Halloween!!!!

Sydney was Supergirl, something she picked out herself. We got a costume magazine in the mail and saw it and had to have it. When we went to pick it up it was like I handed her the moon she was so excited which more than made for my slight disappointment in her choice. It actually ended up being super cute (haha) and even more special because it is the first costume that she picked out herself. We were invited over to my friends Erica and Keiran's house for Halloween festivities. We had a blast. Good food, good people, great neighborhood for trick-or-treating. Everyone was sitting out in their driveways handing out chocolate. That's right folks Sydney got a whole bucket full of only the good stuff after going around the block. There was even a house with a HUGE pirate ship. I felt like I was at Disneyland in the Pirates of the Caribbean it was so amazing.










Here is a picture of Keiran's cool new garage floors that I thought all of you ASU fans would appreciate. I know Sydney and Addyson enjoyed it!

School picture

So sorry for the lack of updates! I pretty much have enough energy to work and lay on the couch. Anyway Sydney got her school pictures done about a month ago and we finally got them. I think it turned out pretty cute, especially since the brilliant people who scheduled the pictures thought it would be a good idea to do the preschoolers at noon. Yes at noon, after they had played for 4 hours and had lunch! Whatever. On the baby front, she is getting bigger and bigger and along with my belly so are my butt and thighs. Ugggg! Oh well what do you do. I have been having alot of regular contractions, but was thankfully blessed with a cervix of steel. We are all starting to get really excited to meet this little girl. She just needs to stay put for at least 7 more weeks.

An early morning conversation and random updates

Sometimes the conversations I have with Sydney just floor me. I have no idea where she comes up with some of the things she says. This is one we had on Friday morning before school.

Me: What kind of sandwich do you want in your lunch today, turkey or peanut butter and jelly?
Sydney: I want peanut butter and the jelly that looks like blood.
Me: The jelly that looks like blood? I guess that means strawberry!

Seriously.

Sydney also went to the dentist on Wednesday and she did an amazing job. She sat so still while they cleaned and examined her teeth. I was very proud of her. She also got to tell the dentist that she doesn't suck her thumb anymore. That's right folks! After about 2 months of wearing thumb guards and lots of tears we have broken the thumb habit!!!!!!!!!!! She got to pick out a special prize and got a lot of praise from everyone at the dentists office.




For obvious reasons we are a little obsessed with babies and pregnant tummies at our house. I took this one this morning after Sydney saw some adorable baby scrubs that my sweet and very generous friend Nerissa got for Hayden as a viability gift (24 weeks is a big milestone in our labor and delivery world). Thanks Rissy for everything! Don't you just love the expression on her face! She is toooo funny.

My poor baby :(

Look what Sydney did last night! She decided to see what happened when she rammed her face into the corner of my dresser. Talk about drama! She has a pretty deep puncture as well as a lovely bruise. This happened after I spent all day in ACLS and was in desperate need of some study time. So much for that. It was pretty funny this morning when I was getting her ready for school she looked in the mirror and started crying because she wanted me to make her black eye go away. She didn't like how it looked! I am also including some much cuter pictures from the last couple of weeks! On the baby front, Hayden is growing and moving like crazy and I'm feeling pretty good.

Baby Hayden

The money shot!

Sweet profile

I had my ultrasound today and everything is perfect with baby Hayden (yes that's her name unless I change my mind ;) It is confirmed that she is really a girl yeah! She has everything she is suppose to and it's all in the right place. She is 9 ounces right now and is measuring right on for her age. The poor ultrasound tech though because she was moving all over the place and made it difficult to get all the pictures she needed. I am so relieved that everything is OK with her. My risk of downs syndrome is now down to 1 and 15,000. Thanks Dr. Freeman for taking care of us! Now she just needs to grow and stay in there until at least 38 weeks!

"I just wanted to make you laugh"

So I was downstairs watching tv and Sydney was upstairs doing the same. Or so I thought! She came downstairs with a huge goofy grin on her face. She of course got in trouble for coloring all over her body! She looked at me with eyes full of tears and said "But momma, I just wanted to make you laugh". I of course then felt bad for yelling at her and it really was pretty funny. So a few hugs and kisses later everything was right in the world again. I just had to take some pictures of her. She also promised to only color on paper from now on.

Preschool!

Well I did it, I actually survived Sydney's first day of preschool and I am lonely! My house is so quiet right now. I know I will learn to appreciate having time to myself but right now I really miss her! We got up at 6:00, ate breakfast, got all dolled up and off we went. Sydney was soooooo excited to go to real preschool. It was so surreal going to a school and dropping off my kid. Weird! She asked my as we were walking through the parking lot if I was going to cry. She told me that she didn't want me to cry. I said I would try really hard not to but if I did they were going to be happy tears for her. She was ok after that. We found her classroom and she ditched me immediately to play with the kids. I stayed for about 30 minutes (obviously for my sake not hers). My little social butterfly was sitting in circle time when I blew her a kiss and left. I got a little misty as I was walking away from her but I think I did pretty good. I really am excited for her, she is going to learn so much and have so much fun. But I feel like this is the beginning of me not being the center of her universe and I know I am not ready for that! Great, now I really am crying. Oh well I almost made it.