Halloween

For Halloween, we went to our ward Party and then Trick-Or-Treating with Grammy & Grandpa (my mom and dad) Lisa and her kids, and Lindsey. Our costumes were pretty good I have to admit. Russ was a Ghostbuster, Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), I was the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, and Halle was Slimer. Everyone who hadn't seen the movie thought i was in the navy and Russ was in the army. oh well, i thought mine was clever because i didn't need to stuff my costume i am already "puffed."

Look at my cute little Slimer! She didn't like her green hair at first, but she loved it by the time we left and kept showing everyone her "silly" hair.

Grammy, Halle, Naya, Lisa, Laina & Kai (with his transformers mask on)

Halle & Laina were so cute trick-or-treating, they wanted to hold hands between houses. We had to carry them a lot because it was taking forever, but man are they adorable!
You know you are proud of me for wearing white sweat pants and a sweatshirt while pregnant. Let me tell you I looked good!
Side note for any of you Napolean Dynamite Fans. Jerad & Jerusha Hess, writers and Director of Napolean Dynamite, Nacho Libre and now Gentlemen Bronco's live in our ward. For Halloween their family dressed up as Napolean Dynamite characters. This is a picture of Jerusha dressed as Napolean, in the actual suite from the movie. She was hilarious, she was even talking like Napolean.

Happy Birthday To Me!

Yesterday was my birthday and for it we went to dinner at Fong's in Draper with our families and a couple friends. Thanks everyone for coming! After dinner Russ's Mom and Dad were kind enough to take Halle so we could go see a movie. We went and saw "The Invention of Lying." It was ok, but I don't recommend anyone go pay money to see it. It was kind of blasphemous. Anyway it was a good day, thanks for all of the birthday wishes everyone out there in cyber world!

Halle helped me blow out the candles!

Oh yeah, and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Being Pregnant and Potty Training Halle

* Warning, a bunch of rambling and complaining . . . read at your own will.

I am 30 1/2 weeks pregnant, crazy, and have been feeling pretty good. I just wanted to list a few of the fun things that come with being pregnant for the second time, with a toddler and a part time job.

~ Seriously, sore, loose, painful joints. By far the worst thing I am going through. I don't know what is wrong with my body but I feel like an 80 year old woman that can barely stand up after sitting or lying down for even a short while. It is sad, and very painful.

~ Heart burn my good friend. We have been close buddies these past weeks, milk has been my companion to ease the burning this pregnancy. When I was pregnant with Halle, soda/carbonation did the trick.

~ Pokey baby. I think this little guy has really pointy elbows or something, because when he kicks and pushes and pokes it kind of hurts.

~ Breathing space. I don't know what it is but I feel like my lungs have absolutely no room. I mean I am carrying this little guy really high, but I carried Halle really high and don't remember feeling like I couldn't get enough oxygen in my lungs ever.

~ Numb belly. Does anyone else get this, the top of my belly, right under my sternum gets totally tingly numb feeling all the time, especially when i am sitting for a while.

~ Exhausted. It is tough enough taking care of a seriously active 2 year old not being pregnant, but being pregnant has really tested my endurance. Especially with the sore joints, it is so hard to keep up! I just feel so exhausted all the time. I have to keep reminding myself that I won't be pregnant when the new baby comes. I will be exhausted no doubt, but not pregnant. Good thing i live with my Mom who has been absolutely wonderful in so many ways!

~ Swelling. Now I do have to admit I was much more swollen when i was pregnant with Halle, but it was the hottest summer ever and i wasn't running around with a 2 year old all day. I have only gotten swollen in my ankles a few times, but boy does it being back scary memories of how swollen I got with Halle.

Not to mention I work about 15 hours a week from home, so I don't have any Lacey time. I get to watch "So You Think You Can Dance" and that is about it, so I usually stay up late with Russ just to get to spend some time with him. Oh well, all in all this pregnancy hasn't been too bad, I really don't have much to complain about, even though that is what I totally just did. :)

Potty Training
Today was the first day Halle took off the diaper! She did perfect. She went #2 in the potty twice and #1 in the potty about 4 times. All of this was after her nap around 4:30 until her bedtime around 8:30. We will try it again tomorrow and see how it goes. It is funny because she doesn't like anyone to be in the bathroom with her while she is going. She kind of gets stage fright, so cute! I am so proud of her and don't doubt she will be out of diapers completely very soon. It is so amazing how smart she is! Love her.

Picture Tag

This is for you Lar.

The mission:

Open your first photo folder.

Choose the tenth picture.

Tell the story of the picture.

This was actually at Laura and Mike's "rehearsal" dinner the night before their wedding. It was a wonderful dinner at the Hidden Valley Golf Club. Russ and I were dating but planning on getting married later in the fall. I think Russ looks really young in this picture. I, on the other hand, look smokin' hot. and i am being serious, i look good compared to now. It is amazing what having 1 kid and being pregnant again will do for your confidence, not feeling so hot lately. :(

I tag
Lani
Hayley
Megan
Lindsey (my sis or little)
Heidi

Party Time!

This Sunday we had everyone over to celebrate Halle's birthday. Can I just say I have the best family! Halle has never been so hyper in her life, she loved having all of her cousins over, she was in heaven. She didn't really like opening presents because she wanted to just play. Here are some pics from the party.

Happy Birthday Halle & Our Trip to Lake Powell

Halle turned 2 on the 25th! She is such a big girl! Unfortunately Russ and I were in Lake Powell, relaxing and soaking up the sun, well, I guess it wasn't too unfortunate. We went with Russ's co-workers and their wives and had a really good time. My Mom and Russ's Mom watched Halle while we went and each gave her something to make her big day special.

Here are a couple pics from our Lake Powell trip and also when we gave Halle her present from us.
I told her to stand by her present so i could get a picture, she just sat right on it. :)

So excited about her new bike.

Lake Powell . . . ahhhh, so beautiful!

Before

After

wow, get excited!

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Las Vegas

For our Anniversary and for our last time on vacation before having baby number two, we decided to go to Las Vegas and chill by the pool, eat good food, and just do nothing. It was great to have Russ all to myself and just have fun. We missed Halle a ton and can't thank my Mom, Russ's Mom and Aunt Annie for watching her while we were gone. Here are some pics from our adventure.

All of our pictures were taken by Russ, so sorry we are so close. This is us with the strip in the background. We walked a lot and my joints and hips from being pregnant were SOOO sore, but we had fun.

Instead of going to a show we both wanted to see this Titanic exhibit, it was really cool.

For our big dinner we decided to go to Bobby Flay's MESA Grill. It was so good and we really enjoyed our meals!

A little baby belly shot, sort of making fun of how full I was after eating here!

We stayed at the Mandalay Bay, because we heard their pool was awesome. We couldn't spend too much time there because it was so hot and Russ just burns if he is in the sun even with SPF 55 on. This is my hot, white hubby in the wave pool. He was so good at body surfing, I was jealous.

Pictures

My camera's batteries died and i haven't replaced them in a while. So when i plugged it into the computer i was happy to see these fun pics from when we went boating with Russ's family, and to Wheeler Farm with Lisa and the kiddies.

Halle and Mimi. It was freezing that day, hence the sweatshirt.

So cute sittin' on her chair, she also had to have "grandma's baby" with her all the time.

Uncle Nick is always taking such good care of my Halle girl, the whole family does really!

Halle driving the boat.

Don't worry we were just parked in the driveway.

She is such a silly goose!

Here we are at Wheeler farm.

4 Years

Happy anniversary Russell my love!





You are my best friend, best daddy, best husband, best best best I love you!

Bye Bye Binky!

Halle has had a binky since her days in the hospital. Last night was her first night without it. I put her to bed with one and an hour later she woke up crying. When I got to her, she had ripped the top of her binky off. It was so cute, she said "fix it mommy." She had done the same thing with another one the day before. I did not have a replacement so she had to say goodbye to the binky.

I wasn't going to get rid of it but I figure she ruined it, she knew she ruined it and so we went for it. She only whined for about a half hour and went to sleep. Although, today during her nap time, she never went to sleep. I listened to her on the monitor and she just played for 2.5 hours. But i figure i can deal with her playing and not sleeping as long as i can get a few hours of work in. Tonight she didn't even cry . . . WHAT??? Yay, that was awesome. it has been going a lot better than i thought it would. But, i think the fact that she ruined it, instead of me telling her she couldn't have it, has really helped. She is such a good girl i am the luckiest mom ever!

Baby Page # 2 is . . .

We went to get our ultrasound done this morning and couldn't wait to find out what we were having. The little thing was laying on it's tummy in a really inconvenient way for the technician to see what it was. But she finaly got a good shot and, it's a BOY!

It is funny how the whole time I have thought it was a boy so I wasn't surprised, but it was good to have confirmation. Russ was really excited he was just saying yesterday that he thought it was a girl, but I think he secretly hoped I was right :) The nurse/technician's words exactly "he's being stubborn," He's definitely our boy!

Here are some shots from the ultrasound. I tried to explain what everything is, but I understand if you can't see it.

This is a picture of his face. If you tilt your head to the right he is looking right at you! That big black circle is his eye.

It's a boy! This is a shot of his unit. The bum is on the right and his little guy is in between the legs.

The profile.

The second time around . . .

So I am pregnant, for the second time, and have felt pretty good. I felt sick for the first trimester but now I am just tired and feeling fat.

I knew I would be showing earlier this time around but hello, I feel like I have a huge baby bump poking out at me. I thought I was having twins because I was showing so much earlier this time. But there is only one baby in there, confirmed by the initial ultrasound at 10 weeeks.

I get to find out what we are having on the 18. My intuition says it's a boy, but I really have no idea. It's a 50/50 shot, but I will be truly happy with a boy or a girl.

Here are some pictures I took of my Halle girl at the park when I went with my friends from high school for a play date.