Halloween

I can't believe how far behind I am on my blog! Holy cow, lots to catch up on...so first Halloween... Well Halloween this year was basically Sam's birthday party because we had it on Oct 30 (which in our town is when many do all of their festivities since Halloween was on a Sunday) and we also made Sam's party into a costume party so everyone dressed up! After the party we went to the town Michael works for and participated in a trunk-r-treat which gave away a perfect amount of candy for a two year old! It was a lot of fun and despite all my tryings to get Sam to say trick or treat, she mostly just said "please" or occasionally "treat". Next year I have a feeling we will understand this concept a whole lot more!!

By the way....

We found out last week at our official ultrasound that our son may not really be a son but rather another daughter!!! We really are excited either way but are elated with the thought of another girl...hopefully Michael will get his boy on the next go around...even though he's totally content with all girls he says :)

Sam's 2nd Birthday Party in Twin

We just celebrated Sam’s 2nd birthday here at home over this past weekend with a costume party and oh how fun it was!! I was able to make our family’s costumes (with the help of my mom) in honor of Sam’s FAVORITE show in the whole world: Veggie Tales! Sam was Larry the Cucumber, Michael was Bob the Tomato and I was Madam Blueberry! They were just as fun to make as they were to wear! I made my first ever fondant cake in the form of a castle and boy was it time consuming!!! But I think it turned out quite cute! We played three games, of which Sam didn’t understand, but the older kids had a good time! Ate cake and ice cream, opened gifts (another thing she didn’t quite get yet…she thought she should be allowed to play with each toy and not have to open the next one), then we went out to the small town where Michael works and did a trunk or treat , then headed back to the house for dinner and visiting time. We had a full house but enjoyed every second of it! Now to start working on the family party… :O)

Here’s a few pictures of the occasion…

All of her gifts....SPOILED!

THE CAKE!!

Oh how she loved this balloon!!

Dancing...

The incredible Swains and the McCarron hotdog

Blowing out her candles....

Eatin' cake

Mingos with Michel and Selmo in the back

Ben Haney and Kira Rosenau

Baby Jace!


Opening presents....

Our little Veggie family...

Molly's baby shower

Last week we had a great trip to Spokane to celebrate my nephew's soon arrival with a baby shower for Molly! The shower turned out great, however getting there was quite the adventure! Our plane showed up late to pick us up which made us late getting into Salt Lake...so after running through the ENTIRE airport with my 25lb two year old and my backpack that probably weighs at least 30lbs, I just barely missed my flight! It was the last flight of the day so they put us up in a hotel room for the night and gave us vouchers to get breakfast the next morning, doesn't sound too terrible...but when you combine it with pregnancy hormones and the fact that Sam didn't go to sleep til 3am when we had to get up at 630am, it wasn't a very pleasant experience! Once we got there we had tons of fun though visiting with family and a few friends, but it went by so quick!!! Here's a few pictures of our adventure...

This is a picture of my brother Nick, his wife Molly and baby Benjamin who will soon be here...

My cute lil' girl...smiling because we were talking to the baby who was at the shower...jealous lil' girl :)

The cake my mom mostly made...I made the lions and the top part and Molly helped with some too :)

My sister-in-law and the diaper cake my mom made for her

Sam using two tv remotes as telephones...she'll use anything these days as a play phone, her stuffed monkey, magnets, blocks, pretty much anything...

Sam wearing Joey's Luigi hat from his halloween costume last years

Oh boy Oh boy...

Looked at our little monkey on ultrasound last night and it looks like Sam's going to have a little BROTHER!!

Our Visit to Spokane

Here's some more pictures of our quick trip to Spokane for Sam's BIG announcement...

Mommy tickling Sam to try and get a smile out of her

Watching Buns closely as Daddy used it to get a smile out of her with Papa and Grandma Huffman

Sam had just watched us pack up the van and I think she thought we were going to leave without her...so we got a half scared smile out of her with Grandpa and Grandma Chamberlin

Sitting with Grandma

Eatin' cereal on the step at Grandma's when Mom and Dad did leave her to go on a date!

Three hours past bedtime with no nap for the day and getting ready to try her big girl bed out for the first time...she loved the new bedding Grandma bought her!!

Sam's BIG news...

We've been in Spokane now for the past four days...the main reason was so that Michael could interview (along with 80 other people) for a job, BUT another really good reason to come up was so that Sam could show off her new shirt...

Although she has really no idea what her shirt means she did find the monkey very entertaining...and everyone else appreciated the phrase I think :)
So that's it, we're going to have another somewhere around the time frame of March 22, 2011.