snow

I have been telling Heidi that her sister isn't coming until the snow comes.  I guess it's time for her sister to come.  I'm not sure I am ready for either...a newborn or the snow, but I guess we can't wait forever.  In reality we have about 2 weeks left and I swear I have popped out at least another 4 inches in the last two days....so uncomfortable.  I have to say though, Heidi was very excited about the snow and keeps me reminding me what the snow means.

Freddy the Firetruck

 Story time has become a huge hit around here.  We love Thursday mornings!  Our new library is adorable and we go at least three times a week...what can I say?  We read a lot.  Last week they told us Freddy the Firetruck would be coming and that is about all we talked about for an entire week.  It did not disappoint.  They read fire stories, had a fireman, and a play firetruck (can see in the background) that danced and talked...aka Freddy.  This is Heidi's happy face--or at least it's the face I get every time I tell her to smile these days.

 While Freddy was very cool, nothing could compare to Heidi's joy when she got to see and touch the two real firetrucks outside.  She kept talking about the two firetrucks and let everyone know what sound they made.

 She of course really, really loved the fire hat they gave her and it often comes with us when we are out and about.  Plus, she even got some fire tattoos and that has made the excitement of the day last even longer.

The only thing I think that would make her happier was if it had been a school bus day...she still loves her buses.  Either way, we sure love our library and are so grateful for the time they put into making fun activities for all the little cuties in town.

pumpkin carving

 The weekend finally arrived and we decided we should carve some pumpkins.  Last year we had so much fun carving Heidi's pumpkin, but this year we were all even more excited because Heidi just gets more and more fun.

 Heidi loved every part of the process but I think she mostly loved that her daddy was home.  She has started to become so attached to him.  When she saw he was home on Saturday when she woke up she just went nuts and didn't even want breakfast for fear she would miss one second of play time with her favorite pal.

 She didn't love when her hands touched the inside of the pumpkin, but as soon as she started watching Jeff trace the pattern she forgot about the gooey inside.  The above picture was taken just a few seconds early--she is leaning in to give her daddy a kiss.  No wonder she has him so wrapped around her finger.

Heidi was thrilled with her kitty pumpkin.  Our little gal sure does love animals.  She really doesn't care for dolls, but show her any animal, stuffed or real, and she goes nuts.  She loves waking up and telling her kitty good morning each day.  We are loving Halloween this year.

the end of fall

 I am not sure if fall is really over, but it kind of feels like it where we live.  The temperatures have dropped drastically, especially at night, and the wind keeps blowing in freezing cold air.  Hopefully it's just teasing and will return for at least a few more weeks.  I haven't been as good as I would like to be with posting and I decided it is time to just sit and post already.  We took Heidi to the mountains a few weeks ago to look at the leaves.  Turns out we were about a week or two late but when we found this little tire swing she forgot about the leaves.  Oh and the river of course.  That girl just can't get enough of throwing rocks in the river!

 At my last appointment we had a million places to go for the house, etc. so we decided to take Heidi to Hee Haws farm so she had at least one fun place to go.  Oh my goodness did she have a blast!  I remember going with my class for field trips, but taking her was soooo much fun!  Everything was the best thing in the world to her and she was just so cute.  We were glad grandpa and grandma came with us too and we are so grateful grandma let us borrow her camera so we could remember the fun day.

 Heidi has become such a little daredevil lately and she loved going down this huge slide with her daddy.  I don't know who was giggling more--Jeff or Heidi.  They went down it probably a thousand times or so.

 Heidi also loved the hayride out to the pumpkin patch.  She wanted to pick a pumpkin for her sister too...warmed my little heart.  She has become so excited for her sister to come.  I know she will be so sweet to the baby--she just isn't going to love having less attention herself.

 Heidi had fun on the little horse swings and liked that they swung her in all different directions. She wasn't quite sure how to sit on it at first, but with some coaxing she finally decided riding side saddle wasn't the way to go.

 Tractor ride with her dad.  Have I ever mentioned what an incredible dad this man is to our little girl?  She has him so wrapped around his finger it's not funny and there is usually a lot of laughter any time they are together.  I love the way he looks at her and plays with her and never says 'no' when she asks him to play...even if it's a game they have played three billion times.

 Ring toss...or in her little world picking up each and every ring and putting it over the milk can.  This little one just can't handle it if anything looks out of place.  Let's hope that is a trait that she keeps forever.  :)

Oh how I love this picture.  I think this was probably her favorite activity and I am surprised we made it home with apparently only one kernal of corn.  I love my happy little girl.  Life is so much more fun with kids.

And as for the doctor, it went fine.  I am 35 1/2 weeks although I feel like I am 42 weeks.  The c-section is still scheduled for Nov. 10 and although the doctor doesn't think I will make it that far, I am quite confident we will.  We can't wait to have two little ones to kiss and love!

october has arrived

I love fall and I am happy October has arrived, although I am nervous for all the new changes that will be taking place shortly.  Like the new little one that is scheduled to come November 10.  That will be here before I can blink.

 The reason I am most nervous for our new little bundle is of course because although the house is looking great (much better than the picture...can't quite seem to get the colors to look quite right in a picture), it will probably be done 2 weeks after the baby...so not looking forward to moving with a newborn in the winter...after a c-section.  We don't know the exact time the house will be ready, but it is looking like maybe Thanksgiving weekend.  Seriously?  Jeff is going to have a great time trying to move everything by himself...he has a hard enough time asking for any help when it's not a holiday.  It will all work out, but I will admit I don't sleep much at night thinking about how in the world we are going to get moved.  Oh, and how in the world my other little munchkin is going to survive the 4 days I am in the hospital without me.  She is going to have a rough, rough adjustment to her new little sister.  I have no rose colored glasses on when it comes to that little issue.  I am expecting the absolute worst and hoping to be surprised.  Maybe I won't be as stressed once I get in the storage unit and find all my newborn things...I just realized at 1:30 am that all of my baby blankets, burp cloths, nursing cover, etc. are buried in some unknown box. Yeah, I never did fall back asleep.  I do know where the newborn clothes are at least and the big things like the carseat.  Don't ask me why I didn't keep more of the stuff out.

 Other than feeling the stress of the move, we are just plugging along.  Heidi has definitely shown us that she is two lately and has some serious mood swings.  I keep hoping it's those swollen gums where the two year molars belong, but it might be an age thing.  We have had a few meltdowns in the last few days, but thankfully there have been plenty of good, happy faces to help us forget some of the tears.  This was one of those days...she woke up and wanted her shoes on so she could go look at her dad's trailer for some reason.  She didn't want to get dressed and when I came back out of the kitchen I saw she had taken matters into her own hands and put her shoes on over her pajamas.  Oh my--she really does make me laugh.

 The mornings have been a bit chilly so we have had to entertain ourselves indoors a little more, which is not always fun.  Heidi goes through phases of loving to color though, and that always helps pass the time.

 Yesterday we decided to take an idea we saw on Pinterest to paint rocks.  I figured it would be a hit since the girl loves her a good rock.  Her favorite part was hunting for the rocks (which wasn't too hard since our parking lot is all gravel).  She happily collected as many as she could put in her bowl exclaiming, "Oh wow! Look at this cool one, mom!"  Her second favorite part was definitely cleaning the rocks. She would have stood at the sink forever making sure all the dirt was gone.

 I thought the painting would be the biggest hit, but after painting the first one, she wanted me to paint the rest while she looked on.  Seeing the rocks all colorful after they had dried made her a very happy two-year-old.  She couldn't wait to show her daddy when he came home.

We also tried playing with pipe cleaners in a colander (or "pipes in the spaghetti bowl" as she called it).  She mostly liked turning them into alien hats and then "scaring" her mom and dad.  

Other than that, we have been hitting the parks like crazy because we will have a long season without them!  She has turned into a monkey and a dare devil at the park.  She loves going down the highest and fastest slides, trying to touch the clouds from the swings, and climbing the scariest equipment available!  Tantrums and all, we love entertaining our funny little Heidi!