Green Bluff Pumpkin Patch

Kate tried to hand us every pumpkin she saw. She calls them "puh-keems."

Paige loved her unicorn. She was pretty bummed when she woke up and it was all smeared.

Halloween

Here are the girls on Halloween night. Paige changed into her Ladybug costume so that she would be super warm for Trick-or-Treating.

Paige showing Nate how she can dance...

We had a ward Halloween party and Nate was a prison inmate. I bought that mullet wig for him. :)

Cute little chicken. Once again, I didn't dress up. Next year... I swear.

Face painting at the ward party

Arabian Princess

Paige went to a Halloween-themed birthday party this morning, so she got to wear her costume. She picked it out at TJ Maxx and she loves it. She originally wanted to be Ariel for Halloween, but she changed her mind when she saw this. I put some make-up on her this morning too, so she was pretty excited. She likes to pose for pictures, if you can't tell.

So...

I just read that one study found that women with severe nausea and vomiting in the first trimester were 50% more likely to be having a girl.

I've had pretty bad nausea/vomiting with all of my pregnancies. I wonder if I'm having another girl.

From your experience, do you think this study is true? In the past I've heard that bad morning sickness means you're probably having a girl, but I just thought it was an old wives tale.

The most whiny post ever

I told myself I would not complain about morning sickness this time around, but here goes...

It seems like people think that you aren't allowed to whine about being sick when you're pregnant because: 1.) You brought it upon yourself. 2.) Many women cannot have children, so you should just be thankful that you're pregnant.

Well for the record, I am very thankful that I am pregnant and being able to have children is not something that I take for granted. But I am still so miserable right now that I can't not talk about it. I feel awful all day long. The only time I don't feel awful is right after I throw up. Every morning when I wake up, I am so sad because I know that I have to face the nausea right away.

To make things worse, Nate is leaving on a 9-day trip to the Philippines tomorrow. Just for fun. (He will be there with his old mission companion, who has been there many times.) So that's gonna be awesome for me.

It's probably best that I don't post much for the next few weeks because believe me... you don't want to hear it.

P.S. The good news: I get to have an ultrasound and my first prenatal appointment on Friday the 30th. Can't wait!

Paige's first day of Preschool

Paige started preschool on Tuesday at the Liberty Lake Athletic Club's "Fit Preschool." She loves it, of course. She was actually pretty nervous before I took her there the first day, and she asked if I would stay there with her. But after a minute or two she ran over to me, gave me a hug and said, "Bye, Mom!" I got a little teary at that point. It was hard to leave her with other people (even though they are great) and I started to miss her right away. But I knew she would have a great time. Each day, Kate has walked around the house calling, "Paige? Paige?" She looks all over for her. It's kind of sad. I love how they are friends now.

The preschool is 3 days a week for 2 1/2 hours. Half of the day they do educational things, and the other half is physical (swimming, dance, soccer, gymnastics, etc.). It seems like a great program and the teachers are awesome.

First Bee Sting

Poor Kate was sitting on the back porch the other day and she suddenly started screaming hysterically. I just knew she must have been stung by a bee. Sure enough her finger started to swell up and she kept holding it up and saying, "Ow-ee." Then she kept pointing up in the air and saying, "A bug, a bug." It was pretty sad. But after some ice and ibuprofen she was OK. Trying to eat the ice.

Can you tell which finger it was?