I heart penguins (well this one anyway)

For Sophi's first Halloween, we went to a event at the zoo. :) Basically, we just walked around and took photos. I would totally go again next year though. It was cute - and nothing scary allowed.

Our sweet little penguin enjoyed taking it all in.


Here's our little happy feet family.


We were really glad that's Josh's family got to come along. Sophi had fun playing peek-a-boo with Pappaw's hat.

And actually, Pappaw is the one she was smiling for in most of the pics. :)

You won't be sorry

Today awesomeness costs only $10.00. I am so excited to own this cd. Merry Christmas to me!

Is there such thing as too much chocolate?

Friday at Josh's work everyone brought in food to celebrate a birthday on the team. And, as is usually the case, Josh informed me that he needed food on Thursday at about 9:00. ... PM. So, we were trying to put something together without running out to the store.

I convinced Josh to help me with some no-bake chocolate cookies. I pretty much always have the ingredients on hand. Somehow, maybe the chocolate didn't boil long enough?, they did not set up right and ended up a pretty sticky mess. That didn't stop us from sampling them with a spoon though.

So, try number 2 - brownies from a box. I put them in the oven around 11:00 and made Josh stay up to get them out. He ended up bringing home about half of the pan.

So, we now have a double batch of cookies and half a pan of brownies in our house. And he also brought home some donuts from work that were left over that morning.

Oh, and these that we had just finished off the day before.

Yeah, we did not do any trick-or-treating. We have too many treats already. So long, diet. My waistline will miss you.

(I do have some great pics for later from Sophi's first Halloween though!)

I can cry if I want to

I've seen a bit too much of this expression tonight. Only without the hat.

Poor Sophi has been cranky the last few days, enough so that when she just would not be distracted tonight (even with food), I decided to take her to urgent care. Based on the way she acted last time she had one, I was so sure that she had an ear infection. I didn't even want to wait until tomorrow to take her to the pediatrician. Just hook us up with some antibiotics and we'll be on our way.

Of course, once we were in the waiting room, she decided to act like nothing was/ever had been wrong. An hour and half later (and there was only one person in front of us!), we finally made it home in time for her to go to bed. And mommy was starving. Her ears are fine. But Josh and I both think that something is bothering her. Teeth maybe? A sore throat? I don't know, but I felt like crazy, overprotective mom at the urgent care office. "I promise, she was acting like something was wrong."

Now she is sleepy peacefully and with any luck will stay that way until morning. And she weighs 17.4 in case you were wondering.

Pregochondriac

So, I have discovered something about myself. Since experiencing the strangeness that comes with being pregnant, it's all too easy to wonder at any other strangeness that my body experiences. And once that little seed of wonder gets planted in my mind, it grows fast. Yes, I admit it - I am a pregochondriac.

If I get indigestion, it must mean I'm pregnant - so what if I pigged out on pizza and soda for dinner.

If I feel bloated, it must mean I'm pregnant - so what if there were beans in that dip.

If I get a migraine, it must mean I'm pregnant - so what if I used to get headaches all the time without a Sophia growing inside.

If I'm up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, it must mean I'm pregnant - so what if I drank two glasses of water before bed.

If I feel the need to nap, it must mean I'm pregnant - so what if I went to bed late last night ... the the 10 nights before that.

And so on and so forth. Let's just say I am very grateful for $1 pregnancy tests, because I may or may not have used about 10 in the last year.

(And no, I'm not pregnant. ... I checked.)

Woolgathering

So, I am sitting on the floor in Sophi's room waiting for her to fall asleep. She pretty much ignores me (and I her) unless I try to leave the room. So ... laptops are great!

Work is really picking up around here - probably gearing up for the holiday season. I should be spending time entering records, but I needed a bit of a break. Plus my battery is about to die anyway. :(

Josh and I have been trying to do some more house projects. Lately, we haven't been making time for that so there are still a lot of projects waiting. Rooms to paint, boxes to unpack, etc. He has been working on making the master shower usable. There was some drywall that needed replaced and some tiles to re-grout due to water damage. The toilet also needs replaced because it doesn't flush properly. But we're getting close! It will be nice to have two bathrooms again and it will be the first time we've ever had two showers. I'll post some before and after pictures if I can find what happened to the "before". And, you know, if we ever finish.

We ate potato soup for dinner. It's one of my favorite fall foods ever! well, that and all things pumpkin. Especially nice because we just now finished off a big pot that I made this weekend.

Planning lots of things lately! Looking forward to a big clothing giveaway! I've been on the planning team and things are coming together amazingly. Excited to make some art (by request) for sweet Ruthie's room. Also picking out clothes for a fun, all girls, photo shoot on Friday. And I really want to squeeze in a trip to a pumpkin patch this month.

Already beginning to finalize some holiday plans. We will be going to spend Thanksgiving with my family since Josh is finally out of retail work, and does not have to work black friday. December will include Behold the Lamb concert put on by our church, first birthday party for our sweetie, mini vacay to Nashville, and a trip to/family reunion in Arkansas. I can't believe it is already time to think about Christmas!

Then & Now