Halloween and Weekend Madness!

We have been super busy lately.  So busy that I am EXAUSTED!!  I will break down the weekend by days.  Lots of pictures....
THURSDAY:
Emma had a Halloween Parade and Party at preschool.  Parents and siblings were invited to attend.  Emma loves preschool and the friends that she has made.  It was so cute to see her with her friends.

FRIDAY:  We went to the fair with the Richardson's.  I didn't get too many pictures.  Emma went in her first Funhouse.  She also went on a ride with Shaun.  Poor Spencer was still too short to go on any rides or even into the Funhouse.

SATURDAY:  After running a million errands we went to Trunk or Treat at church.  The kids loved it.  They played games, ate chili and hot dogs and then went trunk or treating.  Shaun took them around while I handed out candy.  After trunk or treat we went to Shaun's Aunt Erin's house to carve pumpkins. 

SUNDAY:  Started off with church and then we went to Bryan and Jeri's house.  We ate some yummy taco soup and then took the kids trick or treating.  All of the kids had a great time.

And this is Emma about 10 minutes after we got home.

So, that was our weekend.  I'm tired just thinking about it. 

Blessed

I am feeling so blessed in my life.  I have an amazing husband.  He works so hard for our family.  He amazes me with his knowledge of everything.  He can figure out how to do anything.  If I have a craving for something he says,"What my baby wants, my baby gets."  (If you have seen the Breakup, it's a line from that movie)  He is my best friend and I can talk to him about anything.  He is my shoulder to cry on.  I love him so much and am so thankful for the opportunity to be with him forever.  I have two awesome children who give me the greatest joy and challenge me everyday.  I am grateful that they were sent to this earth just for us.  I love seeing them grow and develop into the little people that they are.  I hope that I can make them as happy as they have made me.  Emma is so smart and witty.  Spencer is so joyful and silly.  I am so grateful to be having a great pregnancy.  The opportunity to be pregnant is so amazing.  To feel that tiny baby move around and grow inside is such a miracle.  I feel so blessed to have a home to raise our children in.  Blessed that Shaun has a good job and that I have a job that I can do from home.  We are not rich, and do not have a fancy house or all the material things that we might want.  But, we have everything that we need and I am so thankful.  I'm so blessed to know that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me and to know that families are forever.  Life can be hard, but I feel comfort knowing these things.  And can't help but feel blessed.

San Diego Bat Mitzvah

We had the opportunity to experience a Bat Mitzvah this past weekend.  Our families are quite the melting pot of religions.  We have Catholic, Jewish, Christian and LDS/Mormon.  We, of course, are the Mormon's.  : )

We left for San Diego on Thursday morning.

We got there, unpacked and met some family at a fish and chips place right off of the beach for dinner.  The next day, we took the kids to the beach.  It was pretty cold and wet while we were there.  But, they LOVED the beach.  Spencer would pick up handfuls of sand and just hold onto it.  Emma enjoyed the rocks and shells.  They ran around like crazy.  We also made friends with a few squirrels that live on the beach.

That night we went to our very first Jewish church service.  It was very interesting.  We didn't really know what was going on, but we always like to learn about other religions.  The next morning was the Bat Mitzvah.  Shaun's cousin Sarah was the one "having" her Bat Mitzvah.  (not sure what the proper term is)  The kid's didn't do too well sitting, so after the first hour and a half or so, they all went to the car and watched a movie.  That night was the reception/party.  It was Alice in Wonderland theme.  It was so cute.  Such a fun party.  Rodi did an amazing job planning and putting everything together.  Emma danced the night away.  She danced until the moment we left.  Everyone was shocked!  :)

Unfortunately, we had to leave the next day.  It was such a fun trip.  And it was so nice to see family from other states.  Some hadn't even met Emma and Spencer before.  I can't wait to take another trip.

Not Much...

Not much going on in the Reed house.  The usual...doctor/dentist appointments, work, sick kids, preschool, blah blah.... 
Emma went and had her teeth cleaned for the very first time.  She did very well.  She even let them take full mouth x-rays.  It looks like she is not missing any permanent teeth.  YAY!!  This is good news.  I am missing 12 teeth, including my wisdom teeth.

The kids were both sick for a few weeks.  Started out like allergies and turned into ear infections.  And Emma had a 104 fever.  Not fun!  I got see how much my kids weigh.  Emma is almost 30 pounds!  I know she is tiny.  29.8 pounds.  Spencer was 26 pounds with his legs hanging off of the baby scale.  Crazy!!
My sick girl fell asleep during dinner.

I had another OB checkup.  I finally got brave and asked how much I had gained.  13 pounds so far.  They said that was perfect.  I think I'm doing better with my weight gain (so far) with this pregnancy.  With Emma and Spencer, I gained a total of 46 and 42 pounds.  Yikes!!  The nurse I saw also scared the crap out of me while I was there.  She went to listen to the heartbeat, like every other appointment.  She was up higher than usual on my belly.  She repositioned the dopler machine a few times and nothing.  You could hear my heart pounding though.  She then asks me if I have been feeling movement lately.  I told her I had, so she finally moved it farther down and there is the sound I was waiting for.  My little one's heartbeat!!  She said,"Oh!  The baby is really low.  Usually they are higher up."  WOW!!  Thanks for the heart attack lady!! 
Emma had class pictures for school.  I wonder if they will look like this...

And here is my little Spencer imitating his mama.  I work from home and sometimes talk on the phone.

It's a.....

BABY!!!  We had the "big" ultrasound today.  We did not find out the sex of the baby.  They did say that everything looks healthy and normal.  Which is all I wanted to hear.  Of course the baby is measuring about 2 weeks larger than it should.  All my babies do.  : )  Weighing in about 12 ounces.  I'm really feeling the kicking and squirming now.  I have been feeling it a little since 11 1/2 weeks. 
Here are few pictures of #3 at 18 weeks and 6 days.

I'm so excited to find out what the baby "is" at birth.  I think it will be so exciting to have my husband tell me what they baby is.

The BIG 2-6!!

Yesterday was my birthday.  I am now officially closer to 30 than 20.  For some reason 26 seems so much older than 25.  I had a nice birthday.  Shaun and I had Saturday all to ourselves to hang out and do whatever.  Then I had dinner on Sunday with family.  Shaun made a very yummy pork tenderloin.  Monday we had lunch with more family at Red Lobster.  And went to some craft stores and got some scrapbooking supplies and then had family over for cake, ice cream and Scattergories.  My Grandma and Uncle Ben were pretty amazing at that game.  For some reason when I told Emma it was going to be my birthday, she asked if I was having a rocket cake.  I have no idea where she got this rocket cake idea from.  But, Shaun and my cousin Sammy made me a rocket cake. 

Shaun put 26 candles on my cake and I blew them all out with one breath!   I really did not want to put up this picture.  But, here it is:

This is me celebrating after blowing out all candles in one breath.  Scary!!  :)
In other news: Spencer pooped on the potty today.  He just came up to me and said,"POOP."  I checked his diaper, assuming that he had already gone.  But, he hadn't.  So, I ran and put him on the toilet.  And he did his deed.  I'm sure this probably doesn't mean anything, but it would be amazing if he could be potty trained by February. 

Reaching for the wet wipes.  :)

What a big boy!!

And here is Emma with her lovely dress up clothes and her school backpack.  Silly girl!