Happy Birthday, Happy Thanksgiving, and More!

This weekend we headed up to my parents house for a weekend of celebrations. Thanksgiving was filled with lots of good food and visiting with family. My favorite part was watching these two cute kids play all weekend.

Then there was sushi dinner which brought two of my other favorite moments of the weekend. Carter discovered putting sugar in a sushi bowl and eating it with chop sticks. When he got tired of doing that he just started licking it out of the dish. Which turned out something like this.

The second of the evening was my "Stay Classy San Diego" moment, which my sister says is pretty much the only perk of being nine months pregnant.

I know not my finest moment, but it is very difficult to sit up to a table when you are that pregnant. Lastly, we celebrated my golden birthday. 28 on the 28th! We had the whole family for dinner and BJ's and then my favortie chocolate cake.

The trip was great and a wonderful distraction from the discomfort that is nine months pregnant.

Almost Complete...

So many of you may remember Buzz's 1970 pickup truck looking something like this....

Now it looks like this....

And in 2 weeks it will all look like that darker metalic green piece sitting in the middle of all that bright green!!

Project updates will be posted periodically so be sure to tune in at 11 for new developments :o)

Austin's Baby Shower

Last night some of my friends from church threw me a baby shower for Austin. It was so much fun. We had an all chocolate dessert bar, punch, presents, favors, and good company. Everything was wonderful, the food was amazing and the company even better. Everyone was so generous and happy to help us welcome Austin into this world and thanks to them he will be doing it in style.

This is my favorite picture. All the chocolate, we had chocolate cookies, chocolate cream pie, chocolate bundt cake, a chocolate fountain with all the fixings, chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate trifal, cream puffs, and texas sheet cake. It was all perfect! I couldn't have asked for a better shower.

These are the lovely ladies who threw me the shower. Thanks guys!

Diapered Cowboy

When we got home from trick or treating Carter was done with his clothes and decided to run and around and answer the door in just his diaper and cowboy hat for the remainder of the evening.

The Lion King

Last night Buzz took me to see the Lion King at the Civic Theater as an early birthday present. We had such a wonderful night. We ate at Roy's downtown right on the water with a view of the Coronado bridge and then it was off to the show. The costumes and movement of all the animals in this show is amazing. I loved every minute of it. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera so there are no pictures of us, but a picture of some of the cool costumes I found online.

Happy Ween!

Happy Ween everyone! That's what Carter calls it anyway. He can't quite get out Happy Halloween, so we settled for Happy Ween. What a fun weekend it was. Carter was supposed to dress as a skunk this year, but we could only get the costume on long enough to get a quick picture and then he was done with it. So he was a doctor instead.

He loved carving pumpkins and wanted to help with everything. He did however inform us that the pumpkin guts were ewww gross!

We trick or treated around the neighborhood and he told everyone trick or treat, thank you, and happy halloween. It was so much fun to watch him. I can't believe how big he is getting. He walked the entire community and when he finished at one house he told us next house. Then we came home and posed for a few fun photo's and waiting for the sugar high to wear off and went to bed.

This picture also serves as documentation that I have taken atleast one picture of my rapidly growing belly. 6 weeks to go!

Bates Nut Farm

This weekend we went out to Bates Nut Farm to check and the Pumpkin Patch. I couldn't believe the number of people who drive out to the middle of no where to get pumpkins. That said I guess we did, but still the number of people in 97 degree weather was astounding. We did enjoy the straw maze, tractor ride, animals, store, and pumpkins. I think I like the treats in the store the best and Carter loved the animals.

I think this picture might be in the running for our family Christmas cards!

I am slowly learning about the vast number ostridges in the area and I got to thinking what do you do with an ostridge. But then I saw the signs for ostridge eggs and jerky and I don't think I'm interested in either one.
Fun fact about the hay rides; They have three tractors going, each holds 60 people, each person paid $2 to ride, each ride lasts 5 minutes, and they are open 9 hours a day. How much are they making in one Saturday on tractor rides. Drum roll please... $38,880. Seriously!
Last but not least the pumpkins. Carter climbed right in to the middle of the pumpkins and picked the one he wanted. Unfortunately after much trying he was unable to lift it and had to resign to the fact that Daddy would do it. All in all a fun, but hot day.