Unproductive

So the last week and a half I have felt so useless. I have had that crappy prego stuffiness from the start, but about a week and a half ago I woke up at 430 in the morning so stuffy I couldn't go back to sleep. Yep I had caught a cold on top of everything else. I spent the next three days on the couch barely moving. As the head cold started to move from my head to my chest I just got worse, leading to a nice sinus infection and a touch of bronchitis. I have been using my nebs and the netti pot, if only I could take something that would really help! I am starting to feel better and I am grateful I got sick when I did because the next four weeks are just packed full of stuff. However, it doesn't erase the feeling of uselessness I have had. We did get a few things done.

We celebrated George's birthday. I barely managed to make him my awesome cheesecake.--pics coming later.

We got all the wood cut, stacked, and split. Thanks to the elders quorum and Chris- he is always here to help!

The basement is almost completely wired and ready for sheet rock, all Ky and Ash.
We had a mini Harry Potter weekend, which I slept through.
The girls have enjoyed all the new snow we have. They even broke out the sleds and managed to sled in the backyard, not quite sure how but they did.
This week is packed full of Thanksgiving family stuff, then comes the fun. Ash's Nutcracker is coming up in the next couple of weeks and we have practices and more practices, plus Kaite is turning 7 in there somewhere! It is going to be a crazy month.
I have started playing Christmas music whenever I can and it is driving Ky crazy. He doesn't believe in listening until after Thanksgiving!
I added a poll on the left of the blog......you can vote boy, girl, or twins!

Halloween

I am finally getting around to posting about Halloween. I was hoping to post this last week but we have been busy. Halloween is always a two night deal for us. We spent Friday night at the school carnival, the girls love this! Ash's favorite thing this year was the haunted room, she went through like 4 times! The face painting is always a big hit with Kaite and Kami. We had a fun couple of hours but boy was it hot. The only time I have been hot in weeks was walking around that school! We had fun though, I think the girls enjoy it more than trick-or-treating. I completely forgot my camera and didn't think to take any pics with my phone at the carnival- prego brain!
We had a tooth fairy (3rd year in a row to have a fairy).

A black cat

And Minnie Mouse, of course!

Sunday we carved pumpkins since this was the only time we could find to do them. Ky was even able to take an hour and help. Ash did not like cleaning out her pumpkin, she said it was "gross"! She is such a girl! Kaite on the other hand loved it and thought it was cool. We let Kami color as usual and thankfully she didn't get it on her clothes!

Check out Ash's face!

Then Monday we headed to my parents to trunk-or-treat. I actually do like this since they get to spend most of the night at the house answering the door and not out in the cold.

Mar does take them to a couple of houses in the neighborhood.

Then we went and visited Mahon and Cindy, and then Chantelle and Chelsea (Chris was working). Chantelle made Chelsea the cutest Tinkerbell costume ever! Check out her little shoes too!

The girls had a fun night but by the time it was over I was so crabby and ready for bed! They got tons of candy as usual and now want to eat it every day. Ash is already planning costumes for next year, silly girl!

Just a funny side not that today I am 11 weeks on 11-11-11!

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I feel like our world has been turned upside down this past year. We have had our fair share of surprises and stresses around here. Ky deciding to go back to school was sure life altering, it has been a huge adjustment in all our lives. I think we are coping fairly well. He does have one more surprise up his sleeve which we will be sharing in January after he does a little more research. His professors have all been trying to convince him to do this for quite some time, we finally came around. There have been many other surprises in our lives some good and some bad, no matter what they all make us grow.

I do have to give credit to Kyle this was a take off his original idea. Here is our latest surprise!

Ashley-1

Kaite-2

Kami-3

Baby #4

We couldn't believe it when we found out we were pregnant. I honestly thought this wasn't going to happen. We have been trying for over 2 years and I was to the point that I thought we were done. I even told people I wasn't sure if I wanted another one, because it was easier than explaining why we weren't pregnant. We are all so excited! Ash has had a real hard time keeping it a secret and I think now everyone will know the first day- she would shout it off the roof top if she could! This pregnancy has been so hard to hide. I feel like I got bigger faster, plus I have been so exhausted and cold. Ky says it is because I am older and not in my 20's anymore-thanks! The morning sickness hasn't been too bad as long as I don't eat anything with flavor after 4pm!

When Kami found out she said "it's gonna be a boy"! Ash thinks it will be a boy, Kaite says girl. Me and Ky have both been back and forth, but I am going to say girl.

So we will be welcoming our newest surprise around or before (hopefully) June 1st!
I found these in my car after my appointment, what a sweetie I have!