Our Life for God's Will: October 2014

Friday, October 31, 2014

Pumpkin Patch Party 2014

Our church had their annual "Pumpkin Patch Party" last Friday night.

Our kids dressed up as Elsa and Olaf. They were just precious.

I made Hannah's shoes...well, I dressed them with fabric and jewels and I made Jensen's Olaf costume as well. They were the cutest Frozen characters I saw ;-) Yes, I am biased.

Jensen's 6 Month Photo Shoot

Jensen turned 6 months old on October 28th.

My friend Aja Speights took these beautiful pictures for us.

Here are his 6 month captured shots!

Jensen at 6 months

Ok, call me lame but I just haven't had a chance to do a 6 month update for Jensen.

Something about having a baby and being VERY pregnant, while taking care of a 4 year old, having my parents living with us for 3 months and daily life....

Not a whole lot "new" happened during 6 months,

but here are a few things along with his stats for the record.

Maternity Shoot with Kathryn Anne

I am so blessed to have an amazing friend, who happens to be an incredibly amazing photographer.

Thank you Krytondra for blessing us with your talent!

These pictures were taken at 35 weeks with Kathryn Anne at Oyster Creek Park, Sugar Land, Texas

Enjoy!

Dewberry Farms

Today, we headed out to Dewberry Farms in Brookshire,Texas

Hannah has been asking to go to the pumpkin patch for days now and today we finally decided to make it happen. We had gone to this place when she was 2, but she was too little to really enjoy it much.

This year she REALLY enjoyed the tractor ride, lifting pumpkins, climbing on the hay bails and playground, watching the chicken show, feeding the goats,etc. We got some awesome pictures of our kids and a great family picture as well. See below for all the fun we had!

Camping in Brazos Bend State Park

A few weekends ago, we went camping at Brazos Bend State Park.

It was about 78 degrees and somewhat humid. I wasn't sure how we would last.

The night was rough, the kids were hot, and so were we. Jensen was 5 months old and in his pack n play. I'd like to say we were pretty brave camping with a 5 month old and a very pregnant Momma in summer temperatures. We brought a fan and that helped tremendously, but still, it was so hot and sticky. I am amazed that I camped while 34 weeks pregnant. We were in a screened in shelter and had an air mattress that was about 2 ft. off the ground. If it weren't for that, I'm not sure I could have gotten off the bed!

We were there with friends and had such great food and fellowship.

Just as we were about to leave the campground on Saturday a storm was coming through that cooled the temperature down significantly and it was just perfect. We enjoyed the cool drive home with the windows down :-)

Here are some pictures from our trip.

I did not take pictures at all, so here is what Dan captured :-)

35 Weeks

Today I am 35 weeks pregnant.

I feel it.

I have stretch marks--feel so much stretching as if someone is literally pulling my belly button apart.

I am feeling LOTS of movement from Kathryn. She can now reach my ribs. She likes to wake up in the morning by jabbing me in my ribs. Morning mom, wake up! Throughout the day, she is super active. I can place both hands on my belly and she is just all OVER the place.

I can feel her hiccups, but they are so low, it feels very strange.

Clothes are not fitting well anymore. I am trying to make my pants work till the end, but I am not so sure that will happen. I had to hang some up for good this week, that was so sad...my only capris.

If you ask me, I am ready for Kathryn to be here. Of course, she still has some growing to do.

I really don't believe she will make it to my due date on December 4th.

I have a doctor appointment this Tuesday and then an ultrasound next week to determine her size, weight, position,etc. We shall see how I am measuring...or rather, how she is measuring.

I am ready and excited to meet her in a few more weeks.

I'm so tired of feeling so much pressure, inability to hold Jensen as I'd like to, especially while cuddling and feeding. I just don't see how my belly can stretch any more than it already is. Yikes!

33 and 34 Weeks Pregnant with Kathryn Anne

Here we are...6 weeks left to go.

First, I'll leave you with the 33 and 34 week comparison, Kathryn is sure growing FAST!

33 Weeks 34 Weeks

Jensen and Bananas

Since Jensen is 5 months old and seems to become agitated when he sees us eating food, I thought I'd try out a simple and basic food, bananas. I mixed some banana with breast milk to make it smooth. Well, as you will see...he wasn't too sure about it. At first, her started to make faces. He seemed to like the taste, but was not too sure about it...the spoon was a whole new thing...and then of course the solid food. He certainly did not last long, but at least he tried it. He ended up spitting it all back up about a half hour later. So, I guess he isn't quite ready for solid foods. We will try again at 6 months! I am perfectly happy with him continuing to have breast milk as long as he will take it. Once Kathryn is born, I hope that he will take my fresh milk as well...that would be a change to the previously frozen milk he has always known.