HAPPY HALLOWEEN:)

Happy Halloween! Jay and I finally got to carve our pumpkins. Jay has never done this before, so had to get into "pumpkin slayer" mode...really show that pumpkin who's boss!

After a couple of hours, this is what we ended up with:) Don't laugh at Sprout's pumpkin, clearly mommy was tired of carving and instead of planning the design, she thought she could wing it.

out side of our front door on the steps:)

Tonight, we had our very good friend, KeithAnn and her mother in law come for dinner and to hand out candy. This is Gabe, her little one, dressed as a spider. He was a good sport in the beginning...

but things deteriorated quickly and he let us know that he had had enough of the humiliation, despite how cute he was:)

After everyone was gone and the trick-or-treaters stopped coming, we dressed Sprout up in her very first Halloween costume

Mommy view..

Ta Da!

And one from the side so you can see our most recent growth spurt:) We're only a few days shy of the 6month mark!

Pumpkin picking:)

Today Jay and I went pumpkin picking. We are planning on carving them this week... we'll see if we actually do it, but that is the current plan none the less! Before we went, Jay took some pictures of my belly for you:) This is the best one. Jay makes funny comments while taking my picture, which often results in an odd look on my face. So here I am, 23 weeks along...that's 5 1/2 months into my 9month pregnancy... so for all of you not doing quick math... I AM GOING TO HAVE A BABY IN 3 1/2 months!!! Does anybody else realize how crazy that is???
random picture of what we found under our stove when we pulled it out today (there was a sauce incident that required cleaning in between the cabinet and the stove) Our cat, Moe, spends much of her day trying to get something from under the stove. We assumed she had thrown one of her toys under there... we had no idea it was this severe. Those are milk rings, her favorite. There were 15 of them, along with a name tape from Jay's uniform, a cotton ball, and a role of tape. She's a little crazy.

So back to pumpkin picking:)

Jay was a little unsure about this one... but I'm not sure why.

We finally made our choices. One for Jay, one for me, and one for Sprout:)

This is specially for Diana... This is what Sprout's closet looks like so far. Those clothes are so much tinier in real life than they look in this picture:)

And yet another reason that I'm starting to worry that we are not at all prepared for this child to arrive in 3 1/2 MONTHS! This is what her room looks like currently. That is a wall paper border. I'm not sure why anybody in their right mind would ever choose such a creepy theme for their child's room...of course I don't know that the person who chose it WAS in their right mind. If you look closely, you will see a monkey on a horse dressed as a clown, and a rooster on a ball wearing a party hat. I'm not OK with this at all. We've not had the time or know how to get that thing down, but it has to happen SOON!

So, to end on a happy note, I'll post a pretty picture:) These were from my hubby. They opened beautifully and smelled even better!

weeks 20 and 21

OK! First things first... I want to apologize to all of you who have been patiently waiting (hounding me) for belly pictures:). So I'm very sorry, here is what you've been waiting for...






This is me at 20 weeks...in my pajama's.

And at 21 weeks... again, in my pajama's.

Not in pajama's, but very close:)

Just in case you are wondering, I do wear real clothes during the day. By the time I get home, and take care of whatever has to be taken care of...dinner, laundry, etc and remember to take pictures, I'm usually out of work/real clothes and into comfy clothes:)

In recent news, I have finally started to feel her move! Its awesome:) What is not so awesome, is that she is most active between the hours of 2:30 and 4:00AM. During the day, she stretches, and pushes, and is generally quiet. But in the wee hours of the morning, she punches, kicks and wiggles, often waking me and keeping me from falling back to sleep.

Also in recent news... we've decided on a name for our daughter! I never imagined that we would have such a hard time agreeing on what the best name for our baby would be. I always just assumed that I would suggest a name that I loved and Jay would say "ITS PERFECT! Lets name her that!" It did not go that way...nor did it go that way for him:)

So we are very excited that we have finally agreed on what we think is the perfect name for our little one. We still call her 'Sprout' but the name that we have chosen to give her is

Joselyn Aurora Rivera

We hope you like it as much as we do:)