Swinging

We quite obviously had another fun morning at the park!

The 1st Jack-O-Lantern

Last night for Family Home Evening, we decided to turn one of Brychan's pumpkins into a Jack-O-Lantern. Brychan had a blast! I apologize the photos aren't very good and are mostly blurry - but he was too excited to just stand still. As soon as David carved the face into the pumpkin, Brychan just kept saying "Pumpkin, teeth!" over and over. He rolled his little pumpkin all over the kitchen and it was the first thing he asked about this morning. Maybe today I'll manage to get a good photo of him with his first Jack-O-Lantern!

*Oh, and please disregard the messy kitchen! :)

I'm DONE!!

Done with my midnight snack of Rolaids and a glass of water,

done with cramping legs

and a huge belly

no energy

and no more sleep,

Done with this pinched sciatic nerve in my back

and already having grown out of 90% of my clothes less than 2 months before D Day.

Done with swollen feet

and hands

and face

(although if I would drink more water it would help, so that's really just my fault).

Really done cringing everytime I step on a scale;

wondering if my post-Brychan body will ever come back

(let alone my pre-Brychan body!).

BUT

I am having SO much fun laundering, sorting and organizing baby clothes

and wondering if this little boy will be as big as Brychan

(or if I'll get lucky this time).

And I'm still loving watching Brychan love on his baby brother

and hoping that love will stick once brother is actually here and not just in Mommy's belly.

Still enjoying trying to put the boys' room together with

a toddler's help

and dreaming of a normal pair of jeans!

And no, I'm not really done. I still have 7ish weeks left. At this point I'm really hoping the last 7 weeks will go much faster rather than slower!

Playing Outside

We spent another nice chunk of time outside this afternoon, so I decided to grab the camera. I love being able to spend this time outside with Brychan. Lately, it seems to be the place where he is the calmest and happiest (he hasn't been napping the last few days resulting in some horrendous tantrums. I've yet to figure out a solution!). He is very observant when we're out there...he hears every airplane, bird, dog and neighborhood car or truck and then makes sure I notice them too.

He sat on this brick in our tiny patch of weed-grass playing with a stick for a good 30 minutes. He is so serious about playing!




I am looking forward to a long winter of days spent like this. And hopefully, someday I'll get all these photos put in a scrapbook for real!

NOW I remember...

Why I love Arizona! Fall has arrived. No more 100+ days. Low to mid 80's are now our highs with the evenings and mornings cool enough to turn off the a/c, open the windows and enjoy the beautiful weather.

Brychan and I spent over an hour outside playing this afternoon; we were able to stay out until he was ready to come back in (saved me from dealing with a fit!). I didn't have to watch the clock to make sure we didn't stay out too long, didn't have to worry about him getting over heated or dragging water bottles out with us...just Mom and Bug playing outside for as long as we wanted.

It was HEAVEN!!!

Conference Weekend

We were so lucky to have Grandma & Grandpa Stander come visit for a few days around conference weekend! We kept very busy with all sorts of fun things, some of which are documented below.

Reading a story with Grandma

Eating at In-N-Out Burger

Reading a story with Grandpa

Decorating our toes with sorting blocks (Brychan was insistent that those blocks stayed on his toes. He got so upset when he tried to stand up to walk and they just kept falling off)

And LOVING our GIGANTIC PUMPKIN!!! This is courtesy of Grandma and Grandpa's garden. Some of you might remember last year they held a pumpkin party that we attended and ended up with a ridiculous number of pumpkins. This year we obviously didn't get to go, and we didn't end up with a ridiculous number of pumpkins - just one HUGE pumpkin, two normal sized pumpkins and a variety of squash. Daddy could hardly carry it in the house! We tried keeping it outside, but Brychan just wanted to sit on, climb all over and marvel at his beautiful pumpkin, so we ended up bringing it inside. Brychan can now say "pumpkin" quite well!



We also got to go shopping for new toys, paint the boys bedroom, go for a walk with Grandma, eat LOTS of yummy food and spin Grandpa around and around the living room until both he and Brychan were dizzy. Thanks Grandma & Grandpa - we had a blast and can't wait for your next visit!