OK, Halloween costume pictures here...

And, Pumpkin carving here (soon, I promise)

Finally! Here's a link to Emily's new furniture...

Our day at the pumpkin patch....

Some misc. pictures...

I have more of Emily and Daddy carving her pumpkin, but I haven't uploaded them yet.

It works the best to just view them as the slide show (option in the upper right corner).

At Emily's last doctor appointment her Pediatrition asked if she had about 20 words or so in her vocabulary. I'd never really counted before so I said yes. But, it's been something I've been thinking about so I decided to write a list real quick, just off the top of my head, of her words. It is way more than 20, and I'm sure I'm missing some...

Daddy
Momma
Doggy
Meow
Backpack
map
water
lake
eat
light
dark
scared
I
me
my
toot-toot (train)
milk
stuck
blue
red
down
up
cheese
no
yay!
papa (Grandpa)
awwwww (while hugging)
fish
night-night
bye-bye
hi
hello
bite
bath
Pooh
poop
cow
rabbit
ribbit-ribbit
broke
Shhh (puts finger over her lips)
Max (one of our dogs)
eyes
nose
mouth
hair
ear
neck
feet
piggies
baby
ball
yum (when she eats something she likes)
bird
bear
whoa
wow!
tree
bug
butt


Like I said, I'm sure I'm missing some, but she is way over 20. I'm not saying she's a genius or anything, LOL, I just wanted to know.

Todays OB appointment went very well. I was a little concerned changing OB's so far along, but it was worth it. I really like my new doctor.

Appointment news:
Blood pressure is fine
No swelling at all (with Emily I was totally swollen by now)
I'm measuring 2 weeks ahead now (33 weeks) and she says he will be at least 8 pounds.
His heartbeat was about 130 bpm

I have to schedule a tour of the hospital and have a flu shot at my next appointment. I have to go every two weeks now. I'm just so excited that I get to deliver here, 15 minutes away, instead of the other place that was about an hour away. YEAH!!!

On another note, Emily has another cold. I swear starting classes with other kids has not been kind to her. It's nothing bad, just your ordinary cough/runny nose, but still, it's a pain! Luckily she doesn't act sick at all, so that tells me that she'll be over it soon. I started to feel it coming on yesterday, but today feel better, so hopefully Emily will be over it soon.

More shopping today...

Emily, my mother-in-law and I spent the day out and about shopping. We went to Babys R Us and I bought a few more things for his nursery. I got 2 vallences for his window, a light switch cover, some wall stick-ons and a changing pad cover, and it was $80---holy buckets that is a lot!!! They sure get the suckers who want to accessorize, don't they!

So I am starting to freak out a little...66 day until my due date. 66!!!!!!!!!!!

Mmmmmmmmmm, Mother-in-law!!!

My mother-in-law is the best, LOL!!! She keeps my pregnancy cravings in check by, just about weekly, bringing me a pan of something that she has baked or made. This week is my favorite; something she calls Special K bars. Oh man, they are the best!! They are peanut butter and chocolate with oooooooooey, gooooooooey goodness in between.

When the pan is empty I wash it and return it and it shows up again, FULL!!!

Is she great or what????

I just bought some cute wall hangings online for the nursery. It is done in Disney Peek-a-Pooh, from Babys-r-Us. I was going to try to make them myself, but decided to have someone else do it, LOL!

Cute huh!

Oh my God! How can a toddler make such a mess? It seems I am always picking up/cleaning up after her. I just have to shake my head and laugh, or I will seriously lose it!! :) I pick up one room, turn around and the room that I picked up previously is a mess AGAIN!!!

On a really cute note...
Emily sings the Spongebob Square pants theme song with the TV, starting with the Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh.... She holds that note a little long, but it is still too cute all the same.

I have to just stop looking back or I will never get this place clean.

UFFDA! 30 weeks pregnant, and I am feeling like it!!! I can't believe we went to Las Vegas when I was 30 weeks pregnant with Emily!!! I could never do that now, although, it does sound like fun!!!

Emily is getting new "big girl" furniture tonight. We got her a twin sleigh bed with a matching mirrored dresser and night stand. It is called Princess Bouquet, and is so pretty. It is light wood that is lightly washed pink with hand painted flowers on it. I will have to post pictures of the set tomorrow.

More pictures of Emily...
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stillbaby.jpg
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I had to post them as links. I hate blogger, LOL!!

First snow!!! It is snowing again right now!!!

It is even starting to stay on the ground. Here is a picture of our deck, with some snow on it.
It is also starting to accumulate on the lawns and roof tops. It looks so pretty! The pond in our back yard has also begun to freeze over. Looks like winter is on its way!
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Oooooooooooh, it's snowing!!! It is currently 34 degrees and snowing. How cool is that???!!! It's melting as soon as it hits the ground, but it sure looks pretty coming down. I guess I will have to dress us warm to go to school today.

BRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

Happy 19 month birthday, Emily!!!!!!

Wow! We are supposed to get snow tomorrow and Thursday, can you believe it? It won't be much, but still!!!
The cold weather is coming, so that means the holidays are on their way. And baby boy too!!! :) :)

Twenty-nine weeks pregnant today; wow, is the time flying by!!!! And, he STILL does NOT have a name. I still like Aidan or Aiden, but Bruce doesn't like it. I sure hope he has a name soon!

Other than being pretty tired most days, I am doing well, not much to complain about. Only 11 more weeks. Wow, that means only 11 weeks until Christmas, and I haven't even started shopping yet. I think I will be doing a lot of it online this year. I will be too huge and hormonal to even consider fighting through the stores, LOL!

Emily is growing up so fast! She now tells us "I stuck", and in the car wash yesterday it was "I scared". She also tells me, just before she does "I poo". In the tub the other days she told me that so I put her on the toilet and she went. I was sooooo amazed! She isn't even 19 months yet! Potty training may be in the near future, we'll see.

Awwww, our nephew and his wife just had their baby, the cutest little girl! They named her Lorelei Belle, and everyone is doing well.

Congratulations Adam and Carrie, and welcome to the world little Lorelie!!!!

OK, one more thing to complain about...

I HATE these bugs here in MN!!! I have these Asian Beatle things (they look just like Lady Bugs) and Box Elder bugs all over, on every window and screan, and I am sooooo sick of them!!! The lady bugs get in and hang out on my ceiling, and the others remind me of cockroaches and completely GROSS ME OUT!!! I keep sucking them up with my vacuum and hope they die in it. They are the grosses things in the world!!!!!!!!! Ewwwww, bugs!

Well, I passed my glucose test, my hemoglobins and antibodies are both fine (whatever that means, LOL) and, at 28 weeks, I have changed OBs. I know, it sounds crazy, but when I was first pregnant my regular clinic/hospital didn't have an OB. I was driving 40 minutes away for a 2 minute appointment. (Litterally, all she did was measure my tummy and listen to the heart beat and say "See you in 4 weeks.". Plus, it was just a clinic, and I would have to drive an insane distance and time to deliver at a hospital far away, to whichever OB was on duty. Now, I can go to my regulard doctors office, 12 miles away, and deliver at the hospital there as well. I am so excited about that!!!

Now, if I only had some foresight on when/how I will go into labor and who can be here to take care of Emily. I think now that is my biggest concern. My mom said she would come up, so that makes me feel a lot better. I'm sure she can be in the room with us, if need be, until my mom gets here. I'm just not sure how she will handle it. I don't want her to be afraid, you know?