Last weekend in Arkansas for a while

The last weekend in September, we headed to Arkansas one last time before Te2 arrives.

We spent Saturday at the farm. Wills got to pick some pumpkins from Grammy's pumpkin patch and Papaw took him to see the cows. He apparently let everyone know that they are his cows by yelling "my cows" over and over. He got filthy and actually needed a bath before nap.

We have season tickets to the Razorback games and were able to make 3/5 home games this season. We played Texas A&M this time and unfortunately, not only was it raining, but we lost too. Thankfully it wasn't a cold rain and only did it during the 3rd quarter, so it was actually a pretty fun game other than the loss.

On Sunday, my sister and two of my roommates from college threw me a baby shower. This was so sweet of them. It was great to see so many friends that I don't always have the opportunity to see when we are in town. They were all so thoughtful and definitely helped with the second child neglect. Te2 got a lot of cute things!

We likely won't be back in Arkansas until the holidays. This was a great last weekend for a while!

Wills' big boy room

Since we are having another boy and the nursery is the closest room to our room, we decided instead of doing a new nursery further away, we would give Wills a new big boy room and keep the nursery as is for Te2. If you spend any amount of time with Wills you will notice that he is obsessed with all things transportation, particularly buses and trains. This is why his birthday was school bus themed and now why his new room is transportation themed. We tried to not theme it out too much, that way when he decides to have an opinion about his room decor, it will be easy to change out. We also decided we were not quite ready for him to be in a toddler bed just yet. We like the idea of him being contained, particularly with the upcoming arrival of baby brother. This means we purchased another convertible crib for his room. This way, when we are ready we can just convert to the toddler bed. Here is hoping that this is still many months away!

Annual Halloween Costume Party!

Wills hosted his annual Halloween Costume Party today. This is likely his last one too. Since his little brother will be born in October, he will be having Halloween Birthday parties for as long as I can get away with it!

After all the festivities and opportunities Wills had to wear his costume last year, I decided to put more effort into his costume and actually made it myself. Unfortunately, this is the year he decided to be opinionated about his costume, and he refuses to wear it. We got it on him long enough for a couple of pictures. Hopefully as the month goes on he will warm up to it.

Wills is a donut, I am a contestant on the Biggest Loser, and Charles is Bob Harper, one of the trainers on the show. I love the Biggest Loser and our entire household loves donuts, so I really thought this was a winning idea. Wills did not really agree.

Here we are in our skeleton shirts so we could at least still be festive without being in costume. Charles still has his fake tattoo sleeves on. He said he was chilly. :)

This was our lowest turnout for the party so far. We had some sick little ones and I also think having it the very first weekend in October might have been a little too early for some. I just wasn't willing to risk it any later in the month since we only have 2 1/2 weeks until our due date!

This year costumes included Kermit the Frog, a mermaid (there were supposed to be two, but someone else was also boycotting her costume!), a chicken, Thor, a bat and an astronaut. The weather was unbelievably nice, so we just let the kids run around and play outside. I had planned on some crafts and had a bean bag toss game, but decided to pass on the organized activities this year.

I also kept it low key on the food this year and tried to keep things as easy as possible while still being festive.

Party favors were smores kits. They each have two graham crackers, a small Hershey bar and a pumpkin marshmallow.  

Overall, a great start to all our Halloween festivities!

35 weeks

We hit 35 weeks on Thursday and I had my monthly appointment with my perinatologist on Friday. Here is what Te2 looks like now. The ultrasound tech said she was having a hard time getting good pictures of his face because he was pressed up so closely to my placenta. I guess he is running out of room!

For some reason I have never asked for them to show me where they were seeing palate involvement, so at this appointment I did. Dr. Smith (the perinatologist) said that it is still really hard to see the whole palate because he doesn't open his mouth wide for them to see inside. She was able to show us his upper gum line and where there is a gap in the bone. This pretty much confirms palate involvement, so now we know. 

They got Te2 weighing in at 8 lbs today. Assuming he is truly 8 lbs and he gains the 1/2 lb a week he is supposed to gain between now and our due date of 10/24, we will have a 10 lb baby! Hopefully they are overestimating by a pound and he is only 7 lbs right now. 

I should technically have one more appointment with Dr. Smith before my due date, however she does not think that we will make it to our due date, so we didn't schedule anything. If I am still pregnant at that point, then they will see me one more time. 

Bike Derby!

Wills' preschool has a fall fundraiser that is a Bike Derby. Each class has a 30 minute time slot where they go outside and ride their bikes around the circle drive. Since Wills is in the 2 year old class, none of those kiddos can really ride a bike, so they are encouraged to bring a push toy or something else to do. They also used to have people pledge a donation per lap and they changed it this year to a flat donation. This is a good thing, because I think Wills only made a true lap one time. Otherwise, the kids were all over the place and kept "borrowing" each others toys/cars. Wills was probably on 5 different things, none of which were what we brought for him to use!

I am so thankful for the flexibility of my job that allows me to go these things. It was a lot of fun!

Arkansas

We have been to Arkansas a lot this month between Razorback football games and family birthdays. Here are some shots of all the fun we have been having!

First game of the season against Louisville. It was over 100 degrees at 3 in the afternoon. We won, so totally worth it!

Second game of the season against Southern Mississippi. Not nearly as hot and we won!

Carnival at St. Mary's Catholic Church:

This was Wills' first time on a "horse". He kept leaning forward and patting it saying "my horse". 

Ethan's 5th Birthday Party: 

Extra fun:

Cool guys at La Huerta

Fiesta at Immaculate Conception 

 

Cinnamon roll at Calico County (Those familiar with these understand why it was a photo opp:))

I also have a picture of a bat we found stuck in the grill of our car. Thought that might be a little morbid/gross to post though!

32 weeks

So I keep getting remarks regarding my size, "You like like you're about to pop!", "Are you having twins?", "I don't think you will make it till the end of October.", etc. It's getting a little old. It did get me to thinking about how my bump compares to when I was pregnant with Wills. I have not been doing weekly photos this time around (again, second child neglect already), but decided maybe I should just compare. So here is probably one of the only, if not the only weekly photo for Te2.

So at 32 weeks, Te2 should be the size of a honeydew at 4.5 lbs and 19 inches. 

Here is a side by side comparison 

32 weeks with Te2               32 weeks with Wills

This definitely made me feel a lot better! My coke shirt is for sure looser this time around =)