HALLOWEEN

Once again, another successful and fun Halloween. As many of you know Tyson absolutely loves this holiday because he gets to dress up. He's like my 3rd child. Each year he has come up with our "theme" for our costumes and this year was no exception. He has been dying to be Buddy the Elf (remember how he's my 3rd child?) and so my sister thought it'd be funny for Owen to be Papa Elf. I knew I'd be making both their costumes and since I'm lazy, I didn't want to make myself one. So I ended up being a present or a gift and wrapped my little big belly with ribbon. :)

Unfortunately Owen ended up having bronchitis throughout the weekend but once his antibiotics started working and the doc said he wasn't contagious we were able to make it to our ward's trunk-or-treat as well as the school's Halloween bash. But we were definitely bummed that we missed our annual friend's party....I guess next year!

Owen made the cutest papa elf ever. We got SO SO many compliments! He didn't wear the glasses for longer than it took to take this picture, but he did keep everything else on. Such a good sport.

(A big thanks to our friends for giving us some of these pictures! We can't find our camera battery charger anywhere and so we have limited pictures :( boo!)

 Not pictured is all of the fun Owen had with his buddies at the Midwestern party. Also, I failed to get a picture of Buddy sitting on Papa's lap! Oh well, it was pretty funny watching Tyson chase Owen around asking to have a tickle fight, haha. It was a fun and memorable Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch

I was dying to go to the pumpkin patch this year. I just knew that Owen would love it and I absolutely love celebrating Fall. It has finally started cooling down here (yay 80's!) and so we took advantage of the nice weather and headed to a nearby farm. We had a blast and it actually started down pouring while we were there! It just added to the fun. 

Owen LOVED the animal farm. He especially loved doing his awesome impression of a duck by saying "quack" in the most annoying but funniest way possible. :) He cracks me up. Here he is looking at the ducks.

Going on a train ride! This is when the rain started coming down...and hard! Owen was unsure in the beginning but once they got moving he loved it and didn't stop talking about it...oh wait he is STILL talking about it. :)

We ran to take cover in one of the "3 little pigs" houses. Owen wasn't too sure about it all.

After realizing we the rain wasn't letting up and getting soaked playing in it, we decided to take a break and head to dinner. The rain didn't even phase Owen. He loved it and it was so cute to watch him have so much fun.

Eating at Johnny Rockets was just the ticket. By the time we finished, the rain had stopped and the sun was out again. Hello Arizona :)

We explored some more and of course headed straight back to the animals. Funny story: Owen was looking in on the chickens and kept trying to touch them through the cage. I continued to warn him and then BAM! one nipped at him!! We couldn't believe it and neither could Owen. It was so funny and so sad at the same time! Owen started to cry but more because I think his feelings were hurt. :)

We enjoyed some duck racing, corn mazing and jumping in the bounce house. Unfortunately my camera died and I couldn't document the rest....especially the end of our trip when Owen got to choose a pumpkin. He thought that was the best thing ever!

I Love My Family

Quality time as a family is limited these days, so whenever we have a few minutes or hours we really try to use them well. This year is definitely harder than last and so Tyson is gone more studying, which leaves us missing him like crazy. This evening was well deserved and needed and all three of us had a blast.

We began the evening at Sweet Tomatoes for some yummy salads, breads, pastas, and ice cream.

Owen loves to make things for me in his play kitchen at home. So he thought it'd be fun to make me something "special" at the restaurant. =)

{pizza with pasta and ice cream on top}

After dinner we headed to the park to enjoy 70 degree weather. Owen LOVES to climb, run, and jump, so the park is Heaven. It was fun for Tyson to see everything he can do by himself since he never gets to come with us.

And last, after having a nice tubby, Owen cuddled up next to Tyson to watch some of his favorite show: Cars. Too cute.

We all loved every minute of it.

Hello Third Trimester

Stats:

28 Weeks

Cravings: anything sweet and milk

Acid reflex is AWFUL and makes me throw up often...blah. 

Definitely hit the tired stage and napping is a must.

Baby boy is measuring 2 weeks AHEAD and doc thinks he'll be an 8 pounder...oh dear.

Baby boy is SUPER active all. the. time. I am thoroughly in love.

Nesting has begun.

Weight gain: 16 pounds

Dr visits are now every two weeks. Yipee!

So far the blood pressure is actually LOW and so hopefully we will not revisit pre-eclampsia.

Baby boy already has some hair and has the cutest little button nose.

Baby boy is still nameless....sigh.

My hips remembered looooong ago how to widen to prepare for baby boy. Darn.

I am carrying normal or high, which has given my siatic nerve a break from when I was pregnant with Owen, but now brings new pain in the rib cage. But overall my body (as mentioned before) DEFINITELY remembers how to be pregnant. ;)

I simply cannot wait to meet this little one. I can't wait for Owen to meet him too. He is already wanting to hold the baby's hand and comes up to me often to kiss my belly unannounced. So sweet. The countdown is on and surprisingly I am more thrilled than nervous. I'm sure those nerves will come soon enough. :)

The excited "older" brother. I can't believe he's going to be the older one soon! ahhh!

28 weeks along and growing A LOT

Just like Daddy

Owen is in love with his daddy. He loves to do things he loves to do. Since Tyson is big into biking now, Owen wants to be too! I think a bike might be one of his gifts this year for his birthday. 

I think they both make some pretty cute bikers!