Halloween

On Halloween we waited for Sam to get out of class and then we headed over to a little strip mall by our house so she could trick or treat at the stores. We hit the tail end of it so a lot of stores had run out of candy, but it was better than having there be a million people around and she still made out pretty well.

The new aged cow doesn't moo, it roars apparently...

She was even less interested in candy this time around then at the ward party much to the dismay of Sam and I. We needed her to get our candy. Good thing I am shameless and I grab stuff when she won't. Sam feels too awkward and never does. Goof head.
She did find a winner though in the balloon from Dan's. Except they give out balloons to kids every day so we pretty much have a stock pile at our house since we must get one every time we go.
She also scored a toothbrush from an orthodontist after walking through this spook house. I thought the dark would make her nervous, but nope, she was fine just cruising through by herself.
After making her way through all the stores we took her around the block to a few houses. She loved walking up to the houses, knocking on the doors, but she usually ended the visit by trying to enter people's houses. She was successful quite a few times which was super awkward. Thus her trick or treating days ended a bit early for the evening. We thought she would have a great time passing out candy too, but we didn't get a single trick or treater.
So we spent the evening sorting Bailey's candy, letting her eat her bag of cheese balls which she absolutely loved, and then sending the baby to bed while we once again polished off her candy.
Happy Halloween.

Pumpkin Carving

Sam hates being dirty and sticky more than anyone I know. It is usually quite comical trying to watch him clean Bailey up from meal time. Bailey is usually super messy and he is like a scared old man trying to clean her up while staying super clean. It usually takes him like ten minutes to get the job done (when it should take him like 30 seconds).

Watching him carve a pumpkin with Bailey while trying to not getting any goo on himself? Hilarious.
Especially because Bails is fearless when it comes to getting dirty and she was always trying to get her chubby little hands on the spoon and knife.
Unfortunately she was successful quite a bit of the time. Yes that is my one year old holding a pretty sharp knife. And yes she is quite pleased with herself.
And this is the one year old scaring her Dad half to death. Not because she is holding a sharp knife, but because she has the ability to fling a lot of goo on him and get him dirty. (You know, the guy who wants to be a doctor).
Apparently she doesn't love the idea of touching goo with her hands either.
Unless of course it involves her getting the knife the back.
Or the pumpkin lid can always be fun too.
And for the record, yes she is standing super close to the edge of the doorstep. She did attempt to sit down like three seconds after this picture was taken and yes she did land on her back in a pile of dirt and ick. There was a little bit of crying from her, some shock from Sam and a few small giggles from me. What can I say. It is funny when people fall down. (In my defense she wasn't hurt at all and I came to her rescue the quickest despite being like a thousand pounds pregnant. Sam does move that slow.)

Ward Halloween Party!

Saturday was the ward Halloween Party. We dressed Bailey up in her little cow costume which she thought was quite hilarious when we first showed her. She was running all over the house dragging it behind her.

She was also quite handy with her pumpkin. Sam trained her to always pick twix or kit kats when a bowl of candy was placed in front of her. Too bad she was also really good at dumping the candy out and sharing it with other kids.
We ate some good chili, corn bread, and pigs in a blanket and then we were off to trick or treat in the classrooms upstairs. Unfortunately we took a little too long to eat because a few of the candy bowls were empty, but Bails enjoyed climbing the stairs and watching all the kids run around.
She was also pretty intrigued with the decorations. She paid more interest to the pumpkins, cobwebs, and door hangings then she did to the candy which was just fine with us.
She was so funny. She didn't get scared of anything, she would just start laughing and pointing.
Cute little cow...
When her bucket became too heavy from all her loot we headed back downstairs to the rest of the party.
We headed down to play some games. Bails is super good at just maneuvering through crowds and taking off without us. Before we knew she had escaped to the front of the game and started the bean bag toss.
She then tried her luck at the fishing game and caught a snicker bar. Good Baby.
Our night ended with a bit of a sugar high. Bails got a bite of some licorice and then she was sent to bed while Sam and I polished off the rest of her candy.
Halloween is the best. Hopefully I don't get diabetes with all the sugar I've consumed.

Round 2...

April 4: The pee on the stick made two lines appear.

May 10: Heard the heart beat for the first time and even impressed the doctor because it had only been 9 weeks.

July 21: Found out we would be adding more estrogen to our house. Another girl!

July 26: The fluttering and moving has begun.

August 22: I look like I am about to deliver. Too bad I have about 15 weeks to go.

August 25: Realized my due date is the day before finals week. That should be awesome.

December 11 can not come quick enough. Especially because Sam is praying I stay pregnant till the evening of the 16th (the start of his two week Christmas break). Curses to hoping I am late.

Babysitting Fun

This is Bailey's friend Jack. His parent's are medical school friends and we love playing with them during the week. We also trade babysitting which is perfect because Bailey can be socially awkward so hopefully being around other kids will help with that.

Jack taught Bailey to drive cars, trains and helicopters around the room and to make a vroom noise while you do it. It has changed her life. She does it all the time now.
They also enjoyed pushing each other around in Bail's car.
Jack definitely got the short end of the deal on that one.

Conference Weekend

We had another great conference weekend with Sam's family. Bailey went on a long walk with Grandma Pam. We finally sent out the cavalry (Cody) to make sure they were okay because they were gone for awhile (and Sam really wanted to eat).

She also got to show off her sliding abilities.
And of course we ate delicious food. Queden made delicious breakfast of crepes, eggs, and bacon. We were all in heaven.
Of course there was a little bit of watching conference in there as we all sat around laughing and sleeping (not at the same time).