27 weeks

Mr. Peanut has been in the womb for 27 whole weeks now. He's an ornery one, just like his big sister was...kicking me, wallering, pinching me from the inside....all the joys of being pregnant! I'm enjoying everything still, but just uncomfortable at night. Mabelle's so "exciting" for the baby, she even asked me last night to open my belly so she could give the baby some sugar. I hope she still feels that way in a few months....

And I'm way cuter this time around with a toddler....don't know how that worked out. I definitely look (how did Heather put it) "fresher" this time around. But all of Mabelle's prego pics were taken after the gym or at night...and I was working then...not as hard as I work nowadays....hmmmm.....

Pumpkin Masters...

Pumpkin carving at its finest..notice there's no pictures of the finished pumpkins ;) Mabelle loved helping carve the pumpkins and clean them out. She called all the pumpkin goop inside....pumpkin goo-goo, and would help by taking it out and flinging the spoon to get it off. Which would get pumpkin goo-goo everywhere!

Mabelle checking out the pumpkin goo-goo.

Daddy helping Mabelle get that goo-goo out of the pumpkin.
We're checking out the pumpkin, to make sure all the goo-goo is gone-gone.
Say cheese :D
Mabelle's final inspection...she had to get a very close look!
And Daddy finishing the clean-up of the goo-goo for us!
No finished pictures, only because I forgot to take them...AND Daddy finished his while we did bathtime, and then I did mine while Daddy watched TV & Mabelle went to bed. ;)

Just another week for Little Miss M...

Mabelle had visitors last week. Her Papa Joe & Grandma Teresa came to visit..and she loved all the attention. She learned about grasshoppers, and her favorite thing was bonking her ball on everyone's head--especially Papa Joe.

Going down the slide 25x in a row, while Papa counted.

Hunting and finding grasshoppers.
Letting them hop on her shirt!
Checking out the bubble situation:
Trying to blow them herself...
Playing "Catch"...or bonk people on the head with her ball--even poor Ruby!
Daddy bonking Mabelle on the head.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

She actually wore it!!!!! Only after she discovered this little thing called "candy"...whoa is that a great bribery tool!! I guess after keeping it a secret for 2 years, we've done ok...and it's only ONE day, right? She loved her cupcake costume, she got soo much attention in it and everyone who saw it loved it. ENJOY THE CUPCAKE...it's vanilla with pink frosting, and sprinkles with a cherry on top. (She picked out everything, and I made it...she even picked out her pink sparkly shoes.) The cherry didn't last the whole night, it was a little heavy and fell off her head, so we did a red bow too :) Oh, and we had a bucket of sprinkles as her candy bucket :)

It's the perfect cupcake!!

You can kind of see the candy bucket here...complete with modge-podged sprinkles on it :)
Heading out on our first trick-or-treating excursion...she was sooo "exciting"!
Getting ready to knock and say "trick or treat"...she had to do it all by herself at all 4 houses we went to.
The Baker & the cupcake on our first trick-or-treating event! She had a blast.....and she wants me to tell everyone

"Happy Halloween!!"

The Pumpkin Patch...finally!

We went to the pumpkin patch this weekend, and whoa was it REALLY a pumpkin patch. It was super windy, dusty, and cold...but Mabs loved it! Even with a runny nose from the cold & windy conditions. Notice the outfit change halfway thru....we added a hat and put some jeans on her--brrrrrrrr......

ENJOY the picture overload--there were way too many experiences and cuteness to choose from!

Mabs looking at the bunny that you aren't supposed to touch...you could lose a finger!

Mabs & her BFF, Charlee, walking with Daddy.
Climbing up to get to the little slide.
Looking at the sheep...complete with her hands in her sweatshirt!
In the chicken house.

It's those sheep again...eating pumpkins!

Going on the BIG slide....after of course, it was tested out by Charlee's Daddy.

She loved that BIG slide!

The little family on the Hayrack Ride...she liked the tractor that pulled us...it was "loud"!

Touching the cornstalks in the corn maze.

Papa Joe giving her some corn and teaching her how to pick it off...which is now one of her favorite things to do!

Picking the "candy corns" off...

Posing with her corn...right before the wardrobe change & potty break!

Hanging out on the pumpkins with Ms. Charlee...still picking her candy corns.

Riding in the wagon.

Picking out her baby pumpkin.

Holding it...with a runny nose.

The Dads carrying the great pumpkin finds back to the wagon!

The Moms carrying the kiddos and the little pumpkin finds back to the wagon!

Ahhh...bless the wagon!

Cheesy photo op....but my goodness, does it get any cuter than this???

Mabelle LOVED this cutout...she wouldn't look at me...just wanted to hang out.

Mabs & Ms. Charlee at the end of the trip! Charlee was soo tired (as was Mabs), but Mabelle was giggling soo hard at her!

A Tie-dying Extravaganzaaaaa!!

A good friend, Sally, came over to help me tie-dye some things...it was AWESOME! I had fun, Mabs had fun, and BONUS, she taught me how to make stromboli too!

Mabs loved to paint clothes, but did NOT like the gloves, so then she just wanted to watch.

The finished products, pictures don't do them justice!!

Just this and that

Just a few pics from last & this week...

Opening a Halloween card from a good friend...where you found a Cinderella Halloween card, Tracy..I don't know!! LOL!

GO MIZZOU!
Drawing Daddy with her HUGE Tinkerbell pencil.
It's HUGE...I can't even write with it!
Peek-a-boo, Momma!

This is the face I get, when I ask her to say cheese!

Helping Daddy find and pick up dog poo...that ended in her actually picking up poop with her bare hands....YUCKO!

My little tree hugger...she hugs them, and screams "my friend".