"From the fullness of his grace, we recieved one blessing after
another."
John 1:16
PINK or BLUE? That is the question that will be looming in the Cox household until about mid-January! :) At least we are now in November and the time will FLY until mid January..... and probably a bit longer since January brings KaeLee's THIRD birthday! (WOW! I can't believe she will be 3 already in less than 3 months.)
So we were planning to get pregnant again in March...... so it's just a little early....! It seems like the wrong time at every angle, but we are trusting that God's timing is perfect and will be better than ours could have ever been.
I have calculated my own due date as to be July 4th, but until I have my first appointment, I won't know for sure. Ugh. This means that I will be doing what I said I NEVER wanted to do...... have a baby in the summer! I was very happy to be planning for our next baby's birthday to be in December! But again, we are trusting that the Lord knows better.
Becoming pregnant has made us start to think about our living situation and the fact that this house is getting smaller by the minute! We were planning to stay here until March 2013, when our baby would be about 3 months...... perfect time to transition from our room to the baby's own room....!! But now, baby will be almost a year old next March and can definitely (well, preferably!) not stay in our room that long! I think the baby would definitely have attachment issues..... haha! ANYWAY....... we have started to think about moving THIS March, when our lease is up. It seems nearly impossible, but we have found the PERFECT land and it is in the most ideal location EVER! We really would hate to lose this opportunity! So we are meeting with builders, with bankers, and going over floor plans and touring model homes...... and it's quite exciting. Shawn is getting super excited. And when Shawn gets super excited about something, he doesn't stop thinking about it, researching about it and planning it until it happens....... haha. So I think if things don't work out or it's more expensive than what we are thinking, he will be quite disappointed! (as will I!) But we have to lean on the Lord and see if this is what we are supposed to do. If we did do this, the houses would be ready next summer, which would be perfect to move after baby comes, but before harvest starts.....! :) (perfect for transitioning baby to their own room!) ;)
halloween was great! The girls really got into it and were great at saying "trick or treat"! I bought enough candy and goodies to hand out to 300 kiddos, since that is what we got at our last house....... but perhaps I should have done some asking around BEFORE I bought everything.....! We got a whole whopping 19 trick or treaters! Are you kidding me right now?!?! What on earth will we do with all this candy?!?!
Last Friday, the girls got to dress up in their costumes to go to the YMCA. Every Friday, we go to a class called Toddlers in Motion and this week, they all came dressed up and had a costume parade and went trick or treating around the Y and got different treats like stickers, pencils, color pages, and other little trinkets. They loved it! Saturday, Shawn was still in Yakima so the girls and I hung out and cleaned house together. Then we went to dinner that night with Ernie and Loretta. Shawn came home that night and that's the night I took the pregnancy test. I've pretty much known for about a week prior, but Shawn insisted I wait for him this time, when I take the test..... haha.
Saturday was also a pretty great day for my little brother! He had a cross country district meet in Spokane and he came in FIRST for East Valley! He is only a freshman and he beat out all those Seniors! Awesome! Then he had homecoming (his first high school dance...... awwweeee.....), AND he found out he was going to be an uncle again....! I'd say that's a pretty good day!
Sunday we went to church, came home for lunch and the girls' nap, decorated LOTS of cookiees, then Megan cam over to watch the girls while Shawn and I went to our small group. They had made carmel apples for us and they were delicious!! :)
So on with the pictures..... :)
Hannah all bundled up at the pumpkin patch....!
And here's KaeLee all bundled up!
Feeding the animals with Daddy
Hannah couldn't be happier! She just LOVES animals!
The girls got to "shop" by themselves in the little fruit stand shop... they loved that they had little carts just their size! (and so did I!) So cute!
Hannah pointing out the animals....
KaeLee likes the Turkeys
The girls explore the teepees (I have no idea how to spell that and really don't feel like looking it up right now....)
Petting the goats
back in the teepee (okay, apparently these pictures are going to be a bit out of order....!)
Here's KaeLee shopping..... :)
Shawn and the girls having LOADS OF FUN at smallwoods harvest! haha
We let the girls paint their pumpkins this year and they loved it! Except when KaeLee was "done" painting, she stuck her hands in the paint and smeared it everywhere, so her pumpkin ended up just being brown.... haha.
Hannah had a blast painting her pumpkin! I can't believe I forgot to get a picture of them with their finished masterpieces! urgh!
Sharon came over to watch them paint.... the newspaper is laid out and ready for Shawn and I to carve pumpkins, but we didn't take any pictures...... oops.
Sisterly love.... the "rare" moments.... haha
KaeLee said "take my picture mommy! haha
KaeLee came running downstairs and said "Mommy, you need to come take a picture of us!" So I grabbed the camera and followed her upstairs. This is what they were doing..... those goofy girls! They found a way to climb into their baby's crib.... ha!
Shawn was in Yakima last week working, and the girls and I drove over for the day on Thursday to drop the girls off at my moms and Shawn and I went to a movie and dinner to celebrate our 4 year anniversary. We went to the movie Courageous and it was really good! I would reccomend it to you all! Especially if you are a dad or plan to be one in the future! And ladies, bring a BOX of kleenex! (not just the trial size, either!) Then we went to dinner at Olive Garden..... YUM! Anyway, my mom got the girls a halloween gift of a dress up tiara, high heels and a wand. So here is hannah in her tiara!
And KaeLee
Hannah is trying to walk in her heels! haha
KaeLee was hilarious to watch while she tried to walk in them.... she looked like a little old lady all hunched over.... haha
This is from the YMCA on Friday.
Hannah wasn't too sure what was going on.....
This one is way out of order...... this was after trick or treating when the girls got to open their gift from mommy and daddy and look at what they collected while trick or treating! :)
This was the group of moms and toddlers at the Y
The girls go trick or treating!! Waiting at the first door!
Walking to the next house....
getting a bag of candy from another house!
"Do you really need to be taking my picture right now, Dad?!?!"
"NEXT!"
Waiting patiently......
The next door neighbor gave the girls little dr. suess books! How sweet!
More trick or treating! (I think we only went to about 10 houses...)
And more.....
Reading the books mommy and daddy got the girls...
Hannah loves them!
Of course, KaeLee wouldn't want to look up! Argh that girl!
Looking at all of her goodies
She is so excited about her candy stash! haha
Showing off some more!
Happy Hannah as a cute Kitty!
The girls in our 3rd annual halloween pose! (well, 2nd for hannah!)
Silly girls!
Trying not to look at me while smiling....
another silly face! :)
Well, Happy Halloween everyone, and Happy November! We have a lot to be thankful for during this season of thanks! We hope you all have had as great of a halloween as we did!!
