Trick-or-Treat

Get ready for pictures!  I LOVE Halloween and finally this year, we were able to celebrate it a bit more!  Kind of silly since I'm on the 'take it real easy routine', but with my mom coming out to help this last week, we just had too much fun!   It's the best when you hear kids coming up and saying, "cool house!", even if the kids saying that are only 8 years, it makes every minute of effort, totally worth it!  

Earlier on this week, we made ghosts, aren't they fun?!

What's Halloween without carving pumpkins?!  The yearly tradition has become especially fun, now that Caleb can be more involved.  

These are pictures of getting ready to carve...

Caleb does not like his hands to be dirty, I was lucky to get this shot.  One time of touching the gooey pumpkin guts and that was it!  No amount of coaxing could get him to do it again.

Are you sick of all my pictures, I warned you, there are lots of them this post!  I love these bottom two of Caleb looking at the lighted pumpkin.

Caleb was fascinated by the carved faces and how the pumpkins glowed.  

After pumpkins, my mom, John and Caleb decorated the outside with cobwebs, skeletons and purple lights.

And of course the good stuff, HALLOWEEN night!  Here comes Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!

Someone else took the picture below, but is this just not the cutest close up shot?!

Even if Caleb was tired, grumpy and refused to do his super Caleb pose, he still made an adorable Buzz.

After Caleb had taken off his costume and ate a few of his treats, I asked him if he wanted to go trick-or-treating next year.  His response:  "No, not again". 

 I'm sure he'll change his mind! :-)

A day at the park and more news!

Yesterday was a busy day!  I have tried to do a few more things recently, seeing if there are any repercussions, so far so good.  We all went to the park before my ultrasound yesterday.  I have only been out and about to my appointments, I have been missing out on all the fall colors!  At the park, I realized how beautiful the trees are, I'm sad I've missed so much!  Even if I couldn't run around and play with Caleb, it was nice to get out and do something normal.   

After the park, it was on to my doctor's appointment.  This was the first time John could make it to the ultrasound!  We saw the little baby, wiggling around.  The hemorrhage had not changed from the last time, so it's still there, we're hoping my body will reabsorb it.  At least there is no bad news to report, only good that everything is right on track!  Here I am, 14 weeks and 5 days, only another 5 weeks and I'll be half way!!!  For the big news, we asked the ultrasound tech if she could tell the gender... well, she didn't want to say.  I guess she's never been wrong after 17 weeks, but before then, it could go either way.  So she checked, just to humor us and said it looks like a.... BOY!  I was completely surprised!  I have been thinking it was a girl this whole time.  Maybe it's because I've been so sick this pregnancy (and wasn't as much with Caleb), but I was leaning towards a girl.  There was only one time, during an ultrasound, that I thought the baby looked boyish.  I then reverted thinking it was a girl afterwards.  Caleb and John have been solid on thinking it's a boy, maybe I should have listened to them.  After all, little kids are often more in tune than us!  BUT-- Nothing definitive yet!  The ultrasound tech said she has been wrong at this stage in pregnancy and seen girls looking like a boy at this time.  So I can't say for sure!  But it is fun to guess.  In about two weeks time, I'll be able to post an official gender to the baby!

Alright, if you all want to see my progression so far, I've posted pictures below starting from 8 weeks in my pregnancy.   I've waited to post until I've gotten a bit of a bump, well, it's happened.  This last Sunday, I looked in the mirror after my shower and said, the day has come, I have pooched!  Now keep in mind, the last picture is the most recent!

8 weeks pregnant

10 Weeks 

12 Weeks

Yesterday (Monday), 14 weeks and 4 days pregnant!  Even if I look like I gained 5 pounds from 12 to 14 weeks, I actually lost weight from my last doctor's appointment.  I don't know how your tummy pooches (not to mention the rest of you) when you haven't gained weight!  I think the nausea is subsiding a bit, so I'm sure I'll gain my appetite back full force.  :-) 

Quick Update!

Here's the latest!  After another doctor's appointment and ultrasound two days ago, we found out the hemorrhage has shrunk, yay!  From 5.4 cm x 2.7 cm, it is now 3.5 x 1.2.  We love positive news!  We hope the whole area clears up in the next month and I can move on, just in time for the holidays!  We have another doctor's appointment in a week and half, so I'll keep you posted with the results!    

As a side note, I was hoping that starting my 13th week, some of these pregnancy symptoms, namely being sick, would lessen, well, not yet!  This morning I tried fixing some scrambled eggs, knowing protein to be excellent and much needed at this time.  As I was mixing the two eggs together in a bowl, I felt an overwhelming revulsion at just the sight of what I was doing.  I felt the all too familiar gagging coming on and before I knew it, I couldn't stop what had begun.  I couldn't get away, I was latched to the kitchen garbage can for a good 10 minutes and I hadn't even cooked the eggs yet!  Yuck, just talking about this story makes me sick!