Nate's dilemma

I have to share this dialogue from last night. Nate and I were laying in bed and I was almost asleep, when he said:

"I'm having a big dilemma lately. I can't decide if I should keep studying for the GMAT and get my MBA, or if I should get a Playstation and just do that with my spare time."

I started laughing... until I realized he was 100% serious.

Hmm, let me think....

OR
I'm sure you can imagine what my response was.

Funny little Paige

The other day, Paige and I were sharing an ice cream cone. She actually wasn't sharing at all, so I told her she needed to give it back so that I could have some. She said, "Mom, be patient!"

She watches Dora the Explorer, and if you've seen it, you know there is a fox named Swiper, who steals Dora's stuff or throws it in the bushes, etc. A few days ago, Paige grabbed a handful of band-aids and threw them in the air and said, in a mischievous voice, "You'll never find them now!" That's exactly what Swiper says.

Today Nate couldn't find this little electronic device that he uses for work. Its about the size of a piece of gum, but its thicker. A couple hours after it went missing, he was holding Paige and felt something hard on her bum. He looked down her diaper and there it was! So he pulled it out (her diaper was clean) and she said, "Hey, that's mine!" I guess she was saving it for later.

My New Kitchen

I really like how it turned out! At first I was pretty shocked because its a big change, but I think it adds a lot, so I'm excited. It was a lot of work though. After I started painting, I thought, why am I doing this when I'm 6 months pregnant? Oh well, I'm glad I did it.

The color is called Rosemary Sprig from Benjamin Moore. But I had it mixed at Home Depot, using Glidden paint because its a lot cheaper than Benjamin Moore.

Belly Pic

This is me now (5 minutes ago) at 23 weeks:


This was me at 27 weeks with Paige:

So it looks like my belly is growing a little faster this time around. But its fun to finally look pregnant, and not just chubby.

In other news... I will post pics of my kitchen tomorrow. I'm not quite done painting.

Painting!

I'm finally painting my kitchen... GREEN. Yikes. I love green, but I never thought I would have the guts to paint my whole kitchen a non-neutral color. I'm starting tomorrow, so wish me luck. I will post pics as soon as I'm done.

Picture this type of green...

In my kitchen...

This is Halloween

On friday night we went to a Halloween party at the library.

Paige got her first tattoo!!

(I was dressed as a fat, pregnant lady.)

And then we made some spiders...


On Halloween night we went Trick-or-Treating at the mall. I didn't know what to expect, but it was actually quite fun! There were tons of people, so it was a little crazy, but it was fun to see all the costumes. Paige loved it. She was so happy to fill up her little candy bag. We let her eat a few treats, but little does she know.... I'm eating the rest right now. Bwaaa ha haaaaa!!! Just kidding. Kind of.

These are her cousins: a little cowboy on the right, and "Larry Fitzgerald" on the left.

Here she is saying, "Trick-or Treat!" She was such a cute little ladybug.

After the mall, we went around to some homes in our neighborhood. It was a really fun night. Holidays are so much fun when you have a toddler.

I love fall!

Trying on my witch hat

Paige does this and says, "Big muscles!"

A pumpkin donut from heaven. Soooooo good.