Where did October. . . AND November Go?

Does anyone know where October went? Its almost the end of November and Im just getting over October. Where did November go? Good Grief. Time is flying. Don't get me wrong. Let it fly! Im anxious for March.. But still... Its ALMOST DECEMBER?!?!

So I'm going to play a little catch up~ OK, a BIG catch up on the October/November Happenings...


We had a fun little Halloween party with 5 of the CUTEST kids in the world!

Grey was Jack Jack, Jett was Iron man, Shelby was the cutest Bee, Carter was Buzz Lightyear!, and Luke was the Cutest Squirt i've ever seen!

Kt and Luke~Don't you just want to SQUEEZE him ?!?!


On the 28th Alesa and I went out to Disneyland for some Halloween fun together, and she surprised me with the reservations at the DISNEYLAND HOTEL. It was so awesome! She wanted to stay somewhere close for me in case i got tired. Isn't she the Greatest!? :D
Here's a view from our room.(it felt so HIGH)


The Park was decorated SO CUTE! Pumpkins EVERYWHERE! My FAVORITE.


California Adventure was so cute too! They had more of a Candy Corn Theme going on.. EVERYWHERE.






Alesa also got us tickets to the Trick-or-Treat party that night! She went as a "casual snow white", and i went as... well we called me "a punkin in a pumpkin" :D


There were tons of Candy Stations to trick or treat at. It was like being a little kid again. :D ... It was pretty crowded as you can see...


And sometimes a little scary too!


Alesa didnt seem to think so though! :D

It was such a FUN NIGHT! Thanks again Alesa!


We went back to Disneyland for most of the next day, and who can go to Disneyland without enjoying one (or more!!)of THESE beauties!? This is one of my favorite parts.. the CHURRO! mmm!


Later that afternoon we headed to Northern California to do some Serious Pumpkin Carving! Check out all these crates!



Here i am carving away..




Ta da..




Alesa with the GIANT pumpkin...


Carvin with the ELDERS...


Here are my pumpkins. I only did 4 because i worked FOREVER on my last one... Check out all the AMAZING pumpkins ALESA did on Her Blog!

Batman and the Joker..


I like to call this the pregnant pumpkin...


Here's why i only did 4. I spent a whole day making my Grandpa Gary's picture into a Stencil...


It took forever with all the hole punching and carving...




But i think it turned out ok. I wanted to do this for Grandma Helen.It was my main pumpkin project! She loved it. :D




It was nice to finally relax after all the carving and Halloween Party craziness.
Me and Gma Lund.


THAT Friends and Family was OCTOBER.. now i'll take a deep breath, and head into November!!!

First things first...

On the 4th (yes election day) We celebrated this Handsome Guys Birthday!

I am seriously SO happy he was born, and that i get to be married to such an awesome Guy! For Jonny's birthday, he wanted to keep it low key, so the two of us went out to dinner. When we got home our cute neighbors brought him some great Cards they had made, and some hot chocolate. :) I gave his some AWESOME Cold Play tickets i had bought months ago, and let me tell you how awesome he is~ He LOVES ColdPlay, but he sold the tickets so he could get himself something small, and spend the money on the baby. Isnt he the best?? I love you JONNY!

On HIS Birthday,????? Jon brought me home a new "safe" car for the baby to be in, so its good-bye to my wonderful old little civic.

And Hello to my wonderful new Envoy! (sorry i dont have a picture)


Another highlight was ditching work early to go see a movie with my Mom and Alesa! The best part was we were the only 3 people in the WHOLE MOVIE. It was like renting a movie theater out for $18!


So that's October, and November thus far. Stay tuned for some awesome Ultrasound pics. Our appointment is on the 19th! Yay.

Baby Hammond #2

Congratulations to my little sis Katie!

Baby Hammond #2 is on its way! We are so excited for Nate and Katie! Our Babies will be only 3 months apart! Hurray!

High YA!!

However YOU describe it, Im absolutely in LOVE with feeling my little punkin move!

PEST-ICIDE

If you have a mouse trying to get into your house, just leave your dogs water out over night, and the mouse will take care of itself.

Our Baby the ILLUSIONIST!

A week ago we had our 16 week appointment. My favorite part of the whole appointment is obviously the ultrasounds. All last month I'd been compiling questions to ask the Dr. to try and stall alittle to make the ultrasound a little longer ( they were real questions, i just had a lot of them) I also had Jon all practiced and well rehearsed to ask the Dr. to see all sorts of body parts while we were checking out the baby so we could get some really good shots!
The first shot was my favorite..all curled up in a very uncomfortable little ball wiggling its toes! I loved that! Well i proceed to ask tell the Dr. "I'd love to see some Fingers! and Toes! Oh, and we also need to make sure we're still having a Boy!"
So we see the toesies wiggling, and the little fist up by the head! So cute! Everything is looking GREAT, healthy, right on track with size and dates!Then the Dr. goes to answer my last question.. "Uh... There is just one little problem," "WHAT!I said!"


Remember that 12 week, 90% BOY shot?


WELL, It became our 16 week, 100% GIRL SHOT! Ha ha ha!


Here's our little Skeletor


Jon loved this one of her ribs and back. :) "coool"

So this March we will officially be welcoming a baby GIRL! The Dr. said he's sure it won't change again!

Boy did she have us fooled! :) I was completely stoked!I called my little sister Katie first to let her know her little Shelby wont be a loner anymore. :) She was thrilled too.
Don't get me wrong~I was really excited to have a boy, I am head over heals for my little nephews, but I'm super thrilled to be having a little girl! I'm so incredibly excited to see Jonny with her. He is probably the sweetest guy I know, but I'm pretty sure I'll be seeing a whole new side of sweet when he's holding his little baby girl. He's going to be the BEST daddy in the world. I cant wait!

Cravings

Have any of you seen the first Harry Potter Movie?

You know the part where you see Voldemort sucking the Unicorns blood, and its dripping down his face??. Today I was reading about a condition called Pica. Its were your pregnant body is lacking things like iron, so you crave (and some women EAT) things like Coal, dirt, soaps, etc.? Well this was the movie image that popped in my head when i read about eating dirt~ Except instead of Vodemort it was some pregnant woman squating over a pile of dirt~eating it with dirt all over her face! That'd probably scare me more than Vodemort in real life! Ha ha ha!
Actually~ Its pretty ironic that Vodemort comes to my mind, because there are times with these psycho hormones that i've felt more like Voldemort than Me. Ha ha ha.

So i got to thinking~ Have i really CRAVED anything during My Pregnancy?!

YES! I thought.

There is ONE THING these last 3 1/2 Months that i would say i craved.
Only ONE thing that hasnt ONCE made me go into a dry-heaving fit just thinking about it..
ONE thing that unfortunately wasnt in season.. That is until just recently~

But now, thank you to my WONDERFUL MOTHER for bringing me a smorgasborg of these...

and THIS monster


I've been in PEACH HEAVEN all week! YUM!
Here's to cravings!!!
Thanks Mom! :)

The Country Barn Boutique

You know those fun little boutiques that go on every season? Those ones where you walk in and are completely overwhelmed by the shear amount of painted wood? Soaps? and knitted things? You all know you like to go peak inside those boutiques..
I must admit, i don't consider myself crafty at all~in fact at first in order to even operate the sewing machine, i needed my sister Alesas' constant supervision! But I've decided to test the waters of the boutique world. No I'm not Tying a bunch of sticks together and selling them.. or painting wood blocks..(that would've been easier though..) I decided to see how these Minky Burp Rags I've made for a couple of my friends' babies sold. They are extremely soft and i used some Darling fabric!
So i made a few dozen, rented a booth, and got all set up. Its been ALOT of work, and I'm glad I've done it..All i have to do now is see how they sell, and see if it was worth it. I'm kind of nervous about it.. maybe alittle self conscious too.. i don't know why. Maybe its because its something handmade, I'm SO new to the whole sewing thing, and the public will be looking at and buying them... ahhh.. But I'm glad i put myself out there and did it cause I've always just wanted to try. I seriously don't now how some of those ladies make so much stuff and do it every time! :)
The Country Barn Boutique (on Mutton Hollow in Kaysville/Layton) opens for a preview tonight. 4-8, and then 10-8 Thurs & Fri., and 10-5 on Sat. Wish me luck. :)
(And thank you to my Wonderful Mom and Sister Alesa for all your help!)



This is me setting up and laughing cause i made a funny face last minute in the last picture Alesa was trying to take. ha ha. I look like I'm lovingly admiring my burp rags. ha ha. gag.



This is my finished little wicker shelf. I was originally told I'd be getting a wicker basket, so I wasn't planning on having so much space, so I had to use most of the Rags I'd made to fill the shelves. So much for restocking. :)
You can click on this picture if you want to see the burp rags up close.