The Cutest Witch on Mossy Creek Drive...

As you can see, our Payton was the cutest little witch tonight. Brian took her out to a few of the neighbor houses. We had to show her off of course. They got a kick out of her! She then proceded to eat some candy, we bribed her away from her trick or treating pail with a nice warm bath. It was 29 degrees out there tonight!

Well, we have a new Godson! Our friend Amy had a baby boy on Monday. Jonah Christopher weighed in at 9 pounds 9 ounces! Can't wait to see photos:) We are so happy for them. Olivia is going to be such a great big sister! Amy is doing great too.

Tomorrow Payton has a little friend from down the street coming over the play. Ava is a couple of months younger than Payton and her mom and I have been talking about getting the girls together for a while. We will see if they can share:) It should be fun.

Painting fools...

This weekend Brian and I decided to finish some painting projects that we have been thinking about for a LONG time! We finished painting the baby's room. It is a really nice yellow. Not quite as bright as Payton's old room in MA! All of our crib stuff is blue and yellow with the moon and stars. That yellow just looks awesome with our wood trim. We even hung curtains... my family is here this weekend so we figured we could give them some privacy:) We decided on a green accent wall in our bedroom. It is a dark almost olive color. Which our gold and green bedding and red drapes and pillows it looks awesome!!! We now have to start Payton's room. We have the paint, it is called dancing green from Sherwin Williams. It is a darker lime color. Thanks Jeannine! She had some leftover from her house and it is the perfect color to go with Payton's bedding. We officially took out her crib this weekend too. She hasn't slept in it for about a month. It looks so weird in there without it!!!


Oh, for those of you thinking "what is the pregnant lady doing painting?". My doctor told me that as long as we stick to latex, water based paints I can do whatever I want. He said I could go over to his house to touch up his walls if I wanted to. ha ha! The green paint in our room Brian felt had a stronger smell to it so I wasn't in on that one. Not that I am complaining:)

Obsessed...

Here is a photo of our new sofa. We love it! We were a little nervous about how it would fit in our living room, but it fits great. And we still have our other sofa and ottoman in there until my family comes next week. We are going to put them to work moving furniture into our family room:)

Okay, so we are obsessed with coming up with another girl name! It seems like the couple of names we thought were the best just don't seem right anymore! We like something different every day. Thank goodness we have 4 months to come up with something. Payton was easy for us to pick out because we love that name so much, so hopefully we will be able to find one that we like just as much:) There are so many great ones to choose from. We seem to like the more uncommon names, so hopefully our girls won't mind that! I am looking forward to driving my sister Nicole crazy once we have it picked out, we aren't going to tell anyone. She is rooting for Addison Nicole... not one of our favorites by the way:)

Oh, and I am also SO obsessed as to when our great friend Amy is going to have our new god-baby! She was due on Monday... no word yet. You are driving me crazy Aim! Although if you haven't had the baby yet, you are probably feeling way more crazy than I am:)

and the baby's name is.....

We asked Payton what her little sister's name should be tonight after dinner. She replied "cookie"! I guess we'll keep searching.

Payton's first swim...

Well, Payton started swimming lessons last Saturday. She did okay. Brian went into the pool with her, no maternity suits for me! She whined a little for about 10 minutes, but she eventually eased up her grip on Daddy. We go for a half hour every Saturday into December. So she has plenty of time to get used to it!

We got a call today that our new sofa is in! I am thrilled! We just have to call and set up delivery. Hopefully soon!

Well, as some of you know our neighborhood babysitter moved in August. She is the first actual teenage babysitter we ever used to Payton, so we were really sad to see her go. She was a great girl. We are going out to dinner with friends on Saturday and I thought I would try another gal, she is a college student, that our neighbor uses for her kids. Well, she moved about 30 minutes away to be closer to her school. My neighbor was sad about it too, she was the last one on her list too:( So we are stuck with no babysitters around here! I hate to use someone that I don't know anything about. I liked to know that my sitter has parents very close that are always home while they are sitting for us. Oh, well. There is a new teenage girl just down the street... I will have to get in with her parents I guess. And our little sweetie is coming out to dinner with us:)

Baby number 2...

We had our 20 week ultrasound on Friday. My BP is still awesome so I don't have to go for another 5 weeks. My doctor said I am about to get very popular at the office because I will have to start coming a lot more often after the next visit. And we will get one more ultrasound before it is over just to make sure that baby is doing well. After all my troubles with Payton he is keeping a close eye on me. I do BP checks at work so I can see a trend in any changes there and call him. We didn't have an ultrasound after 20 weeks with Payton, so that will be fun. Everything looks good and SHE was just moving all over. So precious. That's right everyone, we are having another baby girl! We truly didn't care which way it went with the boy/girl thing. We are just thrilled that Payton is going to have a little sister to play with. Growing up with 2 sisters both within a couple of years of me was so nice. Now we don't have to feel guilty with all the pink/purple stuff we have or are yet to buy! The only thing that would have been just fantastic to have a boy is that we had a name all picked out. Girls names are so much harder... now we will have to start thinking:)

Big day for Payton!

Yesterday was Payton's first haircut, at the salon. I have trimed the back a couple of times to even it out. Thank goodness for that curly hair. It is so forgiving! I took her to the salon and stylist that I go too. Lately she has been saying "owie!" when I am combing her hair. The ends are so tangled in the morning and after her bath. So we went and although she refused to put the cape on and she had to sit in my lap, she did wonderful. Wendy was actually able to cut it all, and even to boot! Payton really didn't move much. Her treat for being so good was a ring pop that Daddy bought for her. I didn't know they still made those lollipops shaped like a huge gem ring, but she LOVED it. The only other time she has had a lollipop was when Brian brought her into the liquor store and the sales lady gave her one. She was a sticky mess, but so cute!

And then last night she actually slept in her toddler bed! She slept that whole night through the first night we put her in there, but not since. That was over a week ago. She hasn't even fallen asleep in there again until last night. We are so proud of her! She didn't wake up once, she actually slept until 7:30 this morning. AWESOME! Lets hope that it wasn't a fluke again this time!

Yeah for the pumpkin lady!

I received a call from one of my neighbors last Friday telling me about a woman who lives on a farm here in Owatonna that does outdoor decorations. She has pumpkins, hay bales, corn shucks, indian corn, gourds.... She will deliver right to your door, the prices are good, and the best part is that at the end of the season she will come and pick it all up and dispose of it for you. I was thrilled! We love this time of year and honestly what do you do with a hay bale when you are done with it? I gave her a call and she just dropped off our order. She delivered to most of our neighborhood today. She was going to set is up for us even, but I told her that we would do it. We have to make it a little fun:) Hopefully it won't rain before we can get it done. I am super happy! We will have to take a photo of our handiwork. Although, she did give me tips on how to arrange everything.

Sorry it took us so long!

So we have been back from NE for a week, and I am finally able to sit down and blog. Although Payton will probably be hounding me soon!

We had a great mini-vacation in NE. We got there on Thursday night and were able to stay with David and Sarah, and our friends Nick and Andi (along with their 2 year old son Alex) had dinner with all of us and we had a great evening catching up. Nick and Andi were actually here in MN in August, so it was so fun to see them again so soon.

Friday we were running all over the place. We had lunch at our favorite bar/grill with Bryan and Ronni, Mark and Kelly, Sarah and David, and us. Did I mention that there were 3 babies under 6 months and 2 toddlers along too. It was chaos, but in a good way. I think I am relaxing, because I didn't feel stressed at all. Although I am sure our waitress did! We then were off to drive to Dracut and look at our old house and neighborhood. Still looks the same. Then we were able to visit my good friend Lori. For those of you that haven't heard me talk about her, she worked with me on nights at Lowell General and she also babysat Payton 1 day a week so that I could sleep after my shift and Payton would not have to go into daycare. She was a godsend!!! Anyway, her girls are in 1st and 2nd grade now. They seem to have grown so much in the last year! Payton had a ball playing with them and Lori and I were able to catch up. Our other friend and former co-worker Carrie also came over with her almost 2 year old son Kiran. She is also pregnant with number 2. Small world:)
From there it was to the Deluca's for pizza with the Halls as well. We had a fun visit. Matt is only 2 months younger than Payton so they have all the fun toys and a toddler proof house:)

Saturday was the day of rest we like to think. We just hung out with David, Sarah and Ian (2 months) and went for a huge seafood lunch. I ate myself sick! It was totally worth it! It was nice to actually spend some down time with them. Payton sure does love all the babies. Although I think she was making Sarah a little nervous with all the hugs and kisses she was trying to give Ian:) Saturday evening we went over to Bryan and Ronni Cavener's house. Little Jill is almost 6 months, and she is just a doll. Payton got a kick out of her too, and I must say that Jill got a kick out of Payton. Payton was doing her usual hug and kiss routine and Jill was looking at her like "who is this girl", and "why can't I get around like that". So cute. We had out annual take-out food/scary movie fest that we try to do every fall with the Caveners. Keith and Jean Huie joined us too. They look great and we had a fun night. Although I would NEVER recommend Wolf Creek to anyone!!!

Sunday morning Bryan and Ronni hosted a brunch for us and all our friends made it! We had 10 adults, 3 toddlers, 3 babies and 2 unborn babies. It was so overwhelming to know that all of our friends really cleared their weekend to spend as much time with us as possible. We didn't expect that, but truly appreciated it. We went out visit everyone that we missed, and we were able to do that and then some! It really didn't feel like it had been over a year since we had been there. Thanks to everyone who hosted/visited us while we were in town. We miss you all.

Oh, by the way, Payton did awesome. Other than the first night of crying she was great. Both plane rides were great. Although on Saturday night when we were at the Caveners and Payton started to scream, then Jill started to scream I thought we were going to be in for it. But they both settled down and we had a fun adult night!

We aren't sure when we will make it back again, so we were able to fit a lot into just few days. We really do have great friends in NE. They are the one sad thing about coming back to MN. Although we were glad to get back home:) Now we are working on getting Payton into her toddler bed... not going too well. Any pointers??