sickness

This year has started off on the wrong foot so far. My husband and son both got sick with the flu and now I seem to have caught something. With it also being so dark and cloudy lately and also not feeling well I have been trying to enjoy small things that make me smile like treating myself to a dark chocolate bar, flowers and orange juice in a "fancy" cup! Hopefully we all start recovering and the sun will come out again soon so we can get this year started right!

birthday party

I can't believe my son is a year old! His party was a great time with family & friends!

an october evening

fall colors

The colors outside my house are starting to change colors. *Sigh* I love this season!

arrow rock heritage festival

My friend Elisabeth invited me to go with her to the Arrow Rock Heritage Festival today. Arrow Rock is such a beautiful little town. The leaves were turning pretty colors and the atmosphere was a lot of fun! We really enjoyed ourselves until the storm came through and decided it was time to go. We both found some yarn for ourselves so we were very happy campers! :)

Octopus's Garden Cowl

I just finished this very colorful cowl last night. I will be sad to let this one go!


The yarn used in this cowl is by Brown Bag Yarns. This yarn was a dream! The colors were so bright and vivid!

Queen of the Prairies Art Festival

There is no better way to enjoy the first day of Autumn than an art festival and today couldn't have been any more beautiful!
 

I walked outside tonight and it just smelled like fall... I love this time of year! Happy Fall!!

mo state fair 2012

We visited the Missouri State Fair today. We have both lived in Missouri most of our lives yet we had never been to the state fair so we decided we needed to today!

So. Much. Fun.

35 weeks

This is really late but here are my 35 week photos. I'm actually in week 36 now but I wanted to post these photos. This was right before my last 2 week doctor visit. We are now going to be going every week.




This weekend I played Lazer Tag with the youth group. I wasn't going to play at first but since we had already paid for 12 people to play I decided to go ahead and play. I was just going to stand near the door and just shoot if someone came near me but I got into it and ran around the first floor of the arena. It was a lot more fun than I expected! The vests had codenames and I chose "Bacon" as my name.


I'm still doing a ton of crocheting. I need to take photos of some of the things I'm working on. I have a couple projects going on right now. I am working on a blanket for Baby T & this chevron scarf which is taking forever! I hate weaving in ends....

30 weeks & labor day weekend

We are in week 30! I'm definitely feeling pregnant these days. My body aches in the mornings, I'm out of breath most of the time & his movements are crazy!

I've also been dealing with tiredness still. Today I feel great but yesterday I felt like I never fully woke up. I cleaned the kitchen & living room and fell asleep on the couch. My house is tiny so I could finish cleaning in an hour and half but I was beat after finishing only half of it!

My allergies have kicked up which makes the normal aches and pains feel even more intense... and I got sick Sunday night. I woke up on Monday so sore and achey from getting sick, my allergies & the normal aches and pains from pregnancy. But the weather was fantastic so I was determined to enjoy the day. I took some allergy medicine and forced myself to take a shower and I dressed up for the fun of it. I feel like if I look good it will help me feel better.





Our labor day weekend was pretty relaxed. We spent Saturday making tons and tons of little sugar cookie men for the Jr. Church craft on Sunday. I think they turned out adorable! We had some leftovers and they were so good. They were small enough it was like eating animal crackers so I had to stop myself from just munching on them all day!





Like I said, the weather has been wonderful! I love the crisp mornings! The cats & I are enjoying the windows open during the day but what makes it really feel like fall is the fact that I FINALLY found some candy corn at Walmart. I kept reading on twitter about people eating them so I would check every week to see if they carried them yet. This week they finally arrived! hooray!!



I'm so excited for fall!!

28 weeks

vacation recap

This past week we took a vacation to Hot Springs, Arkansas. We were able to rent a vacation home from a friend of ours. It was a very nice house! Our goal for this vacation was to just relax since this will be our last one before the baby arrives. We did just that! We had no plans - just to do what we felt like doing.

We walked around some shops. I visited this really nice shop called "The Bath Factory" and found out the owner also has an etsy shop by the same name. She was really friendly and we talked about etsy & crochet. If you are interested in amazing bath products you must check out her shop!


We found the biggest marshmallows ever at Walmart for $1 so we enjoyed them this week.


We had a nice picnic at one of the lakes near the vacation house.




We played some mini golf. I thought I had a chance at finally beating Seth at mini golf but I stumbled at the end and lost by 1 point! Next time!


I found an Olive Garden gift card that I didn't even know I had in my wallet so we used that for a nice dinner. So delicious! I got to enjoy my tiramisu that I get to enjoy about once a year... uuugghhh sooo good!


And because we wanted to relax this vacation there was plenty of time for some crocheting. I got a good start on a blanket. It was so nice being able to crochet without worrying about having to do other things instead.

We accomplished our goal of enjoying a relaxing vacation. The only thing not relaxing about it was the last night we were there, a big lightning storm passed through. The thunder was so loud it knocked a towel rack off the wall & a few minutes later we heard a really loud pop and half the electricity was out. I'm pretty sure the house got struck. I'm so glad we had just unplugged the computer before that. It would have fried it for sure!

Now we are back home and the youth are back in school which means lots of activities & events going on! It's going to get busy I'm afraid! But school means autumn is coming and that is my absolutly favorite season!!

afternoon in the park

We've been enjoying some cooler weather lately. 80-90 degrees. Perfect! So we decided to take advantage of this beautiful weather and go to the park this afternoon. I took a blanket & some yarn and Seth took his metal detector. I found a shady place and enjoyed a relaxing time.









Perfect way to spend the afternoon!

26 weeks

This week is week 26! We are almost to the 3rd trimester!! I can't believe how quickly everything is going. It's hard to believe in a little over 3 months we will have a son!





On Thursday my doctor called & told me to come in for a Rhogam shot. It was taken in the hip area and my hip was so sore for the rest of the day and all day Friday. It is feeling better today but it wasn't fun! I have to take it again after the birth but I doubt I will notice it much then!

last week

Last week was pretty busy with birthdays & getting Seth ready for NYR. Friday was Seth's 28th birthday but since he was going to be on the road all day on his birthday so we decided to celebrate his birthday early. It was also another NYR sponsor's birthday on Friday we got together on Wednesday & had a joint birthday celebration in Kansas City. We went to BD Mongolian for dinner. It was our first time going there. They have a buffet of raw meat & vegetables and you fill your bowl with all the meat & vegetables you could want and then you pick out the sauces & spices and they grill it all on their grill. So delicious!

Then we went to the Royals game & had a great time despite the heat. It was just a great night spending it with great friends, good food & a baseball game!


The cats were desperately needing baths. This is a once a year event because they don't particularly enjoy it. But I love how soft & clean smelling they are afterwards!





We took this photo before this horrible heat wave & drought killed off all our plants. I can't even remember the last time it rained here. We need it bad. I think we may possibly be getting some rain tonight. *crossing fingers*



I got to spend some quality time with my grandmother this weekend. It was really nice having her visit. My mother is also coming this week to keep me company while Seth is in Colorado. I'm really looking forward to spending time with her as well.

Hope everyone's week is wonderful!

22 weeks

I finally got around to taking some photos of my slowly but surely growing belly. Hopefully I can remember to take photos weekly.

This past week we had our July appointment. The doctor said everything is looking normal & healthy. I am starting to feel out of breath more often. Sometimes even while not doing much! I walked up the steps today at church and my heart was pounding & I felt like I ran a mile! He is also becoming really active. It took me about an hour to fall asleep last night because of all the kicks & squirming around! I hope I have energy for this little guy when he is born! I think he is going to be an active baby!





It's really hot here in Missouri! Hope everyone is keeping cool!

instagram

I just downloaded the app instagram on my ipod. I know everyone seems to already use this app but since I don't use the iphone I figured I couldn't use it but I tried it out tonight on my ipod & found it works! I obviously can't take photos on my ipod but I can use saved photos. I love the filters available & how you can share your photos so easily!

They make my boring photos fun! Here are my favorite photos that I uploaded.

Are you on instagram? What is your screen name. Follow me if you are on there! thatischarming is my screen name.