24 weeks!

Okay, so here's the 14 week belly picture and the 19 week belly picture for reference. But ACK! I'm 6 months already... where has the time gone?!?

I had the bright idea of enlisting my three year old in picture-taking this time. This was the first shot:


Um, yeah. And while not perfect, this is what she took the second time :)


How far along: 24 weeks

Sleeping: Sleeping sucks now. Having alot of round ligament pain and baby is sitting on my tailbone. OUCH!

Total weight gain: Not sure, I turn my head when the scale appears at the Dr.'s office :)

Movement: Baby is all over the place these days, esp. at night. Justin can feel him/her and even see my belly move now.

Food craving: Burritos and El Pollo Loco chicken.... an improvement from Chili cheese fries I suppose.

What I miss: Not feeling tired all the time. The exhaustion is setting in.

What I look forward too: the big ultrasound in two weeks. Still not finding out the sex, but it'll be nice to see the baby :)

Milestones: We've chosen a boy name and we're very close to choosing a girls!

How am I feeling: Like I finally have that "I'm done" feeling. I didn't feel like this after Jake was born, but I am really content with the knowledge that this will be our last baby. I truly feel like our family is complete, which brings me joy. Plus, my body is taking this pregnancy much, much harder than the other two. Three babies in 4 years takes it's toll, but it'll be worth having those close sibling relationships :)

'Night Before Christmas' Halloween cupcakes

The littles and I made some yummy capcakes yesterday. Most were given to Lauren's classroom and daddy's work for a little Halloween cheer. The remaining ones were inhaled by a pregnant lady and her cupcake lovin' kiddos :)

AV Harvest Festival

This was our second year at the AV Harvest Festival. Last year our puppy and kitty were a little young to get the whole concept, but this year they seemed to "get " it. And once they had been there for a little while, their shyness wore off and they had a good time.

Here are Minnie Mouse and the Dinosaur ready to par-tay:


Once we got inside, the kids decorated their goody bags:



After the bags were ready to collect their loot, the games began. And lemme tell you, Lauren and Jake played A LOT of games, as evidenced by the amount of candy in their bags ;)


After almost two (exhauting!) hours of playing, we were I was ready to go... that is, after the littles got their popcorn :)


Fun time we had!

Time out

I walked out this morning to see poor Jake sitting with his head down in the middle of the floor in the living room. I said, “Hey brother bear, whatcha doing?”

And Lauren chimed in, “He’s in time out!”

“Did daddy put him in recovery time?” I asked.

“Nope”, she said, “I did”

So he sat there all pathetic, waiting for her to release him. So I told her that she’s not in charge of him, mommy and daddy are, and she says, “Well, I am the little boss”.

Oh Lordy…..

Pumpkin Patch 2010!

The Hubster and I took the kiddos to the pumpkin patch this weekend and as usual, they loved it :)

They rode the swings:


went down the giant slide:


rode on this little ride (which went 'round and 'round AND spun when they turned the wheel in the middle so they were giggling their heads off the entire time. This was their favorite ride):


and checked out the petting zoo:


The remainder of the time we spent going through the pumpkin mazes, climbing on the "funny, bumpy ones" and bribing them with candy corn to take decent pictures together :)


I was looking back on past years and I can't believe how much my babies have grown. Ugh! In October of 2007 I was in the ICU with Kidney stones so we didn't go to the pumpkin patch that year, but here's 2008 and 2009 :)