Halloween Time...

Everything out here in Midvale is going well. We've been keeping busy with work and Jason has been staying busy with school as well. We had our 25 week check up and was told that the baby was doing well. The heart beat has slowed down a bit which the doctor said is normal with the growing that he's doing. He's definitely an active baby, he's kicking all the time and last night Jason really got to feel him do some cartwheels. It's pretty amazing to think that in a couple of months I will be a mom to a baby boy. Here is the latest belly picture...enjoy!


I went down to Provo yesterday evening to bring Brittany her sewing machine back and to take advantage of the free food that she and Clay offered. Brittany took my to the Kid to Kid down there and there are a lot more choices in regards to cribs and strollers and everything. I bought a car seat with the base for only $23 and then a few baby shirts for $1.99. I was pretty impressed with the pricing and hope that maybe I can go back another time and find some more great finds... Here is a picture of the car seat, I think Jason was impressed with the price.This morning Jason and I woke up and headed over to a new donut shop...ok, it's not new but it's new to us. It's delicious and it was packed full of people. It's a self serve sort of a thing so you had to try and beat people to the ones that you liked. Another thing that we did today is take a look at another apartment. We actually went down to the office to renew our lease and said that we wanted to resign for another six months and she asked us what it would take for us to stay longer. Jason asked about a two bedroom apartment and both Jason and I laughed when he said it but she looked at us and said that they do have a two bedroom, and she can take us to it right now if we liked. It's not too far, just on the other side of Heather St. One flight of stairs (added bonus right now), parking in the back, quiet neighborhood, two bedrooms, new carpet, fresh paint, new blinds, shower rod sits higher (Jason loves that part), and dining room area, all utilities paid except for electricity and cable, rent is $710/month for the two bedroom and we are paying $650 right now. Now there are a few downsides to this as well. Rent is $710/month, no cable, smaller kitchen (it has quite a few cupboards above the counters but not a whole lot beneath), no walk in closet, no balcony or storage unit, or washer or dryer hook ups. They do have a laundry on-site in the back of the building. We told the landlady that we'd like to think about it so she'll give us until Monday to decide whether or not we want to go for it. Our biggest issue is the space we'll lose in the kitchen and the no outside storage but we might be able to get better organized and store things in the babies room. I'm looking into selling my papasan chair (sigh) to make more space for everything. I'll let you know what we decide.

Our ward had a Trunk-or-Treat this evening and since Jason was at work I decided to represent the family and stand out in the rain to pass out candy to trick or treaters. Luckily the gentleman next to me offered the use of his umbrella since I couldn't use my trunk the way other people were (I should have taken Jason's car). I ran out of candy rather quickly since I wasn't expecting that many people, I figured it would just be our ward. I didn't take into account everyone inviting their neighbors or grand kids to come around and I think I got swindled by a few who made the rounds more than once. I left rather quickly once I ran out of candy, I didn't want any of the kids to start throwing anything at me. Now I'm home trying to warm up with a donut and some hot chocolate before Jason comes home from work and we can have dinner. I'm breaking tradition for Halloween and having tuna casserole for dinner rather than pigs in a blanket and tater tots.