Thanksgiving, etc.

We've had a busy last week or so celebrating Thanksgiving and getting ready for Christmas. Since I will be considered full term at the end of this week I wanted all of the decorations up early. We are all ready for Christmas and hopefully little girl will be able to celebrate with us instead of coming closer to New Years. (It would be good though if she waited at least another 3 days until I have more help arrive.) ;-)

34 Weeks

Here I am at 34 weeks with both kiddos. The swelling with Oliver is much more apparent; hopefully I won't have that issue with this one. The end of my pregnancy is quickly approaching!

Fall

Hello all! Here are some more pictures taken recently. The first batch is from when we went to the pumpkin patch with MOPS and the rest are when Lisa and I took the kiddos to a children's museum down in Berkley, CA. They had lots of fun painting on walls, splashing in water, driving trains, and pressing all the buttons in the space shuttle. It's fun that Oliver is getting to the age where he likes to do things like this and can wonder around with out mommy having to hold him. He's growing and changing so fast! His new thing is dipping his food in sauces...today he ate almost an entire apple (his new favorite fruit) and had to dip it in peanut butter because that's what mommy does. He even verbally said "thank you" after I handed him the apple. Also, I was writing something on a piece of paper and I said "let's see here" and he had to sit in my lap and lean over the paper, like I had been, saying "let's see" over and over again. It was such a little thing, but was so darn cute! Can't wait to see how he is with his new little sister; I think he'll be a loving and helpful big brother.

Happy Halloween!

What a great Halloween we had this year! Jeff had to work all weekend so Oliver and I attended a dress-up birthday party on Saturday. Sunday we went to church and that evening went back for Trunk-or-Treat. We decorated our car and I entered my Chicken Barley Chili recipe in the chili cook-off. With a whopping 12 entries, however, I didn't win. :( Luckily Daddy was able to meet us there and had a blast taking Oliver around to play the games, eat popcorn, etc. What a fun night we had and Oliver was a trooper for every bit of it! I can only imagine what next year will be like toting around a 2 year old and 10 month old. ;-D