Zombie?

When we went to check on Sydney the other night we rounded the corner to see this, we were in hysterics! The poor girl wont stay in her bed and we are mean parents that child lock the door til she falls asleep (then we tip toe in and take it off the door)

Can you see her curls coming out too. So stinking cute! :)

Yames-E-Boy goes to state!

Our nephew James, made it to state running cross-country! He is just a Freshman so what a HUGE accomplishment. The best part of it is the championship race was in Lewiston (a quick 30 min drive for us.) Which meant the Letham's came to visit and we got them all to ourselves for one night! :) We don't get to see them as much as we like so I was BEYOND excited.  The girls and I were counting down the days all week.

Kloee ADORES her cousins. Morgan and her were joint at the hip which I LOVE to see.

I realized that Sydney didn't have a hat to wear to the event the night before so I whipped one up real quick, it took her a little while to get used to it but she kept it on after a little while. It was soo cute!

We had a FUN time visiting and hanging out before the race. (Sorry Melissa, I had to post proof you were here:)

Look at this kid run! He said he pulled a muscle at the beginning but you couldn't tell with the strong finish at the end.......(pic below)

His team took first overall! Go TETON!!!

So proud.....yes I've got such a soft spot for James I teared up a little when he crossed that finish line!!!

So excited to see how he does next year!!!

Our miracle....

Since this pregnancy is coming to a close I've had moments to truly contemplate my life, where it was, where it is now and where it is headed.  This is life and I am SO grateful for every moment counts more then I can fathom.  This last year has been a journey for us with life lessons that we will never lose.  Our testimonies of the gospel are stronger then ever, we have grown as a family together and we know without doubt that our Heavenly Father knows us and loves us and gives us what we need in his perfect timing.  This pregnancy and baby has blessed our lives in more ways then we will ever know, despite the difficulty of it and that's why I call it OUR MIRACLE.

Here are the ultrasound pictures from Spokane that I have been saving up, hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
DISCLAIMER: The ultrasound ladies LOVE gender pictures, I didn't put them on here to be inappropriate just to prove how many they took.....WE ARE CERTAIN this is a boy :) (Numbering is by column)

1. 9/25: Gender    2. 9/25: Distinct Ear    3. 9/25: Look close for arrow showing hair    4. 9/25: Inserting fist into mouth    5. 9/25: Foot    6. 9/25: Gender

1. 8/2: Entire leg with foot    2. 8/2: Profile with leg coming above head    3. 8/2: Feet    4. 9/25: A big Thumbs up    5. 9/25: Chubby Cheeks    6. 9/25: More Chubby Cheeks

1. 8/2: Gender    2. 8/2: Nose and Mouth    3. 8/2: Face    4. 8/2: Distinct Feet    5. 8/2: Don't take my picture    6. 8/2: Still trying to hide :)

1. 8/2: Face  2. 8/2: Profile    3. 8/2: Face/Umbilical cord/Gender    4. 10/23: Gender   5. 8/2: Hiding again    6. 8/2: Profile

1. 10/23: Chubby Face    2. 10/23: Foot    3. 10/23: Toes    4. 10/23: More Cheeks    5. 10/23: I think he is healthy    6. 10/23: Chubbers :)


On October 23rd we went in for our final consult pre-delivery in Spokane, the fluid in all areas has stayed stable which the Dr was VERY optimistic about.  He feels most of the issues will resolve themselves within the first day or two.  Our baby boy will for sure spend about a day in the NICU to be monitored.  I'm grateful for these doctors who are making sure all is well with my baby.  As of today I am scheduled for c-section on Nov 6th because baby is breach, but they all assured me MANY times they will check me before to see if he has moved into the correct position and if he has I will be induced instead for a VBAC (which is my first choice even though he is already 8lbs 4oz and is gaining about .5lbs a week). All around good news, its just the final push to the finish line!

Baby Boy Projects....

Projects, projects& more projects.....I've been keeping busy that's for sure and I'm reaching the end of my to do list for this baby boy.

An original design by me! Crib set.....I LOVE how it turned out....not bad for making it up as I went along, it did take me about a million trips to the fabric store/ my mom basement to get it right, we will just forget about that part of it though.

Of course I had to make a Chevron Chenille Blanket to go with it since I'm obsessed with chevron right now.  This is really fun to make and turned out great but warning to all those who might be debating making one.....it takes FOREVER:)!

Since I haven't been feeling the best I've been spending much of my time crocheting which I LOVE to do.... so many cute patterns so little time. I may have gone a bit overboard.

Newsboy hats!

I'm told these PeePee TeePee's are a must with boys so I made a few to try out.

All boys need ties right?

Thanks to my mother I got lots of swaddle blankets and burp clothes made

and thanks to my sister and friend Sarah I got Binky clips made.

These bibs were a lot of fun to make, Darren always complains about bibs not covering enough space so I found an AMAZING tutorial online for these and of course I went a little overboard but I kinda feel you can't have enough bibs.

My dear friend Sarah is having a boy as well soon after me and its her first so I went a little crazy and crocheted a bunch of stuff for her as well.

Hershey Kiss Hat

Booties and Hat (I LOVE making these)

Cowboy set!

I still need to finish his blessing outfit but I'm feeling pretty ready to meet this little boy, in a few short weeks.

No running in the church.....

 Sunday's are ALWAYS crazy for us, this last week especially so. After I picked the girls up from Nursery they took off running down the hall (at our church its a double chapel building so the hall is VERY long).  I was exhausted and knew the hall ends eventually so I walked patiently down the hall after them. Well when I turned the corner to the end where they were hiding Kloee thought it was the coolest game and tried to run around me, but instead tripped and fell into the Bishop's closed door....All I could say was "That's why we don't run in the church" :) It hurt her pretty bad but she bounced back pretty quickly......HERE'S THE PROOF

Once again hard to get a good shot but I think you get the idea.

Darren...THE OLD MAN!

I'm a GREAT wife let me tell you....between my church calling and being preggo I am highly forgetful. :) I scheduled a baby shower on Darren's bday and by the time I connected the date together it was too late to change it. So I tried to make up for it the next day.

Darren LOVES chocolate and candy bars....so for his birthday cake I found a tutorial on pinterest (with pictures only) on how to make a GIANT KitKat bar.  After making this I have learned how to do it differently. I made it about half the size of the one in the tutorial but it is still massive so I think I would have cut it in half once more, I think its going to take him til his next birthday to eat it all. He LOVED it though. :)

Opening it up....he was  shocked and super excited....

Yummy!

Best view of inside...apparently the cookies float in the chocolate so they didn't come out straight....all well! The girls and I spent the day spoiling him and he said it turned out to be a GREAT birthday.

Punkin' Faces

For FHE Monday night we decided to make Carmel apples for those we visit teach/home teach and OUR Home teachers.....the girls had a BLAST delivering them and yelling Happy Halloween! Then we came home to decorate our pumpkins.  I've been struggling keeping up on all the house work these last couple weeks so we decided to keep it as clean as possible and I bought a set of Mr. Potato like pieces from Wal*mart. The girls thought it was pretty cool.

Ready to start.....

The pieces were a bit hard to push in so Daddy had to help out

Sydney's done!

Kloee's turn...

Pumpkin love

Getting pictures of the two of them is such an ordeal these days and they ALWAYS have to pull faces instead of just smiling....all well you get what you get. :) It was a fun evening and Daddy was even able to be here for it so SMILES all around.

Pumpkin Patch!

I was pretty determined to take the girls to a pumpkin patch this year for pumpkins.  I wish I could say the girls LOVED it and can't wait to go again next year but I was glad we went anyway.  I'm not sure of they were just not feeling well or too tired but they were very hard to reason with while there but it was fairly fun anyway.

They were both more interested in the dirt clumps and sticks then the pumpkins...notice how happy they are here with the sticks, wait til you see them with the pumpkins.

Here is THE PATCH

Best shot of Sydney with her pumpkin.....sigh....:)

See how THRILLED they were about the pumpkins

Here is the whole family squeezing in for a family shot on the hay bail ride, I do think this was the highlight of the trip (other then the sticks of course)

We met one of my friends in our ward there and Kloee loves her daughter and they had fun running through the kiddy corn maze (Ill be honest it was a bit lacking) but neither one wanted to take a picture.  I was glad we went and we will probably do it again next year, just hope the girls will be in a better mood :)