Pregnancy Update

I realize I really haven't posted much about baby #3 on our blog. It's not that we aren't excited, it's just that we are so busy with everything else.  Already I am feeling bad for this baby who will get all hand me downs and be dragged around everywhere for his/her older siblings' activities.  At least the baby and I will have some good quality time while the older ones are in school!

Anyway, I'm almost 25 weeks at this point. Some days, I think this pregnancy is dragging on while others I forget how close we are really getting.  We had the big 20 week anatomy ultrasound a few weeks ago. I persuaded Bryce to not find out the sex this time.  I figured we have a boy and a girl so why not be surprised for once??  Although there are days where knowing would make it so much easier to plan and get everything done/ready before #3 arrives... still, I want to be surprised once!

The ultrasound went well. Everything looks fine with the baby.  All the measurements seemed to line up and I love getting to see the ultrasound pictures and hear that heartbeat.  The only issue is that my placenta is low lying. It usually corrects itself as the pregnancy progresses so hopefully that is the case with this one as I do not want to have a c-section.  The other problem is that because it's low lying, I've had a lot more back pain and other ligament type pain.  It seems to finally be getting better but my Dr. said a lot of time you will have to wear a maternity belt by the end... fun times!

I can also feel the baby moving.  I keep trying to catch a moment so Evan/Caitlin can feel but it hasn't worked out yet.  Hopefully soon as this is something I didn't get to experience before. Evan was much too little when I was pregnant with Caitlin (since they are only 17 months apart) to really understand all the pregnancy/baby stuff.  I'm excited to have this chance to share it with them.

Okay, and here are some pictures!  I still have not taken a 24 week picture but I promise to this week (so technically a 25 week picture). I feel like I am already huge and can't believe I still have over 3 months. 

12 weeks

16 weeks

20 weeks - I seemed to really pop around this time.  I think partly it seems more pronounced because everything is much lower... or maybe it's all that Halloween candy and treats people keep bringing to work ;)

Wurst Fest

Becca, Casey, and I took the kids to Wurst Fest one Sunday in early November. It's a German Fest in New Braunfels for those not familiar with it.  I've never been and have always wanted to go so I figured I'd tag along with Becca and Casey.  

We headed down in the morning so we'd be there right when it opened. It was a gorgeous day and even a little hot.  We immediately hit up some food and walked around. I was surprised at the size - I had envisioned it being much larger than it was for some reason.  After some tasty Kartoffelpuffer, we headed to check out the kiddie rides.  These were actually kind of expensive in my opinion considering an adult had to ride with them AND pay tokens.  So, we only did a few rides.

Casey and Evan on the dragon roller coaster

The kids and I on the carousel

The kids on the ferris wheel

After the rides, we went and got more food and cooled off for a bit.  You can't go to a German Festival without getting some sausage on a stick!

And of course, there has to be dancing:

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LOTS of dancing!

After that, we enjoyed some polka music before hitting another ride, some beer (for Casey) and shopping.  Then it was time to head home.  Overall, a very fun day and I'm glad to say I've now been to Wurst Fest after living here 12 years!

Happy Halloween 2012!

I love the entire month of October - it finally cools off in Austin and there are so many fun things going on. It all culminates in Halloween and Trick-Or-Treating for us.  We like to all go as a family so we put out a bowl and hope no one is that person that dumps the entire thing into their bag. Fortunately, most of our neighbors have younger kids who go with their parents and we have not had a problem.

This year, we had a great time. Both Caitlin and Evan were very into it and excited about seeing all the kids and going to the doors. Even Aunt Baba joined us!

Caitlin decided on Princess Presto for her costume on this day.

Trick-Or-Treat!

Alain and Miles went around with us

One house has a fun little blow up tunnel to run through which the older kids liked... younger kids thought it was a little too spooky.

Photo Op!

For once we remembered to get a family picture.

We stopped by the Blankenships to wish them Happy Halloween as well.

Just a few more houses!

And then it was home to have a few pieces of candy and go to bed. I hope your Halloween was just as wonderful.

Halloween Parties at Preschool

The kids each had a Hallween festival/party at school. They were on different days so I volunteered to help out for each of their classes.  It was fun to see them interacting with their friends and meet all the kids I hear about from them at home.  They both really enjoyed all the activities.

Evan getting his face painted

Playing pass the pumpkin with his class

Group picture of Evan's class

Evan by himself

Ghost bowling

Decorating and eating cupcakes

Fun times!

The next day was Caitlin's party. We had gorgeous weather and she decided to go as Rapunzel again.

Caitlin getting her face painted

Caitlin doing some ghost bowling

Attempt at a photo of Caitlin's class... 2 year olds don't sit still as well as the 4 year olds :)

 My pretty princess

Decorating and eating cookies

Getting a pumpkin tattoo

Overall, it was a lot of fun for both of them and for me! I enjoy having a flexible enough schedule to not miss out on these types of things.

Trunk N Treat

Finally some Halloween Posts!  Every year for the last few years, we've gone to the Trunk N Treat at the kids preschool.  It's a pretty big celebration that the church puts on where members decorate their cars and  pass out candy.  They also have food, bouncy houses, and a hayride!  

Here's some photos from our event.

I grabbed a quick photo before they left. This year, Evan went as Spiderman. Caitlin alternated costumes depending on the day (just from our dress-up box). For the Trunk N Treat, she wore Rapunzel.

Evan never could keep the mask on straight but he loved wearing his costume.

My Rapunzel

We met up with the Blankenships at the church. Howdy AJ!

All the kids really got into it this year and enjoyed meeting all the people at the cars and getting treats.

Stop for a photo op by the big Pumpkin.

Getting some candy...

Caitlin did a great job of getting all her own treats and really enjoyed it.

All done!

As soon as we were done with that, we hopped on the hayride before the line began to form. Perfect timing!

Ready for the hayride

It was a great evening. And I have to thank my hubby because he came without any complaints considering that Michigan was playing that evening in a pretty big game. It was a very fun family event.