The Bean Team.

Well, Bean and I are growing and growing! My nauseousness has gone, and has been replaced by small kicks to the ribs! He weighs just over a pound now, which makes me wonder why I have gained 20! That's right folks! 20 Lbs!!!!! That's a whole whopping 19 Lbs of pure ME. Lily and Owen only blessed me with 20 lbs the whole pregnancy! So we are gonna have a big one on our hands.

I'm craving everything that's.... well just everything.

Some of my favorites are breakfast burritos, chocolate milk, fries, Diet Coke, and anything greasy, salty, or sweet..... like I said, anything!

Bean loves to jam. Anytime I'm singing a song to the kids, or practicing something I'm working on, he grooves!

 A baby moving inside of you I think is one of the biggest blessings in the world!

I feel so bad for men! They are jipped when it comes to experiencing baby movements.

When it comes to baby names, no one agrees around here. So it looks like "bean" is all I can give to you now.

I am currently 25 weeks, and feeling great.
 (besides being short of breath, and having a hard time putting on my shoes)
If I had to pick the worst thing about this pregnancy it would be my complexion. Of course make up can cover anything now a days, but I want my skin back! Such a small price to pay.
Being pregnant makes it easy to decide what to wear everyday. I wear the same jeans EVERYDAY! Combine that with an over sized or stretchy shirt and voila!
I can't wait to meet my baby boy!

Dear belly...keep growing
Dear thighs ... please stop!

Here's to the next 15 weeks!

Lots of Smiles

Surprisingly my kids enjoy the snow (something they definitely don't get from their mother!) Brad took them out this Sunday, and they had so much fun! They didn't get cold or tired of it either. Normally the playing is done in half the time it took me to get them dressed!

They made snow angels

icicle eating (really this is disgusting... but I did it as a kid, and I turned out alright)

Four wheeling 

Lots of sledding

Smiling

snowboarding 

 and face planting

Thanks Dad for fun in the snow!

Disney on Ice!

The kids had such a blast watching Disney on Ice. Lily kept yelling, "This is the BEST DAY EVER!!!" through out the day.

I took little clips through out the show. Enjoy!

(turn off my blog music first)

Tale as old as time...

This Halloween was probably one of the best I have had. Lily and Owen are at an age, where we could walk around the block for a reasonable amount of time. At first they wouldn't walk to the door by themselves, but by about the 4th house, Lily decided she wanted to ring the door bell by herself. As she walked up I thought she would be completely fine, the house wasn't scary or decorated in a way that would make her scared. As she went to the top of the steps, a loud siren sounded, with flashing lights and screams.... I'm pretty sure half the screams were hers! Brad and I felt bad...  but honestly we couldn't stop laughing (we're mean). It only took a couple minutes for the tears and shakes to go away, until Owen and Lily were ready to continue there quest for candy!

First when making Lily's costume...I couldn't help but wonder, "WHY? WHY do I do this to myself?" I found imperfections with most of everything I added to her dress. Now looking back, lil loves her dress, the pictures turned out great, and I am happy with what I made. PLUS she looked beautiful.. and felt beautiful all day! 

As for Owens costume poor kid... we didn't know what he was going to be until the night before. I really was "sewn out" so we were going to have him be a homeless man, holding a sign that said "Will work for candy." Then I realized this will probably be the last year he will let me pick his  costume, so I had to do something about that! The night before Halloween, I added the same yellow fabric to a pair of slacks and a sweat shirt, made a ruffle he could slip over his head, and topped it off by having him wear a buffalo head I had picked up from an antique shop! 

Believe it or not some people didn't know what he was. He was called "buffalo man" and a "bald eagle"
REALLY?
Anyway he was sure to tell him with a strong voice, "I AM THE BEAST!!

I was so happy that both of my kids LOVED their costumes, so I had to take them to my work and get pictures done! They truly are my Beauty and the Beast. (If you don't know what I'm talking about when I call Owen a beast... we need to hang out more)!