Happy Halloween!

I didn't plan much for Halloween this year.  Except butterbeer!  Halloween = celebrate Harry Potter!  That's right, homemade butterbeer.  In our mugs from Harry Potter Land in Universal Studios.

 

Then I decided we needed costumes.  So, we worked with what we had.  Unfortunately, that meant I was a cat.  I'm allergic to cats!

And Kurt was Superman!

I made my ears and Kurt tried to make his glasses...until he decided I'd do a better job and asked for my help. 

Happy Halloween!

This is how watching football should be

We haven't been able to go to Ethan's or Ammon's football games the past few weeks.  The last one we went to it was really warm.  I was sweating bullets and it was super uncomfortable.  After all, it was the last weekend of September.  I was wearing jeans and a long sleeved shirt.  I even brought a jacket. 

So, even though it was cold, I was so happy to attend Ethan's game on Saturday and sit in the rain!  It was the semi-finals for Ethan's team and sadly they lost.  But I'm glad we could go!

I didn't take many pictures because I didn't want the camera to get wet, but most of them turned out hazy because of the misty rain.

 

Ammon had some awesome faded face paint on.  It was his ward's trunk or treat earlier in the evening.  Ammon was a zombie and Luke was a ninja...he wouldn't let me take his picture.

Final Jeopardy!

I got it right! 

Category: Mammals 

Answer: "Ancient Romans knew this animal featured in their circuses as a hippotigris". 

My reasoning: Hippo = horse and I assumed tigris = tiger.  Horse + tiger = horse tiger?  Tiger horse?  No...AH HA!  Zebra.  It's a zebra! (Thank you to my one quarter of Latin for helping me figure this out.)

Question: What is a Zebra?  Correct! 

It's not everyday I know the answer to final jeopardy.

Let the count down begin!

• October 31: Halloween
• November 4: New ward (ish)
• November 6: My 25th birthday!
• November 10: Baby Shower
• November 20-28: Family in town
• November 22: Thanksgiving
• November 25: Baby shower
• December 1: Baby shower
• December 1, 8, 15, 22: Birthing class
• December 25: Christmas!
• January 1: New Year!
• January 12: Lobi is due!

Glad I have something to distract me the last couple months of pregnancy!

New Stake!

It was announced at church yesterday that they're re-arranging out stake!  We currently have 6 wards and they'll be adding 2 more.  Apparently my ward has 1100 members on record and another ward has 800.  While not all those 1100 come, we're still bursting at the seams- we fill every classroom, section on the gym (including 2 classes on the stage), and even a closet during Sunday school.  There are over 175 children in primary and we meet in the chapel for Relief Society.  I can't say I'm surprised, rumors have been flying around ever since we've been in the ward that it would split, it's just crazy!  I can't wait to find out what the new boundaries will be and who will be in my new ward!  We're having a Stake Conference on November 4th (2 weeks!) to learn all the details and on the 11th we'll meet in our newly reorganized wards for the first time. 

28 Weeks

I'm in the 3rd trimester!  That means only 12 weeks to go.  I can't believe I'm getting that close.  All is well health wise.  I now have appointments every 3 weeks.  Good thing my doctor's office is close to work!

Pumpkin (shaped) Cheese Ball!

I'm on the Relief Society activities committee in my ward.  Specifically, I'm in charge or organizing the monthly recipe swap.  Everyone who comes brings a dish to share that fits in with the theme (or doesn't, I'm just glad when people come!).  The theme this month was Frightful and/or Delightful.  Frightful = a spooky Halloween dish and Delightful = a fall favorite.  Nothing came to mind for either option so I tried something new.

Ta da!  A pumpkin cheese ball- only in shape, not in flavor.  Crushed up Doritos are on the outside and a bell pepper stem is on top.  I thought it turned out cute!  And tasted alright too- Kurt was a fan!

10-11-12

I love it when the date is something cool like today!  Always makes my day a little better.  Doesn't happen every day!

It also go me thinking about when Lobi will be born.  Could she have a cool birth date?  The short answer: no.  She'll be close! 1-12-13 (almost a consecutive sequence) or 1-13-13 (only 1s and 3s?) or if she's born early 1-3-13 (one three one three).  We'll just have to wait and see! 

26 Weeks = 6 months!

Here's the baby bump!  I feel like she's grown a ton in the past couple weeks.

 

 

I had another appointment yesterday and did the glucose screening test.  The beverage I drank really didn't taste too bad.  It honestly was like flat soda with a bit of an aftertaste.  Then they drew my blood to test and make sure I don't have gestational diabetes. 

All is well with Lobi and with me!  As of my ultrasound nearly 7 weeks ago (can't believe it's been that long!) Lobi was only in the 25% for size!  She's so small!  But the doctor assured me that's fine and that she's completely healthy.  I just think it's crazy Kurt and I have a small baby (for now).  Neither of us are particularly small people. 

Kurt came with me and got to hear Lobi's heartbeat for the first time!  It was pretty cool.  I also got the whooping cough vaccine- there's a higher rate of whooping cough in western Washington than the national average.  My arm is rather sore today and I'm due to get a flu shot at work next week!   

 



I've had a very easy pregnancy thus far.  I've hardly had any nausea (let alone throwing up!) and my only complaints are sleepiness and a stuffy nose.  I'm now getting to the point where I can't eat as much or else things are very uncomfortable- there's not as much room with Lobi in there too :) 

There's still a lot to prepare for and tons of stuff to buy, but I just can't wait to meet this little girl!  I already think she's adorable and perfect.  And can I just say- she's going to have an awesome father!  I'm so excited for her to have Kurt as her dad.  She's a lucky little lady!