Baby News

I went to the doctor last week and found out I am farther along than I thought! I am now 12 weeks along (I thought 9) and Bryan and I got to hear the heartbeat at the appointment. It was in that minute that the baby became real to me and the information I knew in my brain went into my heart and I loved my baby through that sound. We have a due date of June 3rd. Emily was very disappointed that she won't be getting a baby for her birthday present at the end of July. But I am feeling good that I will have the baby before the summer heat. We will find out the baby gender at 20 weeks which will be around the 15th of January.
Today we went on a tour of Mrs. Cavenaugh's Chocolate Factory. I ate 4 chocolates and bought 3 other bags of candy. I loved every bite and got excited for Christmas treats. For anyone asking- milk, not dark. :)
Thanksgiving plans for next week are to have Bryan's parents, his sister & her husband, possibly his 2 brothers and our friend Kadia from Iowa. Should be good times. In our church primary class we've been talking about being thankful- seriously we are so blessed!

Halloween

We made our second annual trek to the Barnyard Boo in Lehi. Emily went on 4 pony rides and we made bead bracelets, frosted cookies, got balloons made and watched a spooky movie. We all had a good time. Here's our spider ring collection. Emily picked out the white bride spider for me and the black groom spider for dad.


We carved our pumpkins on Monday night. The girls each carved one of their own design and Bryan carved his monster pumpkin into a surprised face. Emily got brave and reached her hand into the pulp-seed goosh. Ashley didn't want anything to do with gooey guts and was mad they were in her pumpkin.

For Halloween night Ashley dressed as a princess with a crown, a pink hat, one glove, a magic wand, pink dress and tights. Emily was a black cat with whiskers, a tail and ears that could light up. Dad was a pirate and I was an M&M. We went out trick-or-treating for an hour and let the kids eat 15 candies and then we were done with candy. The girls got out dress-up clothes 2 weeks ago and have made this their new game every day. So I am guessing it will seem like Halloween every day in my house for a while.