The leaves are falling!! The leaves are falling!!

With all the trees around our house, we get a ton of leaves. Usually they just lay on the ground until the snow covers them. Brenna likes to go outside and rake the leaves into a pile and then play in it. The piles that she rakes aren't usually that big so daddy and papa decided to help her out this year and make her a big pile. It started out as a little pile by her slide and she thought it was the coolest thing so slide down into the leaves. So daddy and papa raked a big pile of leaves by her slide and she had even more fun. It was funny to watch her slide down and almost get buried in the leaves. Later papa and daddy put all the leaves in a big pile and then lit them on fire. At first, Brenna was upset that they were burning her leaves, but then she pulled up the chairs next to it and pretended like she was camping.

Brenna visits the dentist

Today was Brenna's first trip to the dentist. I know, I'm a slacker for not getting her in sooner but we haven't had dental insurance till now. She was a really big girl. At first she was scared to sit in the chair by herself so I had to sit with her. She was okay until the dental assistant and the dentist had to put their masks on. For some reason she's scared of those. So she sat in my lap while the dentist checked her teeth. She was crying and scared but was still a big girl and opened her mouth and let the dentist look at her teeth. Right at the end, when the dentist brushed her teeth she got happy again. she has no cavities and has healthy teeth so I guess it wasn't too bad that I waited to take her in. She got a cool Blue's Clues toothbrush and Spongebob toothpaste. For being a big girl she got a certificate for a free kid's meal at Del Taco plus she got a token to get a toy out of one of their machines. Lucky girl.....all I get from the dentist is a lecture about flossing and a numb mouth.

Prego Pictures/Baby Update

I've been bugged about putting belly pictures up. I tried to take some, but they didn't work. Plus, I'm carrying this baby really low so I look funny. I remember with Brenna I carried her high but even when I wear my maternity shirts, I just end up looking chubby, maybe I'll have to post a picture sometime just to illustrate my point. But I am about 27 weeks so far. yay! And lucky for me, (If you're pregnat skip this part cuz I don't want you mad at me) I can still fit into a lot of my regular clothes. True, they don't look quite as cute as they did before, but in some of them I look almost normal and there's a few I can wear that I don't even look pregnant, just depending on the pants I'm wearing too. I still have a few pairs of jeans that I can fit into too!!! Now let's hope this means that after I have the baby I'll be able to fit into my old clothes and not look too funny, cuz I have some clothes that are way cute that I still want to be able to wear. We'll find out in a few more months. I had a doctor appointment on Monday. They did another ultrasound to check my fluids and she said everything looked great!!! She's no longer worried about my fluid levels. That is a huge relief for me. He is not a morning person. Everytime I have an ultrasound he doesn't want to move, but a couple hours later he's kicking up a stomr and doing all sorts of tricks. We also tried to get another shot making sure it's still a boy. He was being shy I guess and kept his legs crossed so we couldn't get a clear shot. The doctor said she saw enough views that it was a boy but couldn't get a good shot to take a picture. Oh well. We did get a lot of views of his face. I think he's going to be bigger than Brenna.



This shows his little face. You can see his eyes and nose and one of his little hands. I'm getting excited for January to come. It will be very interesting to see what kind of personality. It'll be big change for our family. Brenna's as the age where she can do a lot of things herself so it's going to take some getting used to and adjusting to have to do everything for a baby again. Luckily Brenna is at that age where she will be such a big helper and since she can do so much for herself it'll make it that much easier on me.

Trick-or-Treat, Smell My Feet!!!

Of course we took Brenna trick-or-treating. She had so much fun!!! The businesses in Morgan have the kids come trick-or-treating early in the afternoon so we took Brenna around to that. She got lots of good candy. The city was sponsoring a little carnival and a bunch of activities all night so we stopped by for the constume contest. All the little girls in Brenna's age category were dressed as cutsie witches, fairies, or princesses. And then we had Bumblebee. She was so cute, I mean cool!! But I guess the judges like the boring ol' cutsie stuff instead of little girls who didn't want to be like all the other girls. The winners were a fairy and a princess....who didn't see that one coming. I was disappointed. I thought that with constume contests the winners were usually unique and not dressed in the same costume as everyone else. Oh well....I know who the real winner was. After that we went to the trunk-or-treat and Brenna scored some more candy. By the end of the night she could only drag her bag....luckily we emptied it before we went to the trunk-or-treat. Brenna had so much fun this year for Halloween. I loved watching her face light up when she got a treat and when someone said something about her being Bumblebee. I admit, I tried to get her to dress as a witch or a fairy but she wanted nothing to do with it. She wanted to be a transformer. Way to go Brenna for not giving into pressuer from others. I hope she'll always be like that and stick to what she wants and not what others want. I hope she'll always not be afraid to be herself, even if it's not the same as what everyone else, may she always dare to be different.

It's Party Time!!

Brenna was invited to her first Halloween Party this year. It was from one of her friends in nursery. They are the ruling divas in nursery, according to all the teachers. They have so much fun together. They were inseparable at the Halloween Party. Brenna got to decorate cookies, play on a big blow up slide (like the kind they have at fairs) and drink lots of homemade root beer. They even got to trick-or-treat during the party. All the parents brought treats. She had so much fun!!!

The Dynamic Duo of the Stoddard Ward Nursery: BumbleeBee and BatGirl