Halloween 2013!

Another Halloween has come and gone. The kids were really looking forward to it this year. Rose got all excited every time she saw a ghost, pumpkin or witch and had to make sure to point them out whenever she saw one. Isaac kept going back and forth if he was scared of things or not (he even said he wasn't going to Trick or Treating but changed it later when he found out his friends were going).

Here are pics leading up to Halloween and of Halloween night.

First up is pics from the Boo Bash that we went to at the community center on base.

 "Dash" and "Woody" posing for the camera. 

 These boys are so silly 

 Rose chose her Minnie Mouse costume for tonight. 

 Playing with the balloons

 This face is waaaaay to funny!

 Rose watching the other kids dance 

 She kept holding onto the little charm on the dress

 Isaac in the pumpkin 

Rose in the pumpkin

Pics of just around the house.

 He got Halloween playing cards in the mail that he was trying to make into an "S".

 New letter magnets too

 Rose had picked out toy at the store the other day and it was a little tiara with clip on earrings. She loved the earrings! Such a little girl!

 Rose climbed into the box and Isaac and her pretended it was a train.

 Chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga….

Choo choo!

Halloween!

 Helping take the "pumpkin guts" out. This was the night before Halloween. 

 He actually put his hand in this year! The previous he wouldn't do it haha

 Rose helping out now :)

 Our Witch pumpkin

 Our ghost on the white pumpkin the kids picked out

 We got enough candy to hand out that it barely fit in the 5gal Home Depot bucket!

 Isaac and Rose, ready to Trick or Treat! 

Isaac is Dash from The Incredibles and Rose is Sofia from Sofia the First :)

 Rosie

 Isaac. His mask kept shifting so he ended up taking it off

 I think she was saying Trick or Treat haha

 My little Princess

Isaac and his buddy Berkley dressed as Batman (he even did the voice and everything!)

At the end of the night, this was all the candy we had left from our 5gal bucket.. I say we bought just enough!

Trick or Treating went very well. Both kids were troopers and walked the whole time we were out (about an hour) which is a good thing since I didn't even bother to bring a stroller. I got tired out before the kids did haha. Isaac, who had been telling me he didn't want to go because he was scared, ended up not being scared of anything, even the houses that were dark/scary while walking up to them. Rose surprised me by how well she was willing to walk and hold my hand. Her tiara she was wearing kept slipping down her face and she would stop, push it back up, and keep on walking. I tried taking it off she wouldn't have to get bothered by it, but she wouldn't let me. These kids are getting so big!

Speaking of big, here is an updated belly picture of me with baby #3! I am 24weeks along in this picture:

That's all for now! Hope everyone else and a safe and fun Halloween!

First half of Oct 2013 - Lego exhibit and pumpkin patch

I can't believe Halloween is going to be next week! Seems like we just got here and moved into our house, but it's been 5 months since then. Time flies! 

Here are pics from Oct up until now. Hoping next week I can update with Halloween pics :)

 Daddy was trying to relax on the couch, Good luck!

 Look at all that hair!

 Sitting on her daddy's head haha

 Handsome boy

Matt peeking through haha

We got Isaac's costume in the mail and he was SO excited!

Rosie got a chair like Isaac's :)

Building with lego's together 

The Bishop Museum swapped out their Dinosaur exhibit with a Lego one. Isaac loved it!

 Having fun in the lego race car

 Trying to locate the pedals

 Tired of me taking his picture haha

 He's a lego guy!

 Playing with giant, foam lego's

 Checking out the all the cool things made out of lego's

 "Mommy, look!"

 Matt and Isaac playing on the computer where you can "make" 

a lego vehicle then watch it travel around the world

 Rose wanted to help out

 Building his car to race

Racing his car. He won! (his was also the only 

on racing, but I didnt want to make him feel bad lol)

 Playing with new pumpkin flashlights

 Glowy Isaac

Glowy Rose

 They made a "bridge" with books haha

 Got Rose a Sophia the First costume :)

 She was really into the charm that was attached to it

Last weekend we went to the Pumpkin Patch. We didn't get a pumpkin but we did get green beans and corn :)

 Matt pulling the wagon that the kids are riding in

 Checking the tractor during the hay ride

 Best pic I could get of them on the tractor ride. Rose did  NOT want to be on it!

 Picking green beans

 Showing off the beans we gathered so far

 Posing by the corn stalks

 Matt picked corn while we picked beans. We got 36 ears!

Hauling our load back to the van with our helpers pushing the wagon

That's all there is for now! Next week I should have some Halloween pics to post.

Anatomy Scan for Baby #3

So after almost 23weeks pregnant, I finally had my anatomy scan. The first thing we told the ultrasound Tech was that we didn't want to know the gender, which she was very willing to accommodate for us (she didn't even write it down in the charts so that it won't accident slip by my OB at my appointments). The baby was very active during the whole thing, constantly kicking and moving around. She got great images of the heart and she said the heart looked very healthy, as did the blood flow from the cord. The baby had a heartbeat of 147 and weighs an estimated 1lb already. 

There is one small concern though. The baby's stomach is measuring about 6 days behind the rest of the body (such as head and hips area) making the baby's stomach only in the 8th percentile. Baby's need to be in at least the 10th percentile for them not to worry. I go back on Nov 14th for an updated ultrasound to be done to remeasure and see how things are progressing. If the stomach is growing, then the baby is probably just on the small side, but if it's not, then there might be something wrong such as the baby isn't getting what it needs from the placenta or it has IUGR. 

There is also another possibility that I am not as far along as I thought I am, since I never did get an dating ultrasound in the beginning (the ultrasound tech was baffled as to why they didn't schedule me one since my cycles are very irregular. I was told by my OB and registration nurse that they just go by my LMP either way). 

So keep fingers crossed that the baby starts growing properly, otherwise I will probably have to have ultrasounds every 2-4wks until they decide the baby isn't gaining anything from me and decide to induce before my due date. 

Here are pictures from the scan. Most are profile pictures since we couldn't get any "down below" haha.

 Skeletal shot of the baby (ready for Halloween?? haha)

 Baby's foot, awe so tiny!

 Nose and lips!

 Profile 1

 Profile 2

 Profile with legs bent

Profile with knee by the face

Profile with hand by the face