San Diego - Homecoming and Pumpkin Painting

A couple of weeks ago, we headed down to San Diego for the weekend.

My younger sister Maddie had a volleyball game and homecoming, so it was great weekend to go!

First we went to watch Maddie's Volleyball game.

Nash was really good and enjoyed watching all the craziness.

Maddie did great and was so fun to see her on the court.

Saturday was all about Homecoming.  The girls took Maddie to get her make up done.

Helped her get dressed and then took lots of pictures.  Here are some before she left.

Sunday we were able to paint/carve pumpkins.

It was a beautiful day out and Nash actually enjoyed painting them.

Showing Daddy the paint that he got on himself

At the end, Micah was carving her pumpkins and Nash wanted to help.

He loves his Micah Mae.

Baby #3 - 24 Weeks

Size of Baby: Weighs just over a pound and about 12 inches long. She is about the length of an ear of corn.

Total Weight Gain: 9 lbs

Maternity Clothes: Definitely maternity pants

Gender: It is a GIRL!

Movement: You can now see her move from the outside.  Such a neat experience

Food Cravings: Chocolate and Salads.  Not combined but I crave both of them all the time right now.

What I Miss: Energy and my husband every week

Sleep: I have just started to wake up once or twice a night.  Not excited about this starting already.

Symptoms: I have had terrible pain in the back of my right hip, could be from carrying Nash on my left side.

Best Moment This Week: Getting our family pictures taken! I love pictures...they capture the moment in time that you will never get back.

What I Am Looking Forward To: A nice cool weekend here in AZ this weekend.

Photos By Annie Groves Photography

Happy Halloween 2012

Our Halloween was a busy one!

We are currently back in CA and loving every minute of it.

Halloween was filled with parades, food, family and trick or treating.

The day started out seeing two parades.

One was at Nash's cousin Joella's school and the second one was at Daddy and Auntie Divo's work.

At Daddy's work, Daddy was able to show off his little puppy.

Taylor (One of Nash's cousins) and Nash were so excited to explore Daddy's campus

 They found some grass and ran and rolled around until it was time for the parade.

Once the parade started, they were both so excited to name all the characters that they knew

and to see cousin Leyton walking in the parade.

After the parade, we headed home and took naps and got ready for the evening.

Auntie Holly hosted a Halloween potluck before we all headed out to go trick or treating.

The food was great!

There was a craft table

Nash and Leyton played with cars outside

The girls twirled in their princess outfits

Then we headed off to trick or treat.

We went to the hot spot in our area and boy was it a hot spot.

There were hundreds of people there, police on horse back and even a first aid station.

The below pictures were taken with my phone so they are not too clear.

Nash loved trick or treating.

I think he hit up 7 or 8 houses and then just ran around.

My child does not like sweets, so he was not interested in the candy thankfully. 

(if you know me, you should be shocked that he doesn't)

But he loved going up to the houses and saying "tick o teet"and "ah u"(thank you)

All in all it was a successful trick or treating day.

I think Chris was more tired than our Nasherson.

I have many pictures from our trip to San Diego to post.

Hopefully I will get them on in the next day or so.

Baby #3 - 21 Weeks

How Far Along: 21 weeks

Size of Baby: About 10.5 inches long. She is about the length of a carrot.
Total Weight Gain: 4 lbs...still have not weighed in since week 18
Maternity Clothes: Definitely maternity pants
Gender: It is a GIRL!
Movement: This girl is a mover. All day and all night.
Food Cravings: This week it is Cupcakes and Coke/Dr. Pepper. And I never drink cokes, but I will occasionally have a Vanilla Dr. Pepper when I am not pregnant. So this is an odd one for me.
What I Miss: Energy and my husband every week
Sleep: When Nash sleeps I sleep.
Symptoms: My heels are killing me. I have been trying to wear tennis shoes as much as possible
Best Moment This Week: Feeling good enough to make dinner two nights this weekend for Chris. We had taco soup and roast.....such great Fall meals. Also we have been trying out some names...some made it to the most def not list and some are sticking around....only time will tell
What I Am Looking Forward To: Going back to CA this weekend and being around Family

Pumpkin Patch 2012

Yesterday we ventured to the pumpkin patch. 

The weather showed us some sign of fall by only being in the low 70's while we were there.

This year was much different from last year.

Nash was overwhelmed with all the different aspects of the farm and did not know where to go first.

So Daddy took him over by the animals.

First he saw the goats,

 then a pony,

and finally ducks.

It was so fun to watch him with the animals as he can say their names and sounds that they make.

We moved on to the "How tall are you this season?" board.

Nash was not sure about the animals on the board.

But then started telling me what the animals were

Do you see "Daddy"?

After we went through all the animals,

We headed over to the pumpkins.

Nash thought they were big balls

He tried to kick them

Pick them up and throw them

All of the sudden a "train" drove by and caught his attention

and Nash was off

He was determined to get on that train.

Which never happened because he was a little too small.

At the farm, they had a big jump jump that was built into the ground.

It was like a big air bubble.

Nash and Chris loved every minute of it.

Nash would do seat drops

He loved to slide down the slope

Lay down and let the other people bounce him

and then run around at the top

After a good 30 minutes on the jump jump, we moved over to the corn box.

At the end, I tried to get some pictures with my munchkin.

So much harder with a toddler

All in All it was a great pumpkin patch day