Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween everyone! This year we have three pumpkins to paint. I got a little more creative this time around. The big pumpkin is Dave's. I painted it a witch. The second one is mine with a cat on top of a pumpkin and the last is Haley's. We'll just say it's her own creation haha. She said it's a cat, but um..not sure where the cat is. I spent like all evening on our two pumpkins. Haley picked what each one was going to be. I can't believe how well they all turned out. I was so proud of myself! :) I hope everyone has a save and Happy Halloween!!


P.S. I took Haley in for her 3 year appt. She weighs 33 lbs and was 75 % in weight. She was 39 1/4 inches and was 90 % with height. He said she was tall and skinny to sum it up. I talked to him about everything about now introducing peanut butter. We will be doing it soon and have some benedryl on hand just in case. (Dave might have a cashew allergy so we hadn't introduced peanut butter yet.) He said most kids that are as stubborn as Haley about food and sleeping are intelligent. That made me feel better. He also said that normally kids are not counting to 20 or doing their ABC's or writing their name by 2 years old. He said the average is 4 or 5. So, I guess we are doing pretty good with her. :)

Having fun

Haley and Grandma have been playing her new puzzles non-stop it seems like. She'll pull her table over to grandma's chair and then play all of them. Her favorite right now is her elmo one. These puzzles are the 3+ ones. You have like 25 pieces to put together. Haley does the bottom ones and grandma does the top ones. She's getting so good at them. It's amazing how fast she learns. Not sure why Haley lifted her shirt up on the one picture, but I thought it was funny. This is her cute Halloween outfit. I love the tights they are my favorite :)

Comparing pregnancies

I decided to look back and see if I could find some pictures when I was pregnant with Haley. So here goes. The top picture I was pregnant with Haley. The date was July 16th, 2005 and the second and third picture were taken Oct 29th. I seem to be a little bit bigger this time around I think. It would of been though 2 weeks more pregnant though in the recent pictures then the other pictures. I should take a picture with that shirt on and see what I look like. Anyway, everything seems to be going well. I feel like I'm getting huge and can't move around as well. Sleeping is getting a little bit worse, but not that bad yet. I'm gaining weight like a mad women now. I guess this pregnancy I will get bigger at the end, un like last one, I gained a alot at the beginning. The baby is moving around a lot. I have to have another ultrasound done to make sure she is growing right. I had a higher elevated growth hormone on one of the Triple test things. It was slightly elevated by like .06 %. Also, there are alot of false positives on these tests. I'm a little concerned about it, but I think she is growing fine. They also said it might show something is wrong with the palcenta or something. I just feel like everything is fine and I'm not going to worry. I have to get one on Dec 4th and then again when I'm 36 weeks. I'll be 30 weeks tomorrow! This pregnancy is really flying by. :)

White House Farms

Saturday we went to White House Farms with Dave's Dad, Patty, Lori, Logan, Jason and Jacob. It was much fun. We walked around their little store. I bought some crisp apples, donutes and some homemade noodles for chicken noodles soup. I'm gonna make some of that when Dave comes home. Dave's dad took Haley out to the kiddie corn maze, the slides and the fishing pond. She loved it. She was running around with all her older cousins having a great old time. We went over to the pumpkins next and she got a little pumpkin and a gourd. I don't know exactly what a gourd is used for, but she has one this year. She got her picture in the appletree and she was eating an apple at the same time haha. We had a good time and it wore Haley out. She walked around for 2 1/2 hours without being carried or the stroller. She was exhausted on the way home and feel asleep right when we got in the car. Haley did pretty good without naps in Ohio. I think Saturday was like 4 days in a row without a nap. She gave us a lot of trouble going to sleep every night though. I don't know why or what had happened to make her so out of sync at my mom's. She said she was scared every night and cried for a while. It was very strange and frustrating. I hope it's better next time we go. Overall, Ohio was a nice visit seeing everyone. It wore me out of course, but I tried to take it easy this time. I only saw most people in the evening. It worked out better for me that way. I missed having my husband there though. Everyone missed him to :)

Haley's Birthday from Ohio pic 1

We had Haley's birthday party on the 18th with our friends and family in Ohio. It turned out really well. We had some good food from GFS and Pizza Works. I hadn't had that pizza in forever and it was so yummy! Haley birthday cake was made by my friend Lyndsay. She did an AWESOME job! I can't wait to post the picture of us opening the box to see it. I have to post those later. We had a great turn out and Haley loved all her presents. Thanks for everyone who traveled to come see us (Brit and Heidi) and the family that came over. Haley got lots of clothes and toys. I think some of her favorites are her new guitar and her tea set. She loved them all though. I'll post more of the pictures soon.

Lisa's Wedding

We are back from Ohio...finally :) We had went to Ohio for Lisa's wedding. The wedding turned out really beautiful and everything went great. Haley walked down the aisle like a little princess, but didn't throw any flowers. Which we were just happy she made it down the aisle. Soon after though she was saying in a loud "3 year old voice" I have to go potty. It was kind of comical. I don't think anything was disturbed though. The ceremony was great and we saw them married. My feet hurt so bad though standing up there. I kept going from one foot to the other foot. We took some picture after the wedding and some outside. We were freezing!! It was so cold! I have to post the outside ones later, b/c Lyn took them on her camera and they are on an disk that is yet to be unpacked haha. The reception was great. The food was yummy and we all had a good time, but probably not more than others. I danced a little bit, but my tired pregnant body couldn't keep up with the non-prego people. I lasted longer then I thought I would. Haley lasted till about 8:30. Then it went down hill from there. Mom took her home around then. She did so well though all day long. She loved her flower girl dress and being dresses like a "princess." I was so proud of her behavior and how she carried out her "duties." We were a little late arriving at the reception so she didn't get to dance really. Only by herself, which was fine with her. Overall, everything was beautiful and Lisa looked stunning in her dress. I loved her dress almost as much as my own wedding dress :)

11:27 pm

I'm writing this in much frustration at my mom's house. I'm sitting here waiting for Haley to fall asleep. It's 11:27 at night. I have had the most horrible time getting her to go to sleep since day 1 of being at my mom's. She is either yelling and crying she's scared, or saying she's hungry. I'm just to my whits end about this. I don't know what to do. My child seems to be the only child in history to have major sleeping issues from day one. I don't know how much more I can take from this. She comes up with the excuses saying's she's scared, and I asked what she's scared of she'll say "A light" or " the window." Things that are crazy. She insisited on sleeping in the crib the first few nights here, and I thought okay, just so she'll sleep. But, that didn't work. Now she is sleeping in my old bed for the last two nights, which tonight would be night number 2, but she's still up. I'm honestly ready to start giving her some benedryl or whatever to get her to sleep. I don't really approve of doing that, but honestly, I'm 28 weeks pregnant and exhausted. I can't deal with this. Why is it my child? I have had such major issues with her sleeping from day 1. I just figured she would be totally over it by now, but nope. I guess I'm just lucky. I'm sorry I'm so frustrated and exhausted right now. I don't know what to do. I gotta go see why she's screaming she's scared again.

Sunday Outing

Yesterday I woke up and I wanted to IHOP for breakfast. Haley loves IHOP and Dave does to. So, I thought what a nice morning breakfast. So, we went to IHOP and it was yummy! I had a BIG TEMPATION OMELETE and pancakes. I ate it all :) Yeah, I guess I'm not really watching my weight to much. I'll just have to work harder once I have baby #2 :) It was worth it though. Haley had the baby cakes. She ate really well for her. We went to Target then and got Haley's halloween costume. She's going to be a puppy. It's so adorable! She had to wear it when we got home to. She wanted to be a lady bug, but I couldn't find any Lady Bug costumes that were cute, and not tutu's. I think at this age they should be cute things, not like witches and devils. That's only my opinion though. They have years to be those things. After Target, we went to the new park down the road. Dave and Haley both had a blast. Yeah, Dave. haha. He went on everything she went on. He still helps her with everything even though she can do most things by herself. It's cute though. I had to get a picture of him on top of the jungle gym thing. He jumped off of that and then hurt his shoulder somehow. He asks why he hurt his shoulder jumping 5 ft. My answer "Because your 29 years old, your getting old!!" haha. It didn't hurt long, but it was just funny him saying that. It was nice for me to just sit and watch and not have to run around after Haley. I was pretty tired that day, so it was nice and relaxing. Haley still loves the swings. I think she went on them like 3 or 4 times while we were there. It did wear her out though for the day. She went right down for her nap and woke up very happy. My mom had fun to watching her play on everything and pushing her on the swing. We have been waiting for this kind of weather for months now. It as like 73 degree's...perfect!! Unfortuantely, it's going to get up to 80's the next 4 days or so. We go to Ohio on Weds, so this will probably be my last post for at least a week. I'm not sure if I'll have any time to post while I'm there. We will be really busy with the wedding and her birthday party and visiting. We'll be back though!