Here comes number 3!

I thought that now was as good of a time as any to share the good news! I am four 1/2 months along and I am due May 1st. I will answer a few of your questions in advance.

We can find out the sex next week, but we haven't decided if we will or not.

I have been sick, but am happy to say that it is mostly past now.

Ella and Christian do not know. We are planning on telling them when my belly is very obvious and they start to ask why I am so fat. It would be hard for a three year old to wait 9 months for a baby. Trust me- they would want it here today and boy are they persistent.

The doctor is positive that it is just one this time!

We are very excited, but freaked out how we will handle another one. Cross your fingers that the twins don't take over the house.

Trick or Treat!

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. Our little Cinderella and bat looked so cute. And for the first time in the five years that Austin and I have been together we got trick or treaters! What a great day!This year for Halloween Ella knew right from the start that she wanted to be a princess. Deciding which one was a different story, but in the end we persuaded her to be Cinderella since she already had the dress. She looked so sweet!
Christian was not quite as easy to get to decide what his costume would be. He changed what he wanted to be nearly every day. We finally told him he was going to be a tractor because his other ideas (skeleton, scary guy, and an x-ray) just didn't seem fitting for a 3 year old. Two days before the big day he saw Diego on TV dressed up as a bat and he was truly in love. This sounded a whole lot easier than making a tractor costume, so I threw it together (literally). Next year I am making the kids decide by October 1st so that I can buy their costumes while there is still some selection. Making his costume was a huge pain. I had to do it at midnight, so he could wear it to preschool the next morning, but Christian looked cute and he was so happy to be like Diego.We tried to talk Christian into painting his face, but he panicked. Who knew he would be so scared of paint. He finally agreed as long as Grandpa Kevin got to apply it. What was I thinking? Grandpa Kevin did a typical man job on the paint and the second he was done Christian rubbed his eyes, smearing it all over. After finally convincing Christian to stop crying and open his eyes he decided that he liked his paint even though it looked quite messy.

Pumpkin Fun!

Last weekend we went to a pumpkin walk. The pumpkin walk is all sorts of scenes made out of pumpkins. Kind of hard to describe, but it was so cute and fun that we plan on going again next year. The best part of all was the school bus shuttle. Ella and Christian were thrilled since I have been telling them they can't ride a school bus until they turn five and go to school. They loved every second of it. Mommy and daddy's legs would not fit in the seat. Man those buses are uncomfortable.

I forgot my jacket and got to wear this awesome NFL blanket to keep warm.
The picture doesn't do it justice, but this scene was Noah's ark. All of the animals were made out of pumpkins of some sort of squash. It was so cute and clever! Look at the two elephants butts getting on the ark!
We let the kids paint pumpkins since they can't safely hold a knife. Safety first since pumpkin carving with a butter knife put me in the hospital for a week when I was five.
They both did such a good job and had so much fun! I forgot to take some of the finished project, though. Maybe later.

It's Autumn!

Autumn is such a fun time of year!
We found a fun pumpkin patch this year with some great pumpkins! If only we could get out kids to look at the camera and smile.

Here we are taking a tractor ride out to the patch. Christian was in heaven because he loves tractors. He even wants to be one on Halloween. We'll see how that goes.Christian with his Grandpa Kevin.
Ella trying to find the perfect one.Here are some pictures of us at a Corn Maze. Ella was in a mood and refused to stand by Christian and daddy, so we had to do separate pictures. It was freezing that night, but Ella and Christian refused to wear their coats. Geez, they are stubborn! We were very impressed with our one and only corn maze in our little town. It was very big and we really did have a hard time getting out, especially because it was getting very dark, very fast. Or maybe it was because Ella was picking which way to go most of the time. Has anyone ever wondered why we pay money to get lost? I don't think Ella and Christian really understood it, but they seemed to enjoy it.

Peach Days!

The Famous Peach Days happened over a month ago, but I just barely put the pictures on the computer. I had no idea how good they had turned out. J/K. We had a fun evening watching a parade, eating dinner, going on some rides, and eating delicious peach cobbler. (The peaches here have been delicious!) The pictures tell a thousand words how much fun we had.

This was Ella and Christian's first time on a ride like this. Don't they look like they are having fun?
The idiots working the ride decided to wait until every last seat was filled before they started it. This gave Ella a bit too much time to think about what she was doing. She started crying right when the ride started. The tears didn't last long, but she was in no mood for smiles. The pleasant life of three year olds.
Christian was so excited about his awesome lightning bolt that he was in tears.
Ella was also very thrilled about her flower. They were not at all happy when they realized what was put on their faces.
Austin ran in the Peach Days 10k race the next day. He hadn't trained at all, but still managed to get 4th in his age group. Now why can't I be like that? We were very proud of him and his awesome medal!
In the end I think we all had fun at Peach Days. It is the most excitement that our town sees all year!

Update

I have lost interest with the whole blogging thing lately. I think the main issue is that I have been busy with so much else that blogging truly is at the bottom of the list. For the last six months our yard has consumed our lives and our time. I absolutely love the summer, but I am almost excited to see it leave. That means no more yard work! Our neighbors will understand my excitement because we are outside working in it ALL of the time. I told Austin that I am done with yard work until next year even though there is always still plenty to do and the weather still permits. We have made a lot of progress and I can happily say the the bulk of it is done!
Another thing that has kept me very busy is getting my two very stubborn kiddies to go on the potty. It took a very long time and I now hate potties with a passion, but I am happy to say that they are both doing well and accidents are a thing of the past. Never ask me for advice though because I truly suck at it. In the end the deciding factor is whether your child WANTS to be potty trained or not. Period.
In addition to potties and yard work I have started working again. I work as an RN in Layton on the Surgical floor. I have worked there for almost 2 months now, but am just now finding time to blog about it. It is going really well. My boss is extremely flexible and I only have to work 1-2 days per week. I do the evening shift so Ella and Christian get to spend the majority of the time home with their daddy. It works out well and I am keeping my nursing license current, so the state and I are happy.
After having a very busy summer we are looking forward to our lives calming down a bit and not having quite so much on our to do list. I will still probably be an infrequent blogger though. Some things you can't change.

School Days!

Ella and Christian have started preschool! I debated on whether to put them in preschool because they are only three, but we decided to try it out. It is twice a week for a few hours. I think it will be good for them to interact with other kids besides just with each other. They were very brave going and they had so much fun! Who knows if they will be going again though because Christian has taken about 5 steps backwards in the potty training area since the first day and I don't think Ella will go alone. We'll see...