Pumpkin Time!

This weekend we carved/painted pumpkins. Last year I did it at the beginning of October and the pumpkin didn't make it to Halloween. So I made myself hold off until now to do it this year. I got a pumpkin for each of us this year. Mommy, Daddy, Cannon and Baby. I let Cannon color his with marker and he had a blast doing that. Of course there was a big mess afterwards! Andrew was a party pooper. He didn't want to carve his pumpkin so I did both of the bigger ones! I really like doing it, but my hands hurt really bad after. I can't wait for next weekend. Cannon had a lot of fun last year trick or treating and I just threw a costume together at the last minute. This year he is going to be a pirate! He is the cutest little pirate there is too!

Lord Please Bear Me Strength!

*Please ignore the nastiness around the toilet but I just had to take these pics!*

My son is the master of messes I have decided! I can not leave him alone for 2 seconds without finding some disaster to clean up after. It is very tiring on a poor ol' pregnant mom too! Doesn't the boy have any R-E-S-P-E-C-T! I think not! Take a look for yourself:

If you have figured out what this lovely white mess is then, it is white out. Yep! Where he got it I have no idea. I was talking to my mom on the phone and she mentioned that Cannon was being awfully quite so he must be getting in trouble. I assured her than "Noooo, nooo, he is in his playroom watching Nemo. He is either passed out on the floor or just playing quietly." Almost my exact words. HAHAHA! What planet was I on! It MUST be the hormones. Cannon was nowhere to be found in his playroom. I ran to my bathroom and the door was locked. I started to panic because it was really quite in there as well. As a mother you have all of these horrific scenes play through your mind of what you will find behind the door. Mine was what if he has drowned himself in the toilet bowl or the sink! Yes, a weird thought, but again it must be the hormones! Well, I was "lucky" that my imagination was incorrect. No, he was alive and well, painting the bathroom tile with white out. Nothing major! Seriously! Where does this child get his ideas! I don't understand why he feels a need to do stuff like this constantly. What am I doing wrong. I think the problem is he need to be somewhere doing something all the time. He isn't one of those kids that likes to sit and watch tv or lay around. He has to be actively doing something every minute he is awake! Which is a good thing, but I am just going to have to find some activity to keep the boy busy! I use to think I would not send him to preschool or anything but I am quickly changing my mind. He is just one of those kids that needs to be entertained and learning all the time. He is a very smart boy. He knew he wasn't suppose to do that, which is why he locked the door. He knows that he is not suppose to get up out of bed once we put him down for the night, which is why he uses the excuse "But I need to pee pee mommy!" Yes, he is a very smart boy indeed!

Baby Bump

Here is a picture of our new little one. This ultrasound was taken at 7 weeks and 3 days. How this wee little baby, the size of an olive is making my belly look like this, I will never know!

I have always heard the second pregnancy you show a lot faster, but wow! At this rate I will be a hippo before it is all over with! But that is okay! I love having a baby belly. It is one thing I missed after Cannon was born. I loved feeling him move and get the hiccups. I can't wait for this baby to get big enough to feel. It is so wierd because last time I had an aversion to chicken. I wanted to throw up at the sight or thought of it. Now it is about the only thing I can eat. I love huge salads with chicken on top. This time around I am not too fond of beef. I don't have a total aversion to it but it doesn't sound as appietizing as it once did. I really have to be in the mood to eat beef.

Things have been a little rough lately. We have had two stomach bugs hit our family in a weeks time. I also have been EXHAUSTED! I find it hard to keep my eyes open so at times I wake up to messes beyond belief. I don't like to fall asleep while Cannon is awake but some days he will not take a nap no matter how long I fight with him. So I wake up to a little boy covered in sugar and a kitchen much the same. I also found toothpaste all over the couch arm ( thank goodness it is leather!) with cars tracks that have been driving through it. I really wonder how he comes up with these ideas! I wish I could get inside the brain of my three year old and know why he thinks these are great ideas. I am just waiting for that second trimester to get here. You know they say you get your energy back then. One can only hope...