Getting excited for Halloween!

Boo!

A very strange sentiment . . .

So last week I started having temperature issues again . . . same old fever that fluctuates and annoys. I've gotten so used to it happening over the past year I didn't think much of it, but took tylenol because it could easily get to a level that would be bad for Horowitz. Well I got a phone call from my OB this morning as I was headed home from B's 2-yr check up telling me that I have a UTI. And I was really glad to hear it - a fever with a diagnosable, treatable cause! The really funny thing is that it hadn't even occurred to me that there might be a simple explanation for this one. Lol.

Darn cute picture

This pic is so stinkin' cute I decided it deserved its own post. This was taken at Olive Garden last week during Tad's birthday bash. Oh boy does this girl love her Uncle Tad!

The Pumpkin Patch

As you can see, Carolyn was very excited about the hay ride. In addition to the hay ride, we did pumpkin launching (Craig hit the target and won a gift card to Winegar's), and B played on a hay bale tower as well as the corn pit. They had pigs that they let out for the kids to chase around, but we weren't there at the right time. We opted not to stay and wait because it was raining. Now I knew there was rain in the forecast, but I was expecting Ellensburg rain, not real rain. We got soaked, and I was very glad that I had dressed B in multiple layers!

Loving our new place

We are so happy with our new apartment, especially B. She was SO excited to be back in her full-size crib, and I think she is enjoying having her own space. Granted there are still boxes in every room, but her toys are all in her room. Her sleep schedule is a little messed up in that her bedtime has become a little later again, but at least she is sleeping through the night again and having pretty solid naps. A well-rested toddler is so much easier to take care of!

The move was crazy - Mom came which was a HUGE help. I was pretty useless because of morning sickness; as far as that goes, the move happened at the absolute worst possible time. But if we didn't take it they would have moved on down the waiting list. So we jumped at the chance. Mom wasn't exactly feeling great either because she is still recovering from a really nasty gout attack that lasted the entire month of September, but she did what she could, and the little things add up really fast. After the guys from the ward moved the furniture and most of the boxes, Mom made tons of trips carrying light boxes and clothes/small house items in her car. And of course she spent LOTS of time with B. Poor B was very upset when she left though. She always cries when she says goodbye to Gama, but this time was especially bad. I think she thought Mom was moving into the new apartment with us.

I am 11 weeks now, and am starting to feel some improvement in my morning sickness. I still have 2-4 pretty miserable hours depending on the day, but that's still way better than a week ago when I had maybe 2 good hours per day.

Sometimes she still likes me to baby her

We are moving in 3 days ahhhhhhhh! Packing is actually going pretty well, and we will have help from the Elders' Quorum when we actually move. In the meantime Leta is coming over later today to play with B while we get some more packing done, and Mom will be here tomorrow. So B will be thoroughly entertained having her Gama here. They just have the sweetest relationship.

I don't know what is up with her, but for the past week and a half or so, she has been waking up super early. Like between 6 and 6:30. Now it's not quite as bad as it sounds because I actually feel a lot better at 6:30 am than I do at 6:30 pm. The real issue is that it makes her a tired cranky wreck! Her little body really truly needs to sleep 12 hours at night, and 10 hours is just NOT cuttin' it! Granted she is taking a really long nap to make up for it, but she is still really difficult to deal with in the morning.

A few minutes ago she grabbed her pillow, soft, and binky, and asked me to pick her up. So I wrapped her up in her soft and she rested her head on her pillow which was on my chest. So cute. Then I asked if she wanted me to rock her, and she said "Ok", so I cradled her like a baby and rocked her in my computer chair :). She played with my hair for a minute and then said, "thanks mommy". And I became a melted puddle of something or other instantly. It's moments like that when I am SO THANKFUL to be a full-time mommy. She can have my time whenever she needs it, and I don't have to miss any of those tender and rare moments.

After a few minutes I asked her if she was ready to rest in her bed, and she said, "yeah". So I put her in bed and tucked her in, and I was closing the door she said, "Mommy? Shopping?". I laughed out loud and told her she was wayyyyyyy too tired for shopping and that we'd have to go shopping later (I made that mistake yesterday, and she was a total wreck). She is just too cute and funny :D.