Happy Halloween!

 
 
 
I hope everyone out there had a wonderful halloween! The Dean family had an awesome time, we went to our church where all the kids can play games and then they get a trick or treat at the end of each game. I like it so much better than going door to door trick or treating and everyone stays warm! My kids did wonderfully well with their costumes and I'm glad my pics turned out cute! Enjoy :-) 

Connor's Favorite Game

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He absolutely loved to play this game and he was having so much fun trying to get the yummy powdered doughnut!

Game Time

 
There were lots of games for the kids to play and here are a few that Connor had fun with! 

Pumpkin Carving Time

 
So the unimaginable has happened and we actually managed to get our pumpkins carved this halloween! I was very impressed that it actually got done and we all had a good time doing it, well everyone except Zachary cuz he conveniently decided to take a nap then! I think that Asa did an excellent job of carving out the faces and I'm very happy with them! On a side note I got a glimpse of my near future tonight because I got the long awaited phone call from N & S that their baby Logan is about to make his debut so I was off to the hospital to pick up their older son and have him spend the night with us tonight. The five of us all went out to dinner at Quizno's and then over to Rocky Mtn. Chocolate Factory. It was quite different when there is three kids and only two adults! Everyone did excellent. All the boys ate their dinner wonderfully and they each got to pick out their own chocolate to take home and eat but it was just more involved in getting three kids out the door, dinner ready, in the car and all that! Asa and I definantly have our work cut out for us in the future! 

 
Connor was somewhat less than thrilled about how we actually had to take all that stuff out of the inside of the pumpkin! He only put his hands in there twice and then insisted of wanting his hands washed right away! But he did have fun helping daddy decide what faces he wanted on the pumpkins and he watched while daddy drew them on there. Proud daddy with his artwork! 

Proud Display

 
 
 
I think my hubby did an awesome job!! I love how they turned out! 

New Shots!

 
 
So Connor and I decided to have some fun a few nights back when I was starting to feel a little better so we got the self timer ready on the camera and took some pictures! She's definantly in there!! And an update from the last post I am finally starting to feel better. My voice came back for the most part on Wednesday and I've only thrown up once in the past 3 days so definantly an improvement! Hopefully the worst is behind me and I can continue to feel better cuz man that sucked! 

Gettin' Bigger by the Minute!

 
Zachary is really starting to become a little toddler now, all over the place! The picture in the top right corner made him espcially proud that he could hold the cup in his mouth without hands just like Connor! And he espicially loves to ride that dump truck through the kitchen! We even had a ride on toy for him that actually fits and he could use that but it is just not as fun as the dump truck! Like I said he's all over the place and definantly keeps me on my toes! 

Definantly not the best week ever

This past week has been pretty excruciating for me. As of tomorrow morning I have been sick for 8 days and haven't had my voice for 7 of those 8 days. This sucks! I keep going to bed each night thinking I'll feel better in the morning but then when I wake up I feel just as bad as the night before. I've been tossing and turning every night because of my cough and runny nose that tends to keep me up. And you know one of the lovely symptons of pregnancy which is losing bladder control when you sneeze? Yeah I have that when I cough and I swear I have gone through more underwear than I thought was possible this week! On Friday I woke up with pain in my right cheek that has been constant now for three days. I called the doctor on Friday and talked to a nurse who prescribed me prescription cough medicine. I went and picked that up Friday night and started taking it right away and while it's helped minimally with my cough it hasn't done a damn thing for any of my other symptons! I have thrown up more times this week than I have through each of my previous pregnancies combined! I was told by the nurse on Friday to do nothing this weekend but rest. I talked with my boss at the pool and we found someone to work for me Saturday but I also still have my other job that I have to do on the weekends. My mom told me she would help me out with my other job so she worked for 2 hours for me and I worked 3 hours. Again not fun at all. I came home just exhausted, tired, and ready to lay down. So I spent the remaining Saturday laying down as much as I could and today spent the morning in bed. Asa has been somewhat responsive to watching the kids for this weekend. But if the kids see me in bed they automatically want in bed with me so they've spent a good part of the weekend in bed with me. Today as I was looking online trying to figure out why my face would be in so much pain I discovered that it might be a sinus infection. So I decided that I would call my mom to pick up the kids and Asa and I would go for a visit at the hospital. When I got to the hospital they sent me to the birthing center to make sure everything was okay with her first and thankfully she was fine. Her heartrate was 163 and was steady the whole time. I was at least happy for that part because with the way I've been feeling, I've definantly been more than a little worried about how she's doing. After the birthing center it was back to the emergency room where after discussing the same symptons with 3 different nurses I was finally put in a room. I waited in that room for 45 minutes before the doctor came to see me. He seemed confused as to why I was even in there and after looking me over he said that it's just a basic cold and he doesn't know why I'd be having pain in my face. He told me he wasn't going to give me antibiotics he just wants me to ride it out and see how that goes. I was somewhat dissapointed that nothing was wrong with me because I want some good medicine to make it go away! After dealing with all of this for a week already it was not what I wanted to hear. So Asa and I were sent home and now I sit here with a throbbing pain in my face and getting ready to take some cough medicine and go to bed. Say a few prayers for me if you can :-)

Pregnancy Talk!

Today was our appt with our doctor! I was very anxious and excited to go. I always get kinda nervous that he might find something wrong with this baby but our baby is excellent. Great little heartbeat on her! You know when I had my first pregnancy I was so nieve about what was actually happening in my body and so with each subsequent pregnancy I find myself getting more and more worried about what could possibly go wrong. Now hopefully soon I can put my fears to rest but I don't know. Like take tonight, my kids and I have all had nasty coughs for about a week now. Today I lost my voice and had this cough which is just lovely when you spend your day talking with little kids! But anyways tonight after dinner, I couldn't stop coughing and finally I was coughing so much that I ended up throwing up, twice, in the bathroom. Not too fun. So then I start worrying about me throwing up and coughing so much and how this is affecting my little girl but from what I've read in my books it's nothing to be worried about unless it's accompied by a fever which it's not. Hopefully after a good nights sleep tonight I'll feel better tomorrow! But on a brighter note when I got weighed at the doctors appt today I had lost 3 pounds!!! So as of right now I am two pounds less than when I had started! Pretty amazing to be losing weight but yet she weighs almost a pound! Hopefully I can continue on this road of exercise and not gain that much weight. I am already anxious to start working out full force and losing more weight. I have pants that I refused to give away from pre kids that I hope to fit into someday! Other than that not much new on the baby front, just getting more and more anxious to meet her. I went to Target yesterday and found her outfit that I will be bringing her home in. Which if anyone doesn't know one of my biggest excitements is finding the perfect outfit to bring my child home in and picking the perfect outfit for my childs baptism! A few friends of mine from work who have girls have already started giving me some of their old clothes, which I love, so I've been anxiously sorting through these clothes picturing what they'll look like on her! I believe I have even found the dress I want her to wear for her baptism and some adorable shoes to go with it, all courtesty of my friends at work!

Pumpkin Patch

 
So we had a wonderful time this weekend spent with Asa's family at the Pumpkin Patch. Both my kids enjoyed themselves immensly! The weather was fairly crappy but got a little better towards the end. The wind was extremely bad at first so we all got extremely dirty from all the dust kicked up into our faces! At the pumpkin patch we got to watch some pumpkin shooting, feeding the Clydesdale horses, riding an animal train, petting zoo, playing in the haystacks, and of course picking out our own pumpkins to take home! I think everyone enjoyed themselves that day and hopefully this week we'll get to carving our new pumpkins, of course that means I have to go buy some carving tools so hopefully it will get done! 

 
 
 
There was even a petting zoo and I was somewhat suprised at both my kids not getting scared of the animals all around them, espically the turkey cuz just a few weekends ago we visited my mother in laws neighbor and she had turkeys and Connor was freaked out by them and wanted to be held the whole time! 

 
The kids were all having fun playing on the haystacks! 

New Belly Shots

 
 
So I'm officialy halfway through this pregnancy! I've now had a few days since my ultrasound and it's starting to sink in that yes this is a girl cuz it was hard for me to grasp at first. I couldn't be happier than I am at the moment. I have a womderful husband, two beautiful children with one more on the way, and some of the greatest friends! So thank you to all of my family and to my friends out there for the outpouring of excitement and happiness for me! It is so nice to finally be able to refer to this baby as a she and not an it. I am just now starting to pour through the baby names that are available online cuz the ones that I liked so far Asa doesn't but I'm thinking it shouldn't be too difficult to come up with a name since we've never had a chance to sift through girl names! I'm finally starting to feel her move! It's nothing consistent but I have felt her a couple times. It was pretty awesome to see her on the ultrasound machine because she was moving all over. Her hands were up and down back and forth. And her legs were moving around too. When the ultrasound lady was trying to get a good profile pic of the baby she started poking my stomach and it was funny cuz she would poke my stomach and my little girl would respond! Aaaahhh technology is awesome! 

It's a Girl!!!!

 
 
 
So after what felt like the longest wait ever, we had our ultrasound today!! We are having a girl! I'm at a loss of words right now because I've wanted a girl so bad and now she's finally here! Well you know kinda here she's still got some more time to grow but now my family is complete! It's an awesome feeling for me to know that after this child we are done and can focus fully on raising our children! She looks healthy and happy in there! She weighs 13 ounces right now and I'm measuring at exactly 20 weeks! So after the ultrasound I had to go do a little shopping! Of course now that I was actually looking to buy girl clothes I didn't see much of anything that I wanted! Oh well, I've still got some time to do more shopping! 

 
 
So here are a few more of the pictures that were taken at Sea World when we went down to California last month! Sorry it's taken me awhile to get them from my parents but hey I've been busy! Espicially this week I've been even busier! Asa is out of town hunting and he already shot his first deer! I am very excited for him cuz it's his first deer ever so I can't wait to see the pictures of him and his deer! Still not too sure what we're going to do with the meat from this deer but we'll see. So with Asa out of town it means that I have the kids all by myself and then this week at work they need me to work extra hours so trying to come up with convenient times for people to watch my children has been just lovely :-) But everyone has been accomendating so far with watching the kids which I'm thankful for! And we are now just 6 days away from our ultrasound! I am a whole mix of emotions about it all because while I am excited to finally know if it's a boy or a girl I'm also nervous to know if it's a boy or a girl, if that makes any sense! My gut is telling me girl but I'm not sure if that's because my desire for a girl is so high! And according to my poll the majority of everyone thinks it's a boy so for once I would like to prove everyone wrong!!! ;-) But not too much else going on in my household right now same old, same old! 

 
 
I think that this one Connor's favorite! When he got to feed the dolphins he was so excited! It made me all emotional to see him so excited and happy about the dolphins because it was a dream of mine when I was younger to work with dolphins and he even asked me during the dolphin show if he could do that when he gets older! It made me all choked up just because I know exactly the feeling that he was having at that moment. Dolphins are by far my favorite animal ever! Which is why I have my dolphin tattoo. I'm hoping that when Connor gets a little older he'll be provided with the same oppurtunity that I was by my parents to swim with the dolphins! I did it when I was 15 and it was the coolest thing ever! 

 
Connor really enjoyed his cotton candy! Mommy did too though :-)