What I am SO GRATEFUL for:

FAMILY--I love you SO much Micah, Asher, and baby in my tummy!

SCRIPTURES--I don't know what I would do without the word of God to bring peace and the Spirit to my daily life. I need it so much!

THE TEMPLE --I can't wait to go on Nov 27th in Columbus, OH. Now that we are 4 hours away we have to plan our monthly trips in advance to make sure we can go and it is SO wonderful to be in the temple.

FOOD, but lately, I'm more interest in food like this:

minus the soda--but man, greasy food seems so yummy when I'm expecting--especially food that others cook!

JOGGING STROLLERS--I love to RUN and go on walks and stop by and visit my friends because Asher and I need to get out everyday!

OUR COMPUTER...sometimes, but lately Asher is SO obsessed with turning it on and off and opening the DVD drive and pushing it closed and grabbing the mouse and keyboard--so we are now re-deciding where to keep our computer

OUR BED! It is the only place I can sleep and WOW is SLEEP IMPORTANT to ME!

MY FRIENDS-I don't know what I would do with out my friends here in Pittsburgh, seriously.

MY CELL PHONE--without it I couldn't call my sisters and mom and stay in touch with them while I am so far away!

NOVELS--I am just finishing the 4th book in the Fablehaven series and can't wait to start the next book==any suggestions????

Not so Happy Halloween!

I have been so SICK for like 11 days and I am finally feeling better! Halloween was NOT happy for me. That whole weekend was like the worst and I felt like such a bad mom because I was so sick and felt like I just couldn't take care of Asher as well as I and he would have liked and we didn't get to do anything fun. Micah went to stake conference from like 3:30 to 9:30pm, Laurel watched Asher from like 4:30 to 8 because I needed to rest so bad and I cannot rest when he is here, and I cried and took a nap and bath. We still have all our candy left over and we didn't get to do anything-----but ENOUGH COMPLAINING, at least I am starting to feel better. Although Asher has gotten kinda sick now and is super CLINGY! Oh well, such is life!

Here are some pictures of Halloween!

We carved pumpkins the week before--can you guess whose is whose?

Asher being tortured to take a picture in his Halloween outfit!

Rolling around on the floor! He looks SO SO SO cute in his costume!

We dressed up the week before I was sick--nothing fancy, the same as last year (easy and cheap) GO SOCCER PLAYERS!

Asher playing at Laurel's on Halloween while I was laying in bed sick! Thanks Laurel! And Thanks Jessica for the adorable costume!

I love my ASHER!!!

I love Pumpkins in the fall! I loved being at the pumpkin farm with my little Asher! He got way too heavy to hold, so I just had to let him down to explore. I almost can't wait till he walks now so he won't have to crawl around and get so dirty and eat everything his hands touch. He still does not seem too interested in it though--so crawling it is for now!

He looks so cute in this picture! He seems like he really knows how to pose! Since Asher doesn't walk yet, his FAVORITE thing to do is to pull himself up onto anything that is a little bigger than him. Luckily this pumpkin was so heavy that it worked out just fine! I love you Baby Asher!

Honestly, sometimes I look at Asher and it is hard to hold myself back from just squeezing the life right out of him because he is SO BEAUTIFUL! I love him so much! He fills my days with so much love, joy, and meaning!

He is so so so hard to get dressed! I have to chase him around and he does NOT liked to be pinned down. Diaper changes are THE WORST since he has gotten so mobile. I love this kid!

Like I was saying, changing his diaper is so hard. So this time I gave up for a few minutes and let him crawl around in the buff. Of course, the minute the fridge was open (because I am hungry do much now), he is there climbing, pulling out food, and oh there is his bare bottom as well. Isn't it so cute?!! I love this picture!

Asher isn't always happy right after he wakes up. Sometimes we try to lay down and snuggle him, but he is like "No way, put me down. I want to play, now!"

Asher LOVES Claire and Isaac! I love their mommies, too! They love climbing up and down the stairs, and getting in and out of that closet!

WHY AM I FEELING SO SICK IN THE MORNINGS???

OH WAIT, BECAUSE I'M PREGNANT!

As of TODAY:

• I am 11 weeks along!
• I am due MAY 3rd!
• I am vomiting every morning!
• And some days and nights, too!
• I am nauseous and tired and RAVENOUSLY hungry all the time!
• I am excited that Asher will have a little baby brother or sister only 19 months younger than him.
• I am thinking that this pregnancy is actually better than my last with Asher.
• I love being a mom and can't wait to have another baby to love and adore
• I am PRAYING that I can have a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and that everything will go smoothly and that I will not blow up like a balloon of swollenness and get preeclampsia.