Halloween Is Taking Over.

Our Nephew, John, at Yesterday's Barry Halloween Bash




Is it just me or is Halloween becoming more and more popular every year?

When I was little, I remember going trick-or-treating, and then Halloween was over. Now, it seems that the whole month of October is filled with parties, junk food, and zombie babies. It seems like more houses decorate their homes for Halloween now than ever. Is it just because I'm old now and am noticing all of these things, or is Halloween getting to be a bigger deal than it used to be?

Congrats to Selenas!

6 Years ago we posed for this picture during a hike in Sedona . After the shutter snapped, I'm sure the conversation was something like, "Just think, a few years from now you'll be having a real human come out of your..."







Today, that very thing happened.





Congrats, Selena and Russ. She is perfect.

Nesting

Most mothers-to-be are crazy right before their baby comes. They fill their homes with all things soft and good-smelling. Selena, on the other hand, fills her home with zombie babies.



















T minus 2 days. I think she's ready.

Hot Yoga

For Mother's Day, Leigh Ann's husband got her a gift certificate for 20 hot yoga sessions. Since he knows it's no fun to do that kind of thing alone, he got me one too. Last night we finally used our first one.

As we walked into the studio Leigh Ann said, " I hope I don't mess up anybody's Zen!"

My commments:
1) It really was hot. They had the heater running between 100-105 degrees.
2) I looked at myself in the huge mirror we were facing a few times and thought, "Wow, I look like a complete idiot." About twice I looked at myself and thought, "You're looking good!!!" haha. The instructor even told me once that my pose was "beautiful." I was pretty happy about that.
3) I think I like yoga.
4) I don't like that it's all the way on 16th Street and Bethany Home rd. Or that the sessions are 90 minutes long.
5) We have 19 more sessions to use before November 7. Can you tell we waited until the last minute to use our gift certificates?

Mollie's roommate

Last night I got to watch my sweet nephew, Vaughn, while Becca and Adam were out of town. I had the idea to put he and Mollie both to sleep in her room. I just thought it would be cute, plus I wanted to designate only one area of the house as the "quiet zone," so that Devin and I could go about our night without being banned from our bedroom.

Mollie goes to bed earlier than Vaughn, so I crept in the room while she was sleeping and tried to get Vaughn to sleep without disturbing her. Vaughn must not have liked the vibe Mollie's room was giving out, because he started to cry as soon as I brought him in there. A few seconds later, Mollie was crying too. Long story short, they kept each other company with their cries until they both eventually gave up.



Just shy of 5 a.m. this morning, I heard Mollie's cry from over the monitor. I rushed in there in hopes to quiet her before Vaughn woke up, but I was too late. Their blaring cries woke Sam, too.



Next time I'll gladly forfeit our bedroom.

Al the Lawnmower

Yesterday I mowed the lawn for the first time in my life.

I have been fighting with my darn lawn for months now, just trying to get it to grow. As you know, Devin is MIA a lot of the time since he is working hard at cleaning carpets. I have been responsible for keeping up the yard work. Yeah it looks awful.

Anyway, I am proud of myself that I figured out how to turn on the lawnmower and actually use it! I did not have a good attitude about it though. I was grumpy that I had to mow the lawn in the first place. I was grumpy that it was so stinking hot outside (it is mid-October!!!). I was grumpy that I could hear Mollie crying from her bedroom window, refusing to take her morning nap (this was before I turned on the noisy mower). I was grumpy that my too-big glasses kept sliding down my sweaty face.


After wallowing in the grumps for a bit, I couldn't help but think about The Family: A Proclamation to The World.. In this proclamation, we are told of the responsibilities of husbands and wives in respect to taking care of their families. We are also told that if circumstances change, husbands and wives should help each other out in any way possible.

Of course these are all things most of us know and believe, but sometimes it's easy to forget. Especially when you are grumpy and outside doing man work.

I'm glad that I have Devin who is willing to work 12+ hour days to provide for us, and I know Devin is glad that he has a wife that has mad landscaping skills. Even if outside does make me grumpy.

Desperate Housewives

Today I hosted a waffle-fest at my house. A dance party followed. We had to make a video with pregnant Selena in it. We all got tired about 15 minutes into it, so I kind of had to scrounge for footage.

I Shop at Goodwill

My friend/neighbor Shauna told me about half-off days at Goodwill. I went yesterday and found this little number:



Shirt: $2.50
Skirt: $2.50

Not bad for $5.

Blah

Has this week really been so boring that I haven't posted once?

Looking back on this week all I can remember is that the weather has been beautiful. We spent almost every day at the park. I also did a juice fast for 2 1/2 days hoping to shed my last 6 or so lbs. I lost maybe 2. I think I am just destined to be 6 lbs. heavier with each child I bear. So that means if we have 6 or so kids like I really want I'll be a big gal. Something to look forward to! (I think I used the number 6 like 6 times in this paragraph).


Swinging at the park on Monday



Eating dinner outside with our cute neighbors on Tuesday. It was cool enough (in my opinion and Sam's too) for sweatshirts!



Another park date on Thursday with my girls.


The End.