Halloween 2012

Wilson Spooks

I looooooove Halloween.  It coincides with how I only like the Shakespeare tragedies where everybody dies, and the fact that I could watch horror movies or Dateline Mystery for days on end.  It's my dark side.

One day of dressing up isn't enough, so the past couple of years I've planned a Halloween party with my family.  Besides the costumes on the kids AND adults, the highlight of the night was the scary story I told the kids where they got to feel the eyeballs, hair, veins, heart and warts of my dead witchy sister "Morticia" that was ripped apart by a werewolf.  It was such a fun way to kick off the holiday season!

Snow is Magic

Baby Sister

Going to the ultrasound with the family at Fetal Fotos was so much fun.  Before we went I showed them pictures and a short video of an ultrasound online so that the kids knew what we were going to be looking at.  I think it helped them understand a lot, and at the appointment even Annie was able to pick out her little feet.

These first shots of our baby are so precious.  I look at them all the time and it makes me even more excited to meet her in a few months.

A girl!  We're really having a girl.  We're so lucky.

Happy

Over the last couple of days I have realized how happy I am.  We found out two days ago that we will be having our second little girl join our family.  The news was a little bit shocking at first- I was certain it was a boy- but the news has brought us so much joy already.  Knowing the gender of the baby always makes it more real for us; calling her a "she" and talking about all of the things we can't wait to teach baby sister about makes her a real part of our family.

When I was in junior high I remember frequently being asked the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"  The answer came out "teacher", but I always knew that more than anything I just wanted to be a mom.

Here I am.  28 years old, 2 beautiful children and one on the way, and I am living my dream.  I realized that Dallas could go to school for the rest of our lives, I may never have an iPhone, I may only visit the Alps and Hawaii through a friend's blog, we could always drive old cars with creaky struts and squeaky brakes, and live in this apartment with a 10x10 back yard, and you know what?  I would be happy forever.  Heavenly Father has blessed me with those things that are most important:  Family, friends, and a testimony of my Savior, Jesus Christ, and his true and everlasting Gospel.

I am happy because I know there is nothing else that I need.  And I am so, so thankful.

I'm a tooting dragon princess!

Family Photos

Dallas couldn't understand why I wanted to get family pictures this fall when in only a few months from now they would be outdated.  I just wanted so badly to capture our family how it is NOW.  Everything will be changing, but I love our little family of four, and I wanted to remember what it was like- just four of us.

So, we compromised.  This time I took our pictures with the help of a self timer, and next year I'll be able to hire a real photographer.  They turned out pretty well considering.  I love these guys.