Happy Halloween Everyone!

Halloween and October are officially over and done with and NOW I can start focusing on the next holiday....Thanksgiving.  I can't WAIT!  Every day that goes by is one day closer to me being able to hold my sweet baby angel Piper....But until then, I will summarize Lucy's 2nd Halloween- the last one where she will be my only child!

We carved pumpkins last weekend, and it was cute to watch Lucy paint hers.  She's obviously too little to carve, so we let her go crazy with the finger paint.  Last year she was intrigued by this, this year she was ALL about it!  She got paint everywhere and absolutely loved every second of it.  I LOVE watching this little girl get "creative." 
On the actual day of Halloween, we didn't do much.  But Lucy was pretty as ever in her Fall shirt and big smile.  Have I ever mentioned how cute she is???

When Shawn got home we dressed up and took Lu to a Halloween Carnival.  It sounded really fun in theory...but HUNDREDS of people and hyper kids crowded inside a small church with narrow hallways didn't make it the best place to take Lucy this year.  She people-watched and ate some buttered popcorn, but other than that, she didn't really understand what the heck was going on.  We stayed and tried to play a pirate game and she did a "bake walk" but we decided to ditch the crowd after about 30 minutes. 

Look at those eyelashes!

Shawn went as the Duck Commander.  He makes me laugh!

I guess I should mention that Lucy was a beautiful butterfly!  She was so darn cute, I took too many pictures (as always).  But you might notice that she isn't smiling in a single picture in her costume!  Nope.  She was stone-faced the whole time.  It wasn't until we got home and stripped her costume off that she ran around naked shrieking and laughing.  She likes to be naked a LOT more than she liked being stuffed into a hot pink body suit with wings :) The only part of the costume she liked was her face paint and glitter.  Oh, and she really liked blinking into my mascara wand.  She knew what I was doing and happily blinked for me to apply it with a big smile on her face.  She is SUCH a girly girl! I absolutely love it!

Bath time! Good night and Happy Halloween!

It was a good day.  Can't wait to take my witches and spider webs down and put my turkey decorations up tomorrow.  I hope everyone was safe tonight and all the sweet kiddos that I love had a fun holiday!  Happy Halloween everyone!
 

32 Weeks!

Well, we made it to yet another pregnancy milestone! 32 weeks!  For those of you who may not know (and those of you who care)....there are 6 major pregnancy milestones (but every week is a little milestone since these little munchkins change and develop SO much each day).

They are:
Making it to week 13- first trimester is done and your chances of miscarrying are slim-to-none!

Making it to week 25- at this point, your baby's life can be saved if born after this week (with a whole lot of medical intervention, but saved, nonetheless!) Man, was I relieved to get past this milestone!

Making it to week 32- all organs are developed!  Lungs still need more work and the brain is still "getting smarter" but everything is pumping away! Congrats Piper, we've made it this far! :)

Making to week 35- at this point, they say the lungs are most likely strong enough to withstand breathing on their own!  Baby is just adding fat under his/her skin right now, and her bones are getting stronger.  Girl's lungs develop a wee bit faster than boy's lungs, so the little men need to get to 36 weeks for their "lung safety."  If you are on bedrest, doctors say that you can get up after you've made it through 35 weeks.  That's good news for all those miserable bed rested Mama's!

Making it to week 37- Yay- you made it to TERM!  You can now have your baby and smell her too ;-)  Your baby is finished developing and it just hanging out and getting plumper and stronger by the day (I prayed Lucy would come at 37 weeks, but she didn't want to.  Will Piper be my obedient daughter? Let's hope!!)

Last milestone: Labor and Delivery- biggest milestone if you ask me.  Enough said!

I am so relieved each and every time I meet one of these imporant weeks.  It's so amazing how Heavenly Father has such a unique plan for Mother's and their baby's.  I mean really- it's just incredible.  A tiny little cell that grows into a human being inside the womb of a woman.  Even though pregnancy is very uncomfortable, I feel extremely thankful that I get to experience God's biggest (but tiny!) miracle :)

Also, I'm very happy to have almost made it to November.  I was going through my calendar for the next 8 weeks writing down all that needs to get done in time for Christmas, Thanksgiving, and a new baby, and I was feeling very overwhelmed with all of my to-dos!  But then I realized that I should be thankful!  It just means that *hopefully* the next weeks fly by, and *hopefully* Piper will be here before I know it!  Maybe all of the busy work will put me into labor early.  Haha, once again... *hopefully*.

First big snow of the season!

My little princess :)

Until next time!.... Have a good week and a SAFE and Happy Halloween!

P.S. I should mention (for prosperity's sake) that I broke my toe on Friday (and in my 32 wk pictures I was hiding my big bandage with slippers).  I was digging through the pantry shelf for some hidden candy I have stashed away (I KNEW I shouldn't have been eating that junk) and down came a can of diced tomatoes. The lip of the can hit my big toe in JUST the right place.  It cracked open my toenail, chipped my bone, and caused a break below the chip.  Who knew diced tomatoes could be dangerous enough to break a big toe in 2 places??  Lesson learned- Never eat candy again. HAAAA YEAH RIGHT!

Park Days

We are BIG fans of the park and playground here now that Summer is officially over and we aren't going to the pool everyday....Except, Monday is supposed to be 80 so maybe we'll jump in the water one last time!

Anyway, here are a few pictures of what Lucy's been up to the past 2 weeks.  Lucy is obsessed with the slide.  She zooms down it over and over and over.  Love that little girl :)

Enjoy!

Yep- it's football season!!

29 weeks!

Love her big front teeth with the big gap in the middle :)

Lucy and Mommy with matching guitars

This one makes me smile :)

Happy Girl at her Playgroup!

Until Next time.....Bye Friends!