Countdown

yes i have officially exploded...belly and all (this picture proves it)(way cute pic of my sis though)... I still have 5 weeks left! As time is drawing nearer I am getting a little scared to picture 3 kids! I have all kinds of doubts and fears...AND it's hard to picture going back to the baby stage again....Liam is a very independent little dude for the most part and sleeps like a freakin rock...he's always been a good sleeper. He'll sleep in till nearly nine most mornings and goes down around 8 or 8:30 at night; and he still takes 2 hour naps. What do I do with a newborn!? Sleep is something I need to avoid major awnryness. I really hate maternity clothes- esp. pants; so in a way I'm kind of wishing the baby here to just be comfortable again and wear normal clothes and jeans! The whole tucking in / yanking up thing ain't working anymore for me. I CANNOT complain about the ability to birth and rear children though because I know it's a major blessing that not everyone can experience, so I am done with my rant. Anyways- how can I not be geared up for another one when I get to see a face like this everyday!

p.s. any suggestions on natural childbirth...it would save me a load of money NOT to get an epidural since I am paying outta pocket for the birth. I know it's possible ...but HOW? Am I strong enough!? HA!

A daunting task... this is only a quarter of the leaves that still have yet to fall. The leaves are massive in size though which makes it a wee bit easier to gather and bag.

The nightly ritual of 'I need a glass of water'....really, ....are you really all of a sudden so thirsty.?

Marty and I hired a babysitter and went on a gorgeous hike...it was nice to actually hike at a good pace and be free of stragglers....although we do love hiking with our kids too...

And then we ended on this note - hiking out of the canyon... Utah can produce some pretty scenery thats for sure...

We went to Logan last week to the 'pumpkin walk'...a tradition now of 3 years. It is a free event and pretty fun esp. cause we meet up with my brother and his family...
-Diane, Liam is sport'n the hat you knitted. thanks!

The little rugrats...before our ward party...the scary thing -Liam looks so natural with a 'stache'...

Merry and Lee came for some pumpkin carving...

The kids wanted nothing to do with it...they thought it was disgusting to pull out the guts and then we didn't really trust them with the knives so it ended up being a father- son competition.

Who won?