This Wonderful Thing Called Life: November 2010

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving

AYLIN JEWEL wishes you a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Oh sweet baby girl, we are so very thankful for you!

and for family: cousin Payton/ Aunt Tessa and Great Grandma McCall

and for friends: Pew Packers class at church :)

Just a Couple of Pictures

In early November we went to sweet Danni's 4th birthday party and I just loved these 2 pics of my little Jewel Bug...

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Halloween Weekend

From Wicked, to Trunk-or-Treat, to birthday parties, and being sick-what a busy weekend!

I finally got to see Wicked at the Orpheum! My mom, baby sister, and I met downtown, had a yummy dinner at BB Kings, and then went to the most amazing show ever! :) In between, I had to pose with this cool Pumpkin Carriage, I should have dressed up like Cinderella.

Every year the Church has a Trunk-or-Treat, this year we went out to the Wallis' Farm. We have yet to make it through the entire event, our baby girl just gets too sleepy. Just like last year, we missed the hayride, bonfire, and roasting marshmellows. Payton and Kiki did come out and join in on the fun though. Aylin Jewel actually picked out her costume this year. We were walking through a Halloween store when she spotted a row of Mickey and Minnie costumes. She squeeled, fought to get out of my arms, ran to the costume displays, and grabbed the pink minnie outfit with a huge grin on her face!

Finally, I wanted to share some of our Halloween outfits:

AND MY FAVORITE HALLOWEEN FIND: OLD NAVY $10:

Work it baby girl!!

Louie, the Boxer

Buster is 4

Our 2nd little blessing, Hilton Isaiah, was born 3 weeks early via an emergency c-section also because of preeclampsia. He was already 8lbs8oz and spent 9 days in the NICU because of a spontaneous pneumothorax (popped right lung); he also had a heart murmur and had to have a blood transfusion his very 1st night. Poor guy suffers from febrile seizures, and also took physical therapy for about a year b/c of delayed gross motor skills. We are so thankful to have this little man blessing our lives.

Puppy is 2

Our 3rd blessing, Weston Julian, was born 5 weeks early via another C-section because of preeclampsia. This pregnancy was a rough one: at 24 weeks I started having severe stomach pains and at 28 weeks had an emergency umbilical hernia surgery, and have been on bed rest ever since because of preeclampsia. At 32 weeks I started having daily headaches and frequent migraines (at least 2 a week). At 33 weeks our ultrasound technician discovered my amniotic fluid was decreasing and he was not showing much growth, so now we started twice a week visits and at least 1 ultrasound each week to keep a closer eye on him. We are incredibly thankful that our last little blessing arrived safely and weighed 5lbs 13oz and did not have to go to the NICU.