There is a little bit of pink hanging in Oliver's closet as of the last 2 days, and I LOVE IT! It has been so much fun to be in stores and, rather than look at the little girl clothes longingly, actually have a baby girl to shop for! Between my mom and I taking separate trips to Carter's and going to Old Navy together we have gotten a good start on baby girl's layette. I'm so excited to have her here to put in all of these sweet, tender, ruffly, girlie clothes! They will be so much cuter with her in them. :)
The perfect pink crib bedding that I bought a few months ago (in hopes and because it was on clearance and I didn't want to miss out on it) is still hiding out under the crib. I think I'll leave the blue bedding in for a few more months for baby Aydan's sake! I love watching (and holding and loving) my adorable baby nephew, so we'll keep some things in baby boy mode for a little longer.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Halloween
Pumpkin Patch:
We made our way out to the pumpkin patch mid-October. This year Oliver really loved climbing on the tractors and pushing the pumpkins around in his wheel-barrow. For us one of the highlights of the afternoon was that Oliver recognized his name on a sign that said "Oliver Parking Only" next to the Oliver brand tractor (the sign and tractor are in the little picture in the top left of the collage). He also really loved running through the corn maze and scaring/getting scared by his dad.
Preschool Halloween Party:
For those that don't already know, I am doing a little preschool class for Oliver and a couple other kids his age, just one day a week. The Tuesday before Halloween we had our class Halloween party. All of the kids came in costume: Oliver the Doctor, Avary as Captain Jack Sparrow, Adam as a Train Conductor, and Ian (a visitor for the day) as Spiderman. We made Halloween pictures with foam stickers, colored Halloween pictures, played pin the nose on the pumpkin (the one in the picture with Oliver), had Halloween muffins, and read Halloween books.
Pumpkin Carving:
We didn't actually carve pumpkins until Friday the 29th. Oliver was pretty grossed out by the guts at first, but eventually got into it. Nate did all of the carving this year. Oliver chose the circle eyes and nose and pointy teeth. Don't worry, even though I didn't do any carving I still got into the mess... I cleaned up the seeds and roasted them (and then proceeded to eat most of them - yum!).
Parties and Trick-or-Treating:
Saturday the 30th was the day of most of our festivities. We had a Trunk-or-Treat party at the ward. Went to our friends Halloween party, which included some Trick-or-Treating. Then went on to visit some friends and family and do even more Trick-or-Treating with Adelyn and Eleanore. On Sunday we made our way up to Pete & Camille's house for dinner and games with their family as well as Pud & Ude and Mallary (this is Nate's aunt, uncle, cousins, and grandparents).
Halloween in Sum:
Oliver really loved Halloween this year! He was way into every part of the holiday. He and I were both very proud of his Doctor costume. We had a lot of fun, fit more stuff in than we thought possible, and now we can't wait until next year!
We made our way out to the pumpkin patch mid-October. This year Oliver really loved climbing on the tractors and pushing the pumpkins around in his wheel-barrow. For us one of the highlights of the afternoon was that Oliver recognized his name on a sign that said "Oliver Parking Only" next to the Oliver brand tractor (the sign and tractor are in the little picture in the top left of the collage). He also really loved running through the corn maze and scaring/getting scared by his dad.
Preschool Halloween Party:
For those that don't already know, I am doing a little preschool class for Oliver and a couple other kids his age, just one day a week. The Tuesday before Halloween we had our class Halloween party. All of the kids came in costume: Oliver the Doctor, Avary as Captain Jack Sparrow, Adam as a Train Conductor, and Ian (a visitor for the day) as Spiderman. We made Halloween pictures with foam stickers, colored Halloween pictures, played pin the nose on the pumpkin (the one in the picture with Oliver), had Halloween muffins, and read Halloween books.
Pumpkin Carving:
We didn't actually carve pumpkins until Friday the 29th. Oliver was pretty grossed out by the guts at first, but eventually got into it. Nate did all of the carving this year. Oliver chose the circle eyes and nose and pointy teeth. Don't worry, even though I didn't do any carving I still got into the mess... I cleaned up the seeds and roasted them (and then proceeded to eat most of them - yum!).
Parties and Trick-or-Treating:
Saturday the 30th was the day of most of our festivities. We had a Trunk-or-Treat party at the ward. Went to our friends Halloween party, which included some Trick-or-Treating. Then went on to visit some friends and family and do even more Trick-or-Treating with Adelyn and Eleanore. On Sunday we made our way up to Pete & Camille's house for dinner and games with their family as well as Pud & Ude and Mallary (this is Nate's aunt, uncle, cousins, and grandparents).
Halloween in Sum:
Oliver really loved Halloween this year! He was way into every part of the holiday. He and I were both very proud of his Doctor costume. We had a lot of fun, fit more stuff in than we thought possible, and now we can't wait until next year!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
The Majority Wins!
7 guessed girl.
3 guessed boy.
7 were right!
It's a GIRL!!!
Oliver was right. I guess I should have just trusted him all along. She looks wonderful. Everything looked good and measured right on. Hooray for a reassuring visit! And Hooray for a baby Girl! :)
3 guessed boy.
7 were right!
It's a GIRL!!!
Oliver was right. I guess I should have just trusted him all along. She looks wonderful. Everything looked good and measured right on. Hooray for a reassuring visit! And Hooray for a baby Girl! :)
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