Wiggles, Pumpkins, Halloween...

Wiggles!
We went to a Wiggles concert at the beginning of October. If you don’t have small children, you may be asking, “What are the Wiggles?” They are a singing/dancing group out of Australia that have a TV show, songs, DVDs, etc for toddlers/preschoolers. Shaun had a good time. He wasn’t outwardly singing/dancing like some kids, but he was still having a fun time. We even ended up having seats next to one of his friends. He kept asking for Wags The Dog to come out.



Pumpkin Patch
Shaun and Daddy’s Monday class went to the pumpkin patch again this year. I joined them. Shaun had a lot of fun seeing the animals, playing, riding the tractor and picking out a pumpkin.


Playgroup Halloween
We had our annual playgroup Halloween party so the kiddos could where their costumes. Here are the 4 that made it. Aren’t they cute?!

Pumpkin Carving
We carved our first family pumpkin this year. Shaun was too small to really know what was going on the previous 2 years, so we never ended up carving a pumpkin. This year, though he was so into pumpkins, candy and “trick or treat”. He carried around his plastic pumpkin basket for weeks leading up to Halloween.




Halloween
On Halloween we went to the church carnival. We had a chili dog dinner and then Shaun was off to “go play”. We had to wait for a bit before we ate since we got there slightly early, and Shaun was such a good boy watching some of the others that had already started to play. He waited patiently in his chair, but then was ready “to go play” as soon as we were done. There were a lot of the throwing kind of games and even a bouncy castle that he loved and of course candy. Shaun hadn’t experienced a bouncy house yet, but once he figured out to jump (there weren’t any other kids in there at the time), he was all happy and having tons of fun.









Then we went by Grandma & Grandpa’s to trick or treat and show off Shaun’s costume.

Baby Hunter #2 update!
I am 6 months along now; less than 3 months to go and now am in the 3rd trimester (28+ weeks). Everything is going well. I really couldn’t ask for better pregnancies. My last monthly appointment was routine plus a glucose test for gestational diabetes, which I passed since I didn’t get a phone call to say otherwise. I have 1 more monthly appointment in a few weeks, and then they go to every 2 weeks and then every week! I am getting into the uncomfortable stage. No position is comfortable to sit in or sleep in. However, I am still sleeping pretty well, so I can’t complain there. I got my first leg cramp last weekend. I was dreading when those were going to start. I had them with Shaun during the 3rd trimester. It is a really hard Charlie horse in my calf muscle. It takes a few minutes to go away and the muscles in that leg is sore for the next few days because it was synched so tight. It usually happens when I am lying down in bed, so I have to be careful with my leg movements to try and avoid the cramps.

We have begun to clean and clear out baby’s room. The 3rd room has been our guest/storage room. One little room can store a bunch of stuff, especially when it is all out of site and not in the way of anything. I emptied the old dresser (which will be tossed), cleared out some of Shaun’s old clothes which were sitting in piles on the floor (the rest are stored in the basement closet by size), tossed my old childhood mattresses and picked up paint swatches. I just have to clear out the closet now, which includes board games, sleeping bags and who knows what else. Then “we” are ready to paint (after I pick out the color) and bring in the baby furniture (crib and a new dresser that we have to pick out still). Then I can wash up all the smallest clothes and start organizing them in the new dresser. Hopefully we can get all of this done by January!!?!?!?! Oh, and we still have to pick out a name! It is really hard this time. For some reason, Shaun was easy for us and we had it basically picked out at the time we found out that he was a boy. We are nowhere close as of now on picking out a name. Keeping it a secret this time will be easy since we don’t know yet!

We are also in the middle of a 2 evening “refresher” birthing class. I felt that I needed a refresher so I can try and be up on all the techniques for labor. I found that last time, it was hard for me to actually think about what we had learned when in pain, so the fresher it is in my mind and Bill’s, maybe the easier it will be to bring the techniques to mind. Also, since I was induced after my water broke with Shaun, I didn’t experience any of the labor at home, the timing of contractions or figuring out when to go in to the hospital, so it would be good to learn that again.

During the last month or so, we have found out that 3 friends at church are also expecting babies in 2011, in about March, May & June or so. Baby Hunter #2 will have a lot of future playmates. I guess we all listened when they requested to fill up the empty nursery! It will be interesting to find out what the mix of boys and girls will be! So far, out of the 4 that are coming: 1 boy and 1 girl.

I have a feeling that these next few months are going to go by very quickly since we are now in November, which means the holidays are soon upon us!! I can’t believe it!!!!!!! (panic, panic)

Here I am at 6 months pregnant!