I don't want to forget....

AK has been anxiously awaiting the day he could wear his spiderman costume!! AC started asking at lunchtime today what time we were going trick or treating. :) They were just a tad bit excited. We met up with one of AC's friends and her family and took on the neighborhood. EK walked around with us for about 30 minutes and did great. We dropped her off at the house and went for another 30 minutes. Then called it a night. AK wasn't scared of costumes, although he did lots of staring. He was terrified when he heard lots of barking behind the door. He almost missed the treats several times.  Cannot believe it's November tomorrow! Where has 2014 gone?! We were just talking at breakfast how in about 12 weeks we'll have another baby in the house. That is kind of exciting and scary! Lots to do before then....

(picture taken at almost 25 weeks by AC on Sunday, October 19th) More than halfway there! Even though it's #4, I want to try and document some things, b/c we all know that it's hard to keep up with details after just one. :) This pregnancy started similar to my other 3. I always have morning sickness, which means nothing b/c I have it all day. It hit around week 6 this time and thankfully, my worse time of day was late afternoon to evening. I went to bed most nights by 9pm b/c it was the only way to stop feeling sick. I actually woke up each morning feeling fine, which was another blessing since it allowed me to get the kids their breakfast and pick up the house a little before sickness set in again. It lasted until about week 13 or 14 and after that I've been fine. Just a little heartburn at times now. It's better if I just eat small meals throughout the day rather than 3 big meals. When I was not feeling well, I craved sausage kolaches. Seriously, I ate them se...

AC and I carved our pumpkin yesterday. I found the pumpkin worksheet in the background on this site . While we were digging out the seeds, we found several that had sprouted! I have NEVER seen that before. It was kinda neat, especially since we had a garden this year to compare it to. October has gone by so fast! We had planned to go to our favorite Pumpkin Patch on Columbus Day since EK was out of school, but we got a good rain the night before and I knew it would be terribly muddy. :( I may try and take AC and AK to the Flower Mound one next week, but wanted to be sure we included EK in a few pictures. We went to a small one in Keller this morning. Nothing super impressive but they had lots of pumpkins. :) I had a really hard time getting EK to look at the camera today. She wasn't sad about being there, but she also didn't really smile until the end. Oh well! I have some cute kids I think. AC thought she'd do this to try and get EK to smile. At least ...

The 12-13 hour car ride home from Gulf Shores turned into a little longer b/c we detoured through MS to see where Keith's mom grew up. Keith wanted the kids to see the house she grew up in and visit the cemetery right by the church where Keith's parents got married. 

I had our annual ARD (admissions, review, dismissal) for EK this morning. If you aren't familiar with that acronym it basically is done each year to reassess goals for her IEP (Individualized Education Program). You can be thankful if you weren't sure what those letters meant b/c it means you don't have a child with special needs. :) Anyway, I know I always say it, but it's so very different to be on the parent side as opposed to the teacher side (which I was for 6 years). It's also been very difficult to sit through these meetings the past few years because EK was making little to no progress. Nothing like hearing that your 7 year old is at a 12 month old level. Her latest OT evaluation showed some progress in some areas up to 24-36 months. That's great and I'm praying we see even more progress this year. I have not talked about EK's teacher enough this year. She is a blessing! Seriously, I am so thankful for those of you who prayed for EK's curren...