Red Gloves

I got Rome some gloves because he always wants to play outside and it is getting a little cold. He loves them! I should have gotten mittens, but oh well. He wanted them on one day and then he went and ran around outside. It was so cute!

Halloween Happenings

Ok, so I am getting behind. Here is what we did for Halloween.
Three weeks ago we went up to SLC and got to see our friend Angela. She invited us to a party she was going to. It was pretty fun and probably the craziest party I have ever been to. Don't worry, It was still pretty tame.


Our Costumes. Josh and I fit in because it was a pirate party!
The next weekend was Halloween. We went up to SLC again.

The boys sleeping through their movie. I totally did not take this while driving. That would be unsafe and you can't prove it.
We got to go to a Basketball game with Cory and Angela.

We were so close and it was so much fun! I did find out that those stadium stairs are steep. I had to go slow and was a bit out of breath at the top. I am feeling a bit pregnant now.
The next night Josh went to the Utah Football game and I took Rome to a party with Lacey.

A Pirate and her parrot. On our way to the party. Rome kept pulling off the hat and then trying to put it back on. He was such a cute parrot! (Thanks to Valarie for letting him borrow your cute costume!) The party was so fun. Rome played with the other kids. We ate great food, played Halloween games and then went Trick-or-Treating. It was quite the experience. The other kids were a bit older and kind of ran Rome over. I picked him up and ran into a sticker bush. So the entire back of my skirt was covered with pokey burrs. Ouch! Rome was tired and had a fit when we stopped walking with the other kids to fix my skirt. So, we went back to the car. I changed into some jeans (so glad I thought to bring them!) and Rome into his Jammies (thanks Grandma for telling me to take them). Rome crawled into his car seat, grabbed his snacks and pointed to the movie. He was done! It was really fun though! I even got to eat an Eyeball cake on a fork! So Gross and Yummy! Thanks for inviting us Lace! I will have to get the other cute pics from her later.

Belly Up

Here are some comparisons of my beautiful 6 month belly.
This is the difference a day makes:
Morning Night
Yea, it totally gets bigger by the end of the day. Maybe that is why I only feel fat and tired at night. Lately, I pick up toys in the morning. It is just so much easier!
Baby Rome Baby Girl
I think I am smaller. Those are the same pants and both taken in the afternoon, just btw. It probably helps that she doesn't like when I eat chocolate. I still do though, just in very small doses. I hope she gets over that.

Just a Beautiful Belly pic for you. Really, how many times in your life can you revel in feeling fat? Huh? Okay, its baby fat. But seriously, not many, and I just love it!

Seriously!?!

Why would anyone EVER put this on their child? Seriously?! Why!?

Time for MURDER!

Yes, Murder! We didn't want to have a huge Halloween party like last year, so I decided we should have a Murder Mystery Dinner Party. It turned out great and was so much fun! We had the perfect amount of people, food, games and mystery!

Bloody Goblets, Skull Cupcakes and Creepy Chocolates

The Pirates and The Gangster/ Flapper

Hometown Couple and Soldier, Surgeon, and Colts Fan

Outlaw, Crazy Postal Worker and G.I. Jane

The whole crew and the only good party pic

Moldy Bone Breadsticks, Baked Worms Spaghetti, Mummy Dogs and Eyeball Eggs. Such Yummy Creepy Food! It took a little longer than I expected and we didn't even play the last game. Josh took awful pictures of the party, but I didn't take any so I can't complain. I am so glad everyone could come. It was such a fun night!

Anxiety Dreams

Ever since I found out I was pregnant I have been having trouble sleeping. I am tired and lay down and then my brain says,"Uh, uh. I am awake and now we should think about disasters! Mwahahaha!!" Okay, it doesn't laugh, but you get the picture. I am awake for hours thinking about crazy and completely unrealistic disasters. Like earthquakes and zombie takeovers and murderous lunatics stalking our neighborhood. These are strange enough, but what bothered me was my reaction. I didn't think about what I would DO if these things happened. No, I just thought about what would happen to me, like I could do nothing to stop or change it. Very disturbing. I am an action person. I NEED to DO something. I figured that it was just being pregnant that caused these unusual dreams because you can't do anything about it. You can't make it go any faster or slower. (Let me tell you, the last few weeks just KILL me!) Also, after Rome was born, anxiety was my biggest symptom. I knew things would be okay, but I was so worried about doing anything and everything. All of that worrying made me very tired. So, I figure this might just be early postpartum anxiety keeping me awake.
Then it creeped into my dreams. When I do sleep I have lots of troubling dreams. Dreams about accidents and floods and trips with out shoes. I didn't put them together until today. I was looking up some dream meanings on the internet because my books are all packed up. All of the things I remember from my dreams mean scary and ominous things to come. Ugh, great. So, my entire pregnancy has been telling me that things are going to get worse. I have no idea how, just worse.
Add in the reality of this week. I have been very confident about the whole economy stuff and how things are going to turn around and everything will work out eventually. Then, the reality of Josh taking a pay cut and my doing bills and going CRAP. We really have to cut stuff out. I feel really lucky that I got all my Christmas shopping done, because it certainly would not happen on our new budget. I know we will be okay. We have everything we need. I have great food storage. Rome has clothes and shoes. Yes, I need baby girl clothes. But, if all else fails, I am sure I can find someone that has clothes I can use. I know this all in my brain and in my heart, but having anxious dreams and thoughts every night is sure not helping. I am positive that when we talked about having another baby that it was not supposed to be dripping with troubles, anxiety and worries. I just really hope that all of this won't color my memories of my sweet new baby.

Movie Please

Rome requested his first movie today. We always put them on in the car when we are driving for a couple hours. He doesn't always watch them, but he likes them. Well, today he found a CD case. He was looking through it and then wanted to go somewhere. He led me to the garage and I asked if he wanted to go in the car. He said yes. Then, I figured it out. He wanted to put the CD's into the car (which is where he sees the DVD player) so he could watch a movie. I guess he saw me changing the movies in the car DVD player and put it together that that is what those round shiny things are for. I asked if he wanted to watch a movie and he said yes. So I put one on the TV. It took a minute for him to figure out that he could sit on the couch and watch it. He still wanted to go sit in the car. So, we sat on the couch with his blankie and a snack (of course) to watch Chickens. What a smart kid!
I think it was good he just wanted to watch a movie because it is raining today and it is really hard to explain to him that he can't go play outside because it is wet. What is the big deal? Water is cool so lets go play. Um, no.