Halloween- PARTY!

Every year our Halloween neighborhood party gets bigger and bigger. We had a blast again this year because many of our friends and family joined us. We had G and G Z, Mary, Brad and Sarah, and our good friends Dave, Laura, Nick and Michael- along with Laura's parents! Layna loved Trick or Treating and really got the hang of it after a few houses. We are blessed to have such fun neighbors and had a great time again this year!

Halloween- Trunk or Treat

We had our 1st Trunk or Treat at our church this year! We had a good turn out and it was a ton of fun! Here are some pics..Including one of Great Grandparents Fry on Halloween morning! Layna was so excited to show off her Alligator costume to them. Trick or Treat!

Layna and her Daddy!

Layna and her daddy have such a cool relationship! I had to post these pictures of them reading together..and then Layna reading to her daddy. Sometimes when I walk in the door from work Layna says 'but where's my daddy?' Instead of being offended- I remind myself how thankful I am that Layna has such a great daddy. When Layna wants to roughhouse with Karl- she will say 'stay away from me Monster..' and that is his cue to chase her and act like a monster. They love running errands, playing outside, and even watch Bears football together. Ohh and the last pic is of Layna pretending to be a baby in her play babybed..Oh boy!! Thanks K for being the best daddy any little girl could ever ask for!

Pumpkin Patch!

We had a great time at the Pumpkin Patch this year! We were able to take Mary along with us which was tons of fun :) Mary is such a special part of our family that we were glad she was able have fun with Layna outside of the daily routine at our house. We are praying for good weather this weekend for the Halloween fun..More pics after Saturday!

28 Weeks!

So here is the 28 week belly!! I am still feeling pretty good beside the normal complaints! I do feel pretty big lately but Im trying to tell myself that I dont waddle *that* much yet..being that I have atleast 10 weeks left! (I had Layna at 38 weeks..so Im counting down early!) Layna is getting very excited to be a BIG SISTER and seems to understand that its hard for Mommyto play on the floor with her big belly. Karl has been wonderful..doing a lot of the cooking and getting up to tuck Layna back in if/when she wakes up at night.

One of the kiddos at my school seemed to be very intrigued by my changing body..I often found her staring at me in the hallway. Well..she informed me yesterday that she had figured it out- I was the 'round, puffy version of Mrs. Nelson'. She is in 6th grade- so I took her word for it. She then proceeded to say 'Well...good luck with all that going on in your stomach' The preschoolers think my belly button IS the baby..which is humorous..and the 1st and 2nd graders keep asking me 'does that hurt?' So needless to say..the kids at school keep me laughing when I occasionally feel like crying! Overall I am very blessed to have a healthy and uneventful pregnancy.

24 Weeks

Things are going well here at the Nelson house! I am 24 weeks now and grateful that this has been a very easy and uneventful pregnancy thus far. We are excited that my Grandparents from Michigan have moved down to STL and plan on seeing them often! Layna is doing great in her 'Big GIRL Bed' and loves sleeping there every night. My first VERY vivid baby dream was this week. Karl and I were at the hospital waiting for the baby to arrive and when it came- It was a CHUBBY baby GIRL with black hair just like her sister. She resembled Layna but it wasnt her- and the biggest difference was that she was even CHUBBIER!! Lord help me!! So I document this to see if my dream has any substance. We shall see...

BIG GIRL ROOM!!

This weekend my parents took Layna overnight on Sunday and all day Monday so that we could get her BIG GIRL ROOM ready!! Karl agreed to do wainscoting on the bottom of the walls if we didnt have to paint anything in the room PINK! I loved the idea of the wainscoting and decided to take a risk with orange walls. Paint has never scared me..so we went for it! When it first went on the wall I was a bit leary but now that the room is put together..I LOVE IT!! I found this bedroom set on Craigslist for super cheap which I love as well! The bedding, curtains and pillows are all from JCPenny's.

Layna has been talking about her big girl room for quite awhile and has even mentioned wanting to sleep in there. We may try that in the next couple of weeks and see how it goes. The very worst that can happen is that she goes back in the crib for another couple of months! The rest of our time this weekend has been spent reorganizing, decluttering, pitching and CLEANING!! Some of my favorite things..literally! I know...its a sickness! We have even reorganized are storage closet and boy does it feel GREAT!! Thanks again G and G Z for keeping Layna busy so that we could be so productive!!