November Wrap Up

In November we celebrated Soren's birthday. I was still dealing with morning sickness/migraines so his party was a little lacking. But we had a delicious peanut butter chocolate cheesecake, blew out candles and opened presents so it counts!

We also had family photos taken. I am so happy with how they turned out! It is crazy to think that the next ones we take will have another member of our family in them!

Thanksgiving was a little stressfull. We planned to have it at my parents, but my Mom had been so sick for weeks. Thanksgiving ended up getting postponed the day before and then reinstated the day of. I thought we weren't going to have it and then sure enough we squeaked it in by the end of the day Thursday. It made for a crazy day of baking for me because I took on a lot of the food and hadn't prepped it yet thinking we were postponing. Either way it worked out and I did happen to make a pretty fantastic looking pumpkin pie. I'd say my best ever. 

The kids were happy to share their dinner and dessert with Broch's dog Leah.

Late that night, at like 11:00 pm, I met friends for Black Friday shopping. The stores opened so early! We did Target and then Walmart. I found mostly movies for Christmas gifts. 

The next morning Mandy and I hit up JoAnns for their Black Friday sales at 7 am. It was crazy with long lines at the cutting counter, but probably my favorite place to shop for Black Friday. Everyone there was a creative person with some project up their sleeve. It felt like we all had something in common and were all in the same club. 

 And I started to grow a small baby bump in November. It felt a lot bigger than it looks.

Halloween 2012

Halloween this year was a big one for us. I took it easy on the costumes- doubled up skeleton jammies as skeleton costumes. That was partly because I have such a soft spot for a tiny skeleton, and also because I wasn't feeling great for the weeks prior. And why wasn't I feeling well?

A little something called baby #3! We announced that we are pregnant with baby number three on Halloween with an even tinier skeleton nestled in my costume's ribs. It wasn't as obvious to onlookers as I thought it would be- probably because I wasn't showing at all yet- but fun nonetheless. 

We took the kids trick or treating at Soren's work and the ward party. On Halloween night I really didn't feel well and we decided to just let the kids pass out candy. We still all had a great time and everyone got as much candy as they could have hoped for. 

Kesler's 2nd Birthday- Curious George Style

I always loved my birthdays growing up and I really enjoy making birthdays fun for my boys. Kesler had a Curious George themed birthday party for his second birthday and it was a hit! He loves the movies and the show (and the books too!). We just had family over, but I tried to do some fund decorations and simple foods. 

Somebody couldn't keep his fingers out of those cupcakes. Those were definitely Kesler's. 

We were most excited about Kesler's birthday present. Soren and I had been talking about getting kittens for a long time and I finally decided that I could handle adding more 'kids' to the family. We searched Craigslist and shelters to try and find the right ones. We got lucky on Craigslist the week of Kesler's birthday and found a little with only two left. They were 12 weeks old and it was a boy and a girl who had been friends/partners since birth. The woman who had them was so nice and took great care of her little farm kittens. She brought them to us with food bowls, treats, fleece blankets and little birth certificates. We couldn't believe how tiny they were! 

My parents kept them at their house for a day and I think we even moved the party up a day so that we could give the kids the kittens sooner. They were 'wrapped' in a big box and the kids opened it up after dinner. They were so surprised!

We named them before giving them to the kids. Soxie is the girl with white socked feet. Gunner is the dark gray boy. Oh they were so cute!

Everyone just wanted to hold them and be around them. The kittens weren't so sure about everything, but they did well under pressure and let us all man handle them. 

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Then we had cupcakes and ice cream and did the birthday party games. It was the perfect birthday for our handsome little two year old Kesler!

Carving Pumpkins with Dad

There is just something fun about carving pumpkins for kids. Soren isn't the biggest fan of the goo inside them, but I love roasting the seeds and eating about 20 of them. The kids love seeing the faces they carved glow. We aren't the best at traditions, but this will be an easy one to continue. We even had doughnuts after which sweetened the deal for everyone. 

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