Spoke too soon

Of course as soon as I posted my last post, I started feeing awful and have spent the last three days as sick as I have been. Uggg...

Coming back to life

I am twelve weeks today, and I am actually starting to feel better! I don't feel great, but I also feel like I can actually get out of bed. And shower. And maybe even pluck my really scary eyebrows. This is a really pleasant surprise because with Bailey and Avery, I was sick until almost twenty weeks. When I thought about how long I might be sick, it was really discouraging. It it miserable to sick. My house was really really scary. I mean it. Even Mike, who never even notices if the house is clean or dirty was starting to feel like it was unlivable. Our whole family was eating terribly. I thought that vegetables were the most disgusting food on the planet, besides garlic, so nobody ate any. It's nice to kind of be returning to normal. I was reminded that we really take our health for granted- we don't know how good it is until you feel like dying. Here's hoping the worst is behind me!

What I've been up to...

So, we got a new computer, and I was all excited about keeping up with the blog. But instead, I've been spending a lot of time looking at this:

Why? Because of this:

We are having another baby! Baby #3 is due this June, and we are super excited about it. I just have to survive the next few months...

Haunted House

Last night, I was home alone. This isn't unusual, Mike spends at least one night a week at the hospital. There have been weeks when he spends an entire week of nights there. I remember the first few nights when Mike was away- I was a little scared. I would check the locks one, two, or three times before heading to bed. I would peak in at the girls over and over to make sure they were okay. And every sound would creep me out. I would lie in bed awake, for hours, listening and worrying and about every unknown creak.  I know it was silly, but that's how it was. I have long since gotten over that. Mostly. There have been a few times when I had read a scary book, or watched a scary movie that I repeated those first all alone nights.

So, back to last night. I have been watching the series, "Drop Dead Diva" on netflix. On the episode last night, a couple was trying to get the bank to release them from their mortgage because they thought they had been sold a haunted house. Now, in all fairness, the show was not that scary. Okay, it wasn't scary at all. But as I sat there watching, I saw something move from the corner of my eye. Something outside the glass window. (I'm not a huge fan of sliding doors. Remember this?)

I glanced over, and continued to see a something moving around outside. I was definately startled, and feeling a little creeped out.

Soon, the moving thing revealed itself- it was a....

cat. Nothing but a stray gray cat. It was still a little weird though. The cat stared at me with it's green eyes through the window for a few long minutes. I don't know if it wanted in, or was just attracted to the light in an otherwise dark outside. But it totally startled me.

Tim's Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday, some of Avery's joy school friends headed to Tim's pumpkin patch. It is forty five minutes away, but worth the drive.

Instead of a sand box, they have a wheat box. (Last year it was a corn box, also a lot of fun). They have cats and dogs wondering around, a petting zoo which included some pretty cute pigs, a maze, and of course, a pumpkin patch.

Unfortunately, I guess we waited a little long to head over there this year. There were only rotten pumpkins left in the actual field. However, this did give Avery the chance to pick out a very unique pumpkin from the pre-picked pumpkins.

She chose a small, very bumpy pumpkin. She absolutely loves it!

Afterwards, Avery went to McDonald's went her joy school friends. It was a fantastic morning. On the way home, Avery said the cutest thing I think she's ever said:

"Mom, I have a lot of happy's today."

Joy school at Beaver Lake

This week was a busy week at Joy School. On Thursday, because they are learning about the joys of nature, we headed to Beaver Lake Nature center. It is a beautiful place to be in the fall.

As usual, despite the cold weather, Avery refused to wear her jacket. Or give me a normal looking smile.

I love fall here on the East coast. Unfortunately, our backyard actually looks a lot like this picture... and I don't feel like raking...

Once again, I'm not quite sure why Avery thinks that face is a smiling face, but it's the best I got. (: She was supposed to be doing a leaf rub, but didn't like that idea. She wanted to glue the leaves to her paper instead. That silly stubborn girl refused to do the craft because it wasn't how she wanted to do it.

So far, I think Avery is loving preschool. And I have to admit, it's nice to have a few hours to myself each week too.

Friends at the zoo

Last week, my friend Lindsey came up from Ithaca for a trip to the zoo with her daughter, Norah, and another friend. Lindsey was one of my room mates from BYU and I love having her so close! We didn't tell Bailey about our trip to the zoo- she is starting to realize that she misses out on a lot things being in school all day. Last time we went to the zoo with Norah, Bailey was devastated.

We got to see the new tiger triplets- they were really cute.

We always love the penguins. It seems like they like showing off to all the little kids.

While at the zoo, we sent Mike a picture of all the fun we were having, so he sent us a picture of all the fun he was having at work. It totally made us laugh. 

We love the zoo- and have to get as many trips in as we can before it gets too cold.