The Final Count Down

For those of you wondering (okay, actually for documentation purposes) this is the final technical 3 weeks. Cute huh?! I've gained a total of ______ lbs this time around and am feeling every ounce of all the junk I have been eating. Does it stop me? No. By the way, the blank lbs (did you really think I'd tell you) is NOT an invitation to guess. I'm highly sensitive these days and will cry or be way grumpy at you at the drop of a hat! ;) Just kidding but really, don't guess! We are hoping this is the week (I have an appointment on Tuesday and she said she'd strip my membranes) or in two weeks. Seth has boards next week and that would be bad. If it is in two weeks we may not get to go to Arizona. So please pray for this week!


So, we are all hanging in there. Seth just got home from his last out of town interview and I am so excited to have him around. Actually, he isn't around, he leaves about 6ish most mornings to study for boards next week. At least it is single parenting just for the day. He waits until after bedtime to jump into studying at night and I know he is close enough to make it if I do go into labor!

The kids are so funny these past few days. Logan is coming up with the funniest things these days. Yesterday he shot a fly on the window with his dart gun. He was so excited and proud! Don't worry, we lysol wiped everything down but it was hilarious! He walked around with the little grin like he was super pumped about it but wanted to play it cool. Chloe's new thing is when she has to go potty she stands at the top of the stairs, strips her clothes off and then runs in and says, "Mom, I naked. Go potty now." At first it was cute and pretty funny. Now she does it just to be naked! So, if any of you show up at my door, don't be surprised at what you might see at the top of the stairs!

Welp, I think that will be it for now. Hopefully our next post will be baby news! We are so excited to have this little guy here! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Shout Hooray!

As always, these pictures are backwards because I never remember to upload them backwards and am too lazy to delete and start over. That being said............

We celebrated Chloe's 2nd birthday last night and it was a blast! Her actual birthday isn't until the 28th but we figured with everything going on these next few weeks we might want to get it out of the way. Now, some of you may be wondering why she needed a party anyway if she is only 2. Remember that cake decorating class I took? Yep, you guessed it....this party was all about the cake for me. I really wanted to try my hand at something different so I'm going to brag a bit and say that it was SO STINKIN' CUTE!

Now to the pictures....This is the kitchen we found on Craigslist (love Craigslist) that sat in our garage for weeks with a moving blanket over it and the kids never noticed. I know, totally spoiled and a huge birthday present but our logic was A) we weren't hauling it to Arizona for Christmas if that is where we are going and B) with a new baby it would be something great for both of them to be entertained with. We so scored. Logan LOVES it just as much as she does (an so did all of the kids at the party for that matter)!

She really did unveil it before the kids were allowed to cram in.
Lots of help opening presents. I don't think she got to open even one by herself. However that is a good thing....she tends to move in extremely slow motion so we would have been there all night!
I found some little aprons from Oriental Trading and we let the kids paint them. It was a huge hit with the kids and mine are excited to use them with their kitchen.

And now for the big event. This cake took me an entire day to bake (two layers each making each cake about 4 inches tall), fill with the vanilla/cheesecake pudding, frost, and cover in the homemade marshmallow fondant (yes it is a process). I made the big bow a few days ahead so it could dry (that bow was almost the death of me but Seth to the rescue)! And then I finished it off in a few hours the morning of. SO MUCH FUN! Time consuming yes, worth it, for me and I'm so glad she won't remember so I don't have to top this every year (Logan is already making requests though). So, here it is!!!



It was so much fun and thanks again everyone for coming to help us celebrate our little sugar and spice! Chloe is so much fun and keeps us all going. She lives life by the moment, takes things in stride and is and knows she is the boss of all of us! She is talking up a storm in complete sentences, pottty trained, sleeps all night in her own bed and can be the sweetest girl in the world! She is such a tease and we wouldn't trade her for the world! We love you Chloe!

New Hair

Okay, Logan doesn' have new hair (although he did get a haircut last week) but he's so stinkin' cute and he wanted his picture taken.
As you all know, I am really bad at hair. As you can tell by my own, I don't know any cool tricks or styles and I'm just really bad. However, I have been blessed with a daughter with curls (I do have to add some product) so she always looks pretty cute (except for when I try to trim the mullet and butch it instead). Anyway, it has grown back and I saw on someone else's blog that they did their little girl's hair like this. Turned out kind of fun and now I'm a little braver to try things. Isn't she super cute?!

Halloween Fun

Seth and I are kind of lame. We don't really get into Halloween. I remember my mom making costumes and the works and maybe when my kids get a little older and I'm not 8 months pregnant and my husband is home I might enjoy it more. But, this year I kept a grin on my face and despite being totally wiped out from having sick kids for a week and a half and we went to the trunk-or-treat.

Logan said in September he wanted to be Spiderman. His only knowledge of Spiderman that comes to mind is his little scooter. Other than that, I have no idea how he really knows too much. I looked at the Wal-Mart costumes but could not bring myself to pay $20 for some cheapy fabric costume. So, Seth, the creative genius that he is suggested pajamas. HELLO! What an awesome thought! He needed new winter ones anyway so I got online and found these for half the price of the costume! SCORE! Logan loved them and yes I let him sleep in them Halloween night. The next morning at breakfast he said, "Mom, you can just call me Spiderman okay!" I love this kid!

Chloe's costume was easy. Since she didn't have an opinion about it (she does about everything else though) I pulled out the tutu I made back in the spring, a onezie and some church tights and like magic created a balerina! Poor girl was freezing at the trunk-or-treat though. But, they both loved it and made out super huge with candy! I have been somewhat of a good mom and haven't given them much except for the bribe to be good in church and it totally worked! I've probably had more than both of them put together though! One of the many benefits of being a parent.