Downtown Halloween

Last night we did trick-or-treated downtown with all the cousins. That's five kids ages 2-7. Four adults though, so we kept them corralled pretty well. Brody absolutely loved it! He pretty much enjoys any activity that lets him hang out with his cousins. He knew to say "trick-or-treat" and made sure to thank everyone. He did run away from us a couple of times, but that is why Mike was there, my waddling couldn't chase him very well. We came home with a 3 year old on a major sugar high and had the worst time getting him into bed. He was finally asleep around 10:30. He woke up at 5:30 this morning, which is unheard of for him. Normally, he sleeps in like a tiny little teenager. I had to stay with him until he was asleep again around 6:30. I think all the sugar gave him a bad dream or something, he seemed a little freaked out. I had a hard time going back to sleep and of course, once I was deep in REM mode, the little stinker was up again for the day! If only I could go buy a huge coffee or something.

September

I am skipping July and August. Those months are a blur of nausea and extreme fatigue. I don't want to relive it.

September was much more fun and memorable! I was finally feeling somewhat human again and Brody was getting ready to turn 3! I also had a birthday but we don't have to talk about that. :)

Brody decided he wanted a Spongebob birthday. The kid loves Spongebob. I've watched, and I do not get it. Anyway, here are some pictures from his party:

The cake LeeAnne made:


With Opa and Oma, who came down from Ontario, Canada to visit and stayed to be here for B's birthday:

Enjoying his cake (don't mind the boogers):

Opening one of his presents (Spongebob Matchbox cars):

Opening more presents:

I had many more pictures to include, including a few of B playing outside in the sun during our short summer, but or some reason I was only allowed these. I guess they take up too much room. I'll figure it out eventually.

June

On June 3rd, I was scheduled to go in for my first OB appointment. I was so excited! I had to watch Maddy for a bit in the morning and then in the afternoon, Mike, Brody, and I were going to go to Moses Lake. Then the morning turned awful. Maddy and Brody were playing in his room and they were arguing over some toy or other. I was in the kitchen making pancakes for them. Brody suddenly came out of his room with his hand on his chest whimpering for me. At first, I thought he was just upset over whatever Maddy had that he wanted. I picked him up and realized his lips were turning blue. He started to pass out and I yelled at Mike to call 9-1-1. While he was on the phone, I did the ultimate no-no and stuck my finger down Brody's throat thinking he might be choking on something. It made him gag and he started breathing again. Mike told the dispatcher to send someone anyway to check Brody out. The ambulance showed up about five minutes later and checked all of his vitals, which were fine. I called our pediatrician and made the decision to go to the walk-in in ML to have him checked out a little more thoroughly. The doctor there said he thought it sounded like B had a small seizure. This of course did not make me feel any better about the situation. He did a blood draw and everything was fine there. I went upstairs and made an appointment with our pediatrician for the following week because I needed a second opinion. At that appointment, Dr. L said she thought it sounded more like B got overly upset about something and had a breath-holding spell. I guess it can be fairly common among little boys. At least that is what I was told. It hasn't happened again since then, but I still worry it will.

As for my OB appt. everything looked great! We saw the flickering little heartbeat on the u/s monitor and I felt much better about the day. I was told my due date would be January 25, but since I will be having a c-section, the baby will be here a week or so earlier.

In the middle of the month, I started feeling the effects of early pregnancy. I gotta say, it was much easier to feel like crap when there were no other kids to take care of. This time, I had to stay awake and mobile no matter how badly I wanted to lay in bed and groan about the nausea. Luckily, Brody was a good sport when it got really bad and would watch Imagination Movers or Spongebob while I rested in the recliner. And it helped that the weather was nice. We could go outside and I would watch him play while I sat there hoping I wouldn't throw up (which I never did).

May

I do remember that in May we finally got the news we'd been waiting for for 9 months. I was pregnant! I of course have no patience for waiting to hear this kind of thing and took a test 4 days early. It was positive! Still, I told Mike we were not to tell anyone until I took a test a week later. Then I blabbed it to my neighbor that evening during a BBQ. In my defense, she kept trying to make me a margarita and I couldn't find a good enough reason to say no. So the next morning I had to call and tell my mom so I wouldn't feel guilty for breaking the news to someone else first. A week later, I took another test and of course it was positive too. I called and made an appointment with yet another different OB/GYN (they keep moving away on me!). I had to wait until June 3rd for my first appointment.

Mike celebrated his 33rd birthday on May 13. We had family and the neighbors (who may as well be family) over to BBQ. It was a fun night with kids running around and being crazy. Here is my littlest niece, Keilee stealing one of Brody's blankets:

Brody playing on the swingset:

My 4 year old niece, Madyx. She's a little weird and I love it!

My 5 year old niece, Keirsten.

And speaking of weird, here is my kid wearing the belt to my bathrobe as a headband. Gotta love him!

April

Alright, here's the plan. I will do a quick update for each month I did not post anything. As for the new house, I am going to start a whole new blog to keep anyone who cares updated.

So, April. Can't remember a whole lot about that month (it was 6 months ago, and I have pregnancy brain). I do remember that LeeAnne and I took her two girls and Brody to Smallwood's Harvest in Peshastin. That place is such a blast, but I recommend going in the fall. There is lots more to do then. Still we had fun feeding the animals and playing on the toys and LeeAnne and I enjoyed spending money on some stuff in the store. Here is a picture of Brody sort of enjoying himself while there:





One of Brody's favorite things to do is follow his dad around. I think this is true of most little boys. Dad is his hero. Here they are mowing the lawn. Brody follows along with his little toy mower.

And here they are hauling the cut grass out to the field in their wheelbarrows.

This picture was just for fun. My cat loves to hide under this bush and attack birds or feet or whatever else comes her way. Can you spot her? I feel kind of bad for her because Mike ripped the bush out a few months ago. And while it looks so much better, poor Lucy has lost her hide out.

I know April was probably more exciting than that, but like I said, it was 6 months ago and this is all you get!

I'm terrible.

So many new things to blog about! Pregnancy, new home FINALLY getting underway, Brody turning 3, etc. Maybe I should start over from scratch? ;)