October

Here are a bunch of random pictures from this month.
Belinda riding a horse.

Playing dress-ups.

Belinda has naturally, very curly hair.

This is a sure sign that her cup was full of milk. She barely takes a breath while she suctions it out as quickly as possible. Her water cups never end up looking like this.

Our girls are opposites in at least one thing. This is what Belinda's sandwiches look like when she is done with them.

And this is what Katie Marie's sandwiches look like. Katie Marie likes the crust and Belinda likes the middle.

Ginger is a very tolerant dog and endures being dressed up on numerous occasions.

Katie Marie has learned how to put her own hair in a ponytail (all by herself). She does a really good job.

This was a little activity we did. Putting all the pennies back in the jar.

The girls had fun playing together on the stairs.

Ginger had her first Vet appointment (with us as her owners). When I told Katie Marie that Ginger went to the dog doctor she started playing doctor with her. This first picture is a picture of Katie Marie taking Ginger's temperature under her arm (I'll tell you what though, that isn't where Ginger had her temperature taken at the vet, but she enjoys Katie Marie's version a lot better).

These were the costumes the girls dressed in for Halloween this year. A wonderful friend of mine invited the girls to go trick-or-treating at her office. Belinda had a really good time and wanted to constantly be holding a candy (she would only put the candy she was holding in her bucket after she saw that she could choose and hold a new piece of candy).

We only got through 1/4 of the building before Katie Marie informed me she was tired of trick-or-treating and wanted to go home. I think Belinda could have kept going though.

The girls painted little pumpkins this year for Halloween.

They then had a bath afterwards.

Family Pictures

We wanted to get our family pictures taken one last time before a new member joins our family. It was wonderful to be able to capture Belinda at an older age.

We just love her big brown eyes and curly hair!!!
We love our beautiful ringlet hair and blue eyes too.

I think we have two of the most beautiful girls in the world. What is more important is that they are so fun to be around and have the best loving personalities. I love my girls SO much!!!

Well, I know you all have been wondering and waiting to know details. Yes, I am pregnant with number 3 and we will be expecting our new addition at the beginning of April. I have been feeling mostly tired,which basically consists of me laying in bed all day long and Randy cooking dinner for 3 months straight (what a good husband). Oh and no clean house for 3 months either. Luckily I've been getting a little bit of energy back recently (still not super productive though). As far as sickness goes, I've been lucky enough to not have that issue to deal with, but some days I wonder if I would trade energy for that (probably not, but still). It is a little hard when people ask "how are you feeling?" (what they are really asking is, "are you sick?") and I can't really say I've been feeling good, but I'm not sick, so I'm fine!!! I almost fainted yesterday twice (that's another story), but yeah!!! But these little kiddos are worth every bit of discomfort that pregnancy brings. I love them more and more each day. I was amazed when I had my second baby that my love was magnified and multiplied. I couldn't imagine my heart carrying any more love, but I'm excited to see it magnify and multiply again for a third little baby. It truly is a miracle.

September

I'm very excited about the crisp fall air, apple cider, apples and carmel, popped popcorn, colorful crunchy leaves, warm simmering soup and bread bowls and pumpkin cookies. These are some of the things I love about this time of year. Other things I love are these adorable faces:

Don't you just love how Katie Marie did she and Belinda's hair?
Belinda usually isn't into dress-ups so this was unusual for her.
For Family Home Evening we talked about Elder Russell M. Nelson's talk, "Generations Linked in Love. (Ensign, May 2010, pg. 91)" We then let the girls glue together a family tree with pictures of their ancestors.

Belinda enjoys playing with baby doll Ava. I asked her in this picture to smile and sure enough, she did.

Belinda loves animals and is very good with them for the most part. She loves these kitties. Unfortunately I'm allergic to them, so there will be no cats for us.

Katie Marie took this picture of Belinda.

Katie Marie LOVES playing dress-ups!!!!

And finally, in hopes of getting more comments I thought I'd add this picture!!!

Don't you love Belinda's shirt?