Trick Or Treat! Tonight is the first year I get to hand out candy for halloween. I'm excited to see all the cute costumes. Daniel has to work late, so I will be doing most of the candy handing on my own, but that's ok.

The guy came to fix our furnace to day...finally. He told me to cross my fingers that it works. I am not overly thrilled with the way that it worked out, but as long as I have heat at this point I am happy.

Daniel returned from his KY fishing trip last night and I am very happy to have him home. I miss him sooo much when he is gone. Ohter than that not a whole lot is going on. My belly is getting bigger and bigger. Well, Happy Halloween everyone. Don't get to spooked.

Today was a great day. Daniel was baptized this morning. That is our pastor wearing jeans. :) It was very cool to see. I am very proud of him. We went to CiCi's for lunch and then came home and took a nice nap.

The dogs are running around like crazy today. It has been raining out so we haven't had them inside much due to mud. Bayley is the worst. He tracks it all over the place. That was out day. Hope yours was good also.

We ended up going to the zoo yesterday, and it was a lot of fun. They had some of the animals away for the season, but a good amount were still out. Dan got his picture with the monkey. The real polar bear was not this cooperative so we used the cut out for a photo op. There were lots of kids there for Hallzooween, and they were all dressed up. It was cute. I'm glad we went.

Saturday! I love Saturdays. we are supposed to go to the zoo today. It is getting late so we may not go, but that is fine. I love that Dan is off work today and he has freedom to do whatever he wants. He is helping one of our friends this morning with his car. Tomorrow is a big day for him. He will be getting baptized. Every one is kind of shocked when they find out he has never been. :) Our membership class prompted him to get going on it. So tomorrow is the big day. I will hopefully get a few pictures so I can put them up on here. So that is about it around here. Have a great Saturday every one.

Holy cow Bayley has grown! I was looking through pictures and it is so fun to see the ones from when we first brought him home to now. He was such a fuzz ball. He and Celia hit it off right away. Now he is 25 lbs and still growing. He eats more than Celia and she is twice his weight. I can't wait for the baby to be here and for him to play with the dogs. Then it will be fun to see him growing like crazy. I just can't believe how fast Bayley grew. I'm sure it will be worse with our actual baby.

Daniel and I are rethinking names for the baby. We decided we aren't going in with one name, but we are going to have a list we like and wait to see him first. He may still be Josiah, but if he looks more like a Caleb or a Matthew or an Elijah than we will go with one of those. If any one has any good ideas let us know. Dan wants something Biblical and the middle name will be Daniel. I want something uncommon (so Matthew is possibly out.) Names are hard. There are endless possibilities, and what you name him he's stuck with for ever. Plus you want something with a cool meaning, but it has to have good nickname potential. So who knows.
He started kicking on Oct. 14 at a Larry the Cable Guy show. He likes music and sometimes response to songs with a good beat. Daniel was able to feel him for the first time on the 16th. It is pretty cool. I'm so excited to see the little guy. I can't wait to see how the animals respond to him. I think that everyone will get along. Bayley is starting to calm down a little so he is not as high strong. Celia is really gentle with young kids so I am not worried about her, and Max tends to adjust at his own rate (must be a cat thing.) Max is very into the baby's room and all the little baby things that are begining to collect. I can't wait to start buying clothes for him. Dan won't let me get any yet. He wants to wait until we get closer. There are some really cute little outfits out there. Boy stuff is harder to find, but there are cute things out there. I need to find some Purdue baby gear. :) Well, I better get going. Have a great day!

Who knew that some one so little would need so much stuff! Dan and I finished the baby registry yesterday at Babies R Us. It was fun, but holy cow there is a lot to get. Hopefully showers will help. Dan was very excited to register for a travel system he found. (That is a car seat/stroller in one) He saw a system with a jogging stroller and fell in love. the wheels allow you to go "off roading" with baby. (since we do so much of that.) He loves it though. It will be a good thing to have he was just so funny to watch. He played with it for like a half hour trying to figure out all the ways it works. He is so cute.
We picked out a nursery theme, but it was on clearance and there were very few left so we just bought it instead of registering. It is very cute! It is sage green and yellow and has teddy bears and bunnies. It is called hide and seek. We bought basically the whole set (what was left anyway.) It didn't have a mobile or any wall hanings, but I figured I could find something close to match. Baby shopping is fun. :) I'm excited for him to be here. We have a lot of prep work first though. I plan on doing some organizing in Josiah's closet today or tomorrow his Grandma Garman sent him a whole bunch of outfits I want to get sorted and hung up. I am trying to get a system so as we get things I can just put them away and it doesn't get overwhelming. Plus I enjoy organizing and planning. :) Well, I need to get some things done around the house so I better get going. Have a great day.

It is my Birthday today. I am feeling old. I can't believe I am 22. It just sounds old. And all the milestone Bdays are over. So here ends 21. It was a good year, but 22 should be exciting. Afterall I am having a baby this year. YAY! I am going home to South Bend this weekend. I'm excited. I'm going to lunch with my buddy Frank and then spending the night with my best friend Mere. We are a bit old for sleepovers, but what are you gonna do? Dan has a football game in Lafayette today so he will take Kenzi home. Tomorrow he is going to a soccer game in Columbus. So it will be a fun weekend for us both, but we will miss each other. Have a good weekend everyone.

My growing belly...

Ah, Sleep. i remeber a time when sleep was so easy. Not anymore. Between constant trips to the bathroom, backaches that make me want to scream or upset stomach I haven't slept through the night in weeks. I hear that it is preparation for when the baby is here. If he is anything like I was then he won't sleep much. My mom said I hardly slept at all as a baby. But she did have the advantage of sending me to my grandparents house. :) (Just kidding mom.) Anyway, I have had my friend Dani's little girl Kenzi for the week. She is very cute and we are having a lot of fun with her. We went to Chuck E. Cheese's on wednesday. I'm not sure if Kenzi or Dan had more fun. I learned that their food does not set well. After a week with a girl though, I am glad I am having a boy. Girls have so many cute outfits and shoes and purses and all kinds of fun things. I would go broke with a girl! Plus there is the whole hair issue. Doing my own hair is hard enough let alone a squirming 3 year old. Boys are easy comb through maybe add a bit of gel and you're done. EASY! I am getting excited about my son. I want to know what he will look like. I wonder who he will act like. Kenzi is a talker and I have a feeling that Josiah may be too. I was never quiet as a kid, so chances are my kid is going to come out with an opinion. I'm anxious to meet him. I haven't felt him kicking yet, and I am at 20 weeks so I am a bit nervous about that. However, I saw him in the ultrasound jumping around so he is probably doing just fine. Well, I need to get some housework done. Hope every one is doing well. Bye.