitely feeling "larger".  


So a few things that I have learned and other updates:
 really, to think you'd still have things to learn even on your third seems kind of crazy (I like to think I'm a humble pregnancy "know-it-all" open to suggestions, but until given new information, like to thing I'm familiar with all things "pregnant").

1. No 2 pregnancies are the same...even for yourself, crazy.
2. I felt like an idiot today - I googled pregnancy calendars to find out what official month I was in because the weeks and months don't really add up, I was curious to see what the "experts" said on the matter.  Little did I know, even though you carry the baby for "9 months" you go by 4 weeks to the month, which puts me at 7 months today and the term ending in the 10th.  I was not ready for this.  Already I feel like this pregnancy has gone by too fast, and instead of thinking I'm about to begin my 6th month, in reality I've lost a month completely!  Now you could reason and say that since I am just learning the new "10th month" rule, really I didn't lose a month at all...I say "I'm pregnant and I don't feel like being reasonable" :-P  I'll be sad about losing my month and feeling too close to the end if I feel like it!
3. I hate being pregnant.  I don't see how anyone could love this feeling of constantly being uncomfortable and changing and being moody and hormonal and tired and feeling like someone hooked a vaccuume up to my insides and it's draining everything out of me that I could possibly have in there...
4. I love the feeling of growing life inside of me.  Yes, I know I just said that I hate being pregnant, but anyone has to admit that feeling a tiny living being inside of you has got to be the most amazing thing you could ever experience!  I feel sad for those that want to have kids but physically can't.  Though I envy their prebaby bodies and all the things that babies do to destroy your body while growing inside of you.
5. The leg cramps are back!  Yep, I woke up in the middle of the night last night in piercing agony from the leg cramps that come every time I'm pregnant.  No fun.
6. I hate you heart burn, it comes early and lasts till I give birth.  It is terrible.  I hate it.  Enough said.
7. I'm still terrified of having to have a c-section from my placenta previa.
8. The majority of people are nicer to pregnant people.  I've never really been one of them, though I think I might try harder to be in the future. (Wait, Wait!! I'm not saying I'm a jerk to pregnant people, I just treat them with the same courtesy and kindness that I would anyone, nothing extra special)  But I do enjoy the extra dose of sugar that most people bestow on ladies in my state, it makes me feel special, especially in my current hormonal state.
9. OBGYN dr's and nurses do not treat pregnant people with extra sugar.  But they always offer a helping hand to sit up after your rather embarrassing "down there" exams.  I don't need a helping hand.  I don't like them.  And I always find myself being shocked by the gesture and then pausing for a moment to weigh the options :Accept their hand after they so rudely poked and prodded your tender girl parts and feel awkward accepting help where you don't know how to. OR help yourself up and snub their efforts.  I always choose the first one, but it's still very awkward. 
10. My lap is slowly disappearing.  I miss my lap and the ability to hold the kids on it comfortably.  Now they sit on the lower part of my upper legs and lean back...thus leading to point #11
11.  I have never had a more tender belly in any of my other pregnancies than I do in this one.  Any tight clothing, pressure, weight on my stomach is incredibly UNCOMFORTABLE!  I've felt the discomfort in the other pregnancies.  But this time it takes my breath away and makes me want to cry in pain.  Sooo. Not. Cool.
12. At my next dr visit, I get to have another ultrasound.  I've been very spoiled with all of the extra ultrasounds that I've received during this pregnancy.  And I'm loooving it!  I'm also really hoping that my placenta will have moved to it's required position.
13.  This baby is super wiggly.  I felt her sooner than any of my others.  At 2 1/2 months, she was doing somersaults in there and it felt like I swallowed a very fluttery butterfly.  I have always been able to feel my babies a lot sooner than the drs say you can which is awesome.  The other 2 were right around 3 months.  This girly is wiggly just like her sister.  I'm starting to think  that either girls in general are more active and fast-paced than boys OR the more likely story, girls in this family are genetically predisposed to being feisty.  You decide.
14. This pregnancy wins the awards for most painful, highest quota of carbs craved, highest level of nausea, and overall biggest pain in my butt.  But I am relishing it even more than my previous ones, I don't know why, maybe because I'm getting "older".
15. I'm pretty sure I'm going to need to invest in depends after this 3rd birth.  Already on more than one occasion I've forgotten to "clench" when sneezing and peed my pants.  My bet is that I wont be able to clench anything after this baby comes sliding out.
16. I get to take the wonderful gestational diabetes tests at my next visit.  Something is telling me that it's going to come up positive this time.  I don't know why that may be -perhaps the amount of sugar and carbs that I crave have something to do with that?
17. I still haven't settled on a single baby name.  All of my favorite names that I had saved from being pregnant with Ethylwolfe are all used up by people we know.  So I'm still searching... suggestions are appreciated, as long as you don't mind my laughing at them :-)

So that wraps up my current pregnancy state.  I just asked the hubby to take a shot of my belly, this is what he got...

Happy weekend everybody!!
 
Seriously, can someone tell me where the last 5 years have gone?  My baby girl turned 5 on Tuesday and I have been trying my best to ignore that fact for 2 days now.  But she's reading and writing and acting so grown up, it's hard to pretend she's not getting older every day.  She had to get her booster shots on Wednesday and she was so brave.  By the last shot, she released one crocodile tear down her cheek as she squeezed my hand.  No tears, no screams, just bravery.  She says I can brush her hair hard now because she's 5 and won't cry or say ouch, because she's big.  I don't want her to be big, I want to keep her this age forever, have tea parties and play make-believe.  It's sad and amazing to watch your kids grow up.  And I can honestly say that KennaKat becomes even more amazing and awesome every day.  I enjoy every moment we get to spend together and am so thankful that her birth was "after the cut off" and she gets to spend another year with me before beginning school.  She has such a sweet and kind disposition and is so incredibly thoughtful and wonderful!  Full of life and spirit and imagination, this girl is FUN!  I love you my sweet girl!  Please stop growing up so quickly!
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I love you my sweet girl!  You are my sunshine!

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10/12/2012

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The past few days have been pretty crazy...  I need a little silly in my life right now so I thought I'd share some very random pictures that I forgot to blog about.  So enjoy and I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Back in August we had some friends over for pizza night after the convention, at some point, I'm not sure when or how it got started, but at some point, the toddler game "Break the ice" was brought out and the dads ended up in some pretty serious break the ice tournaments.  There may or may not have been some tears involved, I'm not at liberty to say...
So this is boredom at it's finest... took E for his 7 year check up and we were stuck in our patient room with nothing to do for about an hour.  We were bored out of our minds.  At some point I started braiding my hair in the front...it's so long I couldn't resist.  Well E got such a big kick out of it, we get pretty into it for a while.  The next thing we know the dr comes strolling in while I'm looking like this and doing strange man noises.  I quickly tried to compose myself, but I wasn't able to do it quick enough.  The dr got quite a chuckle out of our silliness.
While at the beach with the family, we got to engage in a bit of family worship with the whole family.  P&K brought some fun wigs and dressed E up as Moses for our 10 Plagues reenactment.  Cutest mini old man ever :)
The funniest looking Aaron EVER!! :)
And, the most adorable Egyptian Girl Ever!


And that sums it up for me!  Good night :)
 
A Friend of ours is due in a few weeks so of course a baby shower was in the works by a few of her friends and family.  It was meant to be a surprise, but her hubby isn't that great at keeping secrets *sigh*  I didn't take a ton of shots but I did manage to get a few, though they aren't that great.  The party was set up under some large trees and it was so pretty and eclectic!
Terribly terribly blurry!  But it's the only one I've got of the area...
KennaKat thoroughly enjoyed having her friends there to play with!
KFC was incredibly patient to open her gifts!
Here they are opening my gift!  BC was sooo helpful with opening presents, I don't think she knows of half the things they got that night :)  hopefully she'll have time to go through it all before the baby comes. :)
2 of the 3 onesies I made for her.

They received so many personal and handmade items, it was very sweet!


They also got tons of baby blankets...this is going to be the warmest baby ever!!
A Leah Sandwich, squashed between two pregnant ladies :-) One due in 2 weeks, the other due in 19 weeks!

The evening ended with a nice fire!  


What a great evening for someone who thought she wouldn't get anything for this second baby... my how wrong she was :-)  We love parties and celebrating, especially new life!  Happy shower Heather, can't wait to meet your little girl! :-D
 
Last night was a major "I don't feel like cooking night".  
Somehow we ended up at Kanki, thanks to my pregnant lady cravings...
I say smile and this is what I get! SHEESH!  It's like pulling teeth!
Trying not to smile since Brother didn't smile...
The kids menus turned into cool chef hats, I thought that was a nice new touch since the last time we've been there.
Kenna made me wear her hat and insisted on taking my picture...it took 10 minutes and the hat falling off 20 million times, but she got it.
The most entertaining part to me is watching the kids when the fire comes...
And that's our night!  I didn't feel full until the last bite and then I felt like a 100 ton whale.  Ahh pregnancy.  We ended the night by picking up some ice cream on the way home.

Love impromptu family outings :)