Pumpkins & Halloween 2013

I love fall!  The cooler weather, the football, the clothes, the candy…….

Becky and I had plans to take the girls to Dewberry Farms to pick out pumpkins, but of course it rained that day.  I ended up taking her one afternoon - mostly because I felt bad for making her get a flu shot and the pumpkin patch is right next to her doctor.

We went to this same pumpkin patch last year, but what a difference a year makes.

Last year, she wasn't quite walking.  This year, she was running, climbing and kept saying "I see MORE!"  Since we went in the afternoon she basically had the whole place to herself and she had such a blast!

She ended up picking out 2 small "punkins."  One for "Sigh-er" (she still calls herself that) and one for the baby.

Since we picked out pumpkins that were too small to carve, Barry surprised us one night when we came home with big pumpkins ready to be carved!

She made that spider hat in school and insisted on wearing it.  It was the perfect night to sit outside and carve them.

It was all fun for Sawyer until we put the candles in and lit them.  She is TERRIFIED of fire so then she didn't want to go anywhere near the dining room where the pumpkins were.

Without the fire, she was ok with them.  On Halloween, I was trying to take her pictures before we left and she wanted to sit in her "punkin patch" to do so.

She was a princess for Halloween.  The headpiece that came with her costume wouldn't stay on her head, but she obviously needed a crown so we improvised with a sparkly headband.  They had a parade at her school that morning, which she loved.

It had to be done inside because of the rain, but Sawyer had so much fun running through the halls.  Every once in a while she would turn around and yell "Ginia!" (her teacher's name is Miss Virginia) because she wasn't going fast enough for Sawyer - who did not even notice I was there.

That night we had a football game so Sawyer wore her costume and got to trick-or-treat at the stadium. Football & candy - two of her favorite things!

The costume didn't last the whole game, but fortunately we brought the pumpkin because that was a big hit!

And, the Coogs won so that was a nice bonus!

Baby B #2: Update #2

Just a quick update on how this pregnancy is going…nothing new to report, fortunately.

15 Weeks

We did go to the doctor during the 15th week for a quick check in.  We listened to the heart beat and that was about it!  We have been taking Sawyer with us to "check the baby" because we go in the morning on the way to work - her face lit up when she heard the heart beat - it was so sweet!  The most exciting thing about week 15…I chopped my hair off.

We didn't take pictures in week 16 - Barry was out of town hunting.  But, I did feel the baby move during this week which is such a cool feeling.  I felt this baby move a little sooner than Sawyer, which the doctor said would happen.

Week 17 brought about a little belly!

17 Weeks

I am still feeling pretty good, starting to feel a little bit more physically tired but I guess I am almost half way there.  And the heart burn is starting…Side note: Sawyer is potty training - hence the no pants and random outfits in half these pictures - its just easier that way.

18 Weeks

Barry felt the baby move in Week 18, on his birthday actually!  This baby is super active…constantly moving, especially after I eat.  I don't remember Sawyer moving this much - fortunately they are still just little flutters with occasional kicks - no swift kicks to the ribs quite yet!  But all in all, things are going well!

22 Months

On the eve of Sawyer turning 23 months, here is her 22 month update.  How I blog...

This month's photo shoot was pretty short lived.  She was totally uninterested in sitting in her chair.

Sawyer spent the first weekend of September in Yoakum while Barry and I went down to the coast.  She had so much fun playing with her cousins.

Most days when we are driving to and from work she asks me where each member of the family is.  She always calls everyone hers - "Where's MY (insert name)."  She usually asks about Miiiichael first.  We had another fun cousin weekend in College Station.

The girls were such troopers.  They stayed at the tailgate all day.  They were exhausted disasters by the end of the day, but they had so much fun.

She still loves going to "fooball" - she asks most days if she can see football.  She also loves all things princesses, books and castles.  We probably read the princess books at least 20 times a day.

This is her castle.  She doesn't usually like it to be on the bed and will promptly move all the pillows to the floor - where her castle belongs.

I took her to see fooball one day - she was so into it!

Once a month Sawyer's school has a half day so she spends the afternoon with me at work.  Since there isn't much actual work being done, we usually make the rounds to practices and team meals.

We are loving having my parents here, especially our Sunday night family dinners.

Olsen even came one time.  Sawyer's Olsen, obviously.

At the end of September, Andrea came to visit us.  We had such a great weekend of shopping, eating, eating, eating and being lazy.

Sawyer is constantly singing (monkeys on the bed and ABCs), dancing, jumping and being silly.  She loves to play "toys."  Her picky eating continues, every once in a while she will surprise me and eat something I would never think she would - pistachios and pecans??  Usually it is something I am eating that she "needs."  We have started the potty training process, she is doing pretty good.  Much better at school than at home, but we will get there.

My favorite thing about September was that Sawyer started saying "I Lub you."  It is just the sweetest thing to hear.

I love you too, squeaker!