Just call me the Hallowqueen!

Yes, Halloween is still two months away and I have already purchased our Halloween costumes and made the invitations for one of the three parties I will throw this year. Maybe I am an addict. Can you believe Halloween decor is already in the store? I am so elated and I am in trouble. I have already purchased things I don't need and don't have a place for, I have 9 bins of Halloween packed to the brim. Here are some pics of my purchases! I am so excited!!

I do what it takes...

...to keep my kids alive but that's about it. This last week has been really rough. All I can figure is the baby is in a growth spurt and my body is being bombarded by hormones so therefore I am once again throwing up everything I eat and sleeping away much of the day.

Where are my kids your ask? Well, like I said I keep them alive. Cole is the best big brother, he plays with Finn all day and is happy because I let him eat whatever he wants as long as it requires no work from me. I feel so bad because he has been eating so many graham crackers and goldfish lately that he finally begged me yeasterday to make him some green beans. That's right, Cole begged me for some veggies. I do get people to help me take them to the pool that way they can play and have fun while I vomit in the pool bathroom.

Yesterday the boys played in the backyard for the whole day. It was glorious and I knew they were causing trouble because they didn't bother me every five minutes to come back in. However, I could hear them laughing and having fun so I let them play. On the way back from a barfing trip I looked outside and they had both disrobed and had turned the garden plot into a mud pit. They were covered, head to toe, in mud and grass. I didn't clean them up immediately I let them play for another hour before I finally hosed them off just in time for their naps. I do what it takes to keep them alive but that's it!

Don't be jealous...

but my husband is HOT!!! He works out every morning, eats really healthy and drinks only water. So it's no wonder he is still so smokin' hot. He definitely is one of those men who only gets better with age. Standing next to him could make you feel like a total mismatch if it weren't for the fact that in addition to be hot he is the kindest, funniest,smartest man who would do anything for anyone.





So what inspired this ode to my husband's hotness. Hormones probably. But seriously I started thinking about it last night. I was lying there with my huge belly exposed watching the baby and his nightly acrobatics and Josh walked into the bedroom. I looked up and the physical reaction I had was like a check to the gut. My stomach did a flip flop as I looked at Josh brushing his teeth. He was wearing a tight t-shirt, jeans and bare feet. I felt like I used to feel 11 years ago when Josh first kissed me. I lay there wondering why at that moment he could inspire such a reaction. And then it hit me, he was barefoot. Josh hates being barefoot. He hates when people make him take his shoes off, he wears socks to bed and slippers in the winter. He will wear flip-flops to the pool but generally he prefers shoes. So seeing his barefeet was like seeing something forbidden. Something about the way his jeans just skimmed the top of his foot! I don't have a foot fetish, in fact I find feet gross, but on Josh it just looked good!

So don't be jealous Josh is hot and he's all mine.

Oh and enjoy this post while you can, cause when he sees it he'll make me take it down. Just another thing that makes him great, he's humble!!!

Baby's first picture

I just looked at my baby countdown widget and saw that I have less than 100 days before baby boy #3 is introduced! Weird! We still can't agree on a name. Here is our latest ultrasound picture with a great view of his profile.

Weekend in Chicago... MEATASTIC!!

One of our best friends, Nikolai, got married over my birthday weekend. Josh and his Seattle buddies were groomsmen for Nikolai and it was fun to see everyone together looking dapper in their tuxes. Nikolai married a wonderful and beautiful girl named Christine. I have never been to such a fun wedding in my life! Both Nikolai and Christine share a common heritage and upbringing being Serbian Orthodox. They had a beautiful ceremony in their church and quite the party before and after the event. I was most impressed by their emphasis on family and left Chicago with many warm memories of the wedding.



We loved seeing our friends from Seattle. Let me say that Josh has some of the nicest and best looking guy friends! I am very lucky to say that I have never been annoyed over my husband's buddies, they are all pretty great. We shared a lot of laughs, some at their expense. But what can you say when the shleevo (spelling) is free flowing. I have never eaten so much meat in my life. At the rehearsal dinner each table had a huge platter with a variety of meats. Meats on sticks, meats wrapped in bacon, cured meats, you name it we ate it. I giggle still cause Nikolai was concerned there wouldn't be enough meat at the reception. Let me assure you that there was. Chicken, pork and lamb. I am not complaining cause my pregnancy craving is in fact meat.



And let me tell you that these people can eat that way and maintain their figures because after such eating they dance for hours. Not night club dancing, think "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" dancing but Serbian. They had three bands and we danced all night. Nikolai is a fantastic dancer, that's one thing that drew Christine to him. And I must say that Josh and I aren't bad either. Though with the bouncing and my enormous pregnant boobs and belly I am sure I looked like a beach ball. We danced so much at the reception that I had to call it a night cause I peed my pants! Hey the baby was pressing on my bladder like a juicer! Ok it wasn't that bad but we did sleep for like 12 hours that night. We woke up in time to make it to the post-party bbq where they served... more meat!!!!!






Thank you Nikolai and Christine, we had such an amazing time. I hope we can see eachother soon!

"Hey, hey, hey, goodbye!"

After much back and forth we finally listed Hazel for sale. She was a great dog, her bad behavior was actually our fault. Because we couldn't give her adequate exercise she acted out in crazy ways. We finally decided we were being selfish and irresponsible, preventing her from fulfilling the measure of her creation. So we listed her online and within an hour of posting we had five calls.

She went to a wonderful lady, Mary, who is a dog trainer. Mary has a standard poodle named "Max" who is also a highly active dog. Mary called us a week ago to say she hadn't had any problems with Hazel, no digging or chewing. This is because Mary jogs with her dogs daily. Takes them to the dog park every other day and swims in a therapeutic pool that allows dogs. She says Hazel is a water dog, swimming four miles on her first swim. Needless to say, Hazel is in a better place.

The stress level in the house has dropped 50% too with her gone. But Finn really misses her. No more animals for us till the kids are older. We learned our lesson.

It's a boy!!!

After being told we are having a girl we are now 100% sure it is a boy. We had a full anatomical ultrasound and without a doubt they declared it to be a boy. Josh is bitterly disappointed. I swear he thinks that I was so sad about having a girl that I convinced Heavenly Father to change it to a boy. I don't have that much sway with the big guy but I am relieved to be having a boy!

This will be the third and final for Josh and I. I am having a particularly rough time with this pregnancy and don't want to be pregnant again. Josh agrees, he's always wanted three kids and has agreed to the "snip snip" after the baby is born. I console him for the lack of a girl by telling him with three boys he will have an entire attack line for the lacrosse field. That is conciliatory for sure!

We are now weighing baby boy names. I have my favorite picked out but I don't think Josh is sold. Anyway, that's the news for now!