Our New Pineapple is Upside Down ; )

I just wanted to quickly add, that Baby A has turned UPSIDE DOWN. She is now in the RIGHT position!
HOORAY!
I am not sure who was more excited, K or Dr. M! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.
And a very SPECIAL thanks to our friends the Stowells who let me use their pool to help turn this pineapple upside down!

mahalo!!!

Spiders and Skunks and Mice - OH MY!

It must be fall! Not only is the weather changing, brisk, to hot, hot to brisk, and the leaves starting to turn, and not because I am hungry for apples all the time, nice crisp juicy apples, but I also have new house-mates. Not this cute little baby that is still brewing inside,

but the unwanted guest.

Spiders of all shapes and sizes, and the yucky sticky webs that come with them, we also have/had a mouse

(which K named Seemore, because I don't want to see anymore of you!) and the smell of a skunk that lingers in our home 2-3 times a week because it hates the
dog next door and keeps spraying it.
So what do we do with all of our unwanted guests???
I have had the pest control out to spray for the spiders, I think all that accomplished is that they moved inside. We have traps all over the house for the mouse (mice) and well, I guess I need to call the city about the skunk problem. UGH!
I wish for ONCE I could live in a nice place that was ANT FREE, MOUSE FREE, SPIDER FREE and now SKUNK FREE!
On the other side, with all the spiders and the mouse, I guess I am
that much closer to being decorated for HALLOWEEN -
And Pineapple Princess has pets???
(I'll say it again UGH!)

Which Jane Austen Heroine are you?

Take the Quiz here!

I am Elinor Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility! I am practical, circumspect, and discreet. Though I am tremendously sensible and allow my head to rule, I have a deep, emotional side that few people often see.

Sibling Tour

Pineapple Princess and I were able to book a tour, a sibling tour of the Women's labor and delivery wing at the Evanston Hospital. It is a great little tour that they have for the siblings to be. Pineapple Princess and
I arrived at 11 am and met our tour guide Nurse Sherri. She took us to the labor area and showed Pineapple Princess a neat little flip book of the delivery process - oh if it would only be that easy!

We then headed up to the recovery rooms. They showed us the room where Mommy stays and the phone where Daddy gets to call the Big Sister. Pineapple Princess enjoyed looking in the nursery window at the new baby's in there.

My favorite part was when Pineapple Princess helped Nurse Sherri dress her little "sister". (this doll not only had the right parts, it also sported an umbilical cord!) I was AMAZED as I watched my 3 year old put a diaper on this baby doll, then a tee-shirt. She was so gentle and careful, she even knew to hold the baby's head/neck. After Sherri helped Pineapple Princess swaddle the baby doll, Pineapple Princess immediately started to rock her and sing to her. After she kissed the baby on the forehead she said, "Ms. Sheri, I think my baby sister is hungry." Luckily, nurse Sheri had a bottle all ready. Pineapple Princess fed her doll and then burped her. I was in awe of how much of a "mommy" Pineapple Princess already is.
There were a few other tips that I thought cute to help Pineapple Princess be a big sister. They told her that she should have a picture of herself that the nurses can put in her sisters cradle, so that the new baby can see what her big sister looks like. And that Pineapple Princess should also draw some pictures for Mommy's room,
so that mommy is not so lonesome for home.
I can not wait to see Pineapple Princess with her new little sister!
(and thanks to my Big sister for suggesting this tour for Pineapple Princess !)

Pregnancy

So why is it when you are pregnant, all these things, horrible things happen to your body??? (OK OK and there IS some GOOD)
Why is it that your feet swell up to the size of WATERMELLON'S? That the ONLY shoes that fit my huge ELEPHANT feet our my husbands size 10 flip flops...
My older sister and I were even noticing that my NOSE is about 2-3 sizes bigger than normal! And, when I talk it sounds like I have a cold.

(and let's not forget these kidney stones my body mass produces...)

But in spite of all of that, I do feel pretty when I am pregnant. I love my belly! I love knowing I have a wee little one growing inside me. I love that she kicks, stretches, hits, and jabs me almost all day long, oh and I love her hiccups.
Now, if she would only somersault back, so she was no
longer a full breech baby, things would be good. I'll add a picture of me and Pineapple Princess at Dr.M's office so you can see my nose, I am serious, it's huge!!!
But I can't wait to meet my new little girl!

I'll Put a Spell On You

After much debating, and changing of the mind, Pineapple Princess has finally picked a costume for Halloween!

We started with Cinderella, then Belle, I think there was even a Princess Jasmine and Sleeping Beauty in there somewhere. Then, we watched Mickey's Treat, and it was
settled, Pineapple Princess wanted to be a witch - like Minnie Mouse. SO,
(after three weeks, of not driving and hardly leaving the house)
I finally felt good enough to go somewhere, and where do we go???
TARGET - of course.
Just our luck, they were busy putting out all of the Halloween stuff. (my favorite holiday -well next to Christmas) So we cruised all around the store, taking it all in.
I adding to my wish list of decorations. But, I held off
(gotta keep to my new budget! -
although I think K would debate whether
I held off or not - but that is a whole other story!)
Anyway, we got to the costumes, and Pineapple Princess saw lots of cute ones, changing her mind all over again. Then she saw it, the perfect one, the one she ALWAYS wanted.
Princess Witch


(And some cute accessories to go with it!) OH, just so we are clear, Marlee is a GOOD witch, not a BAD witch. Pineapple Princess also wants me to add that baby A, will be a baby Jaguar
(thanks to Miss E!)
Daddy will be a knight, and Mommy will be Minnie Mouse...
(we'll see if we can pull that off)

I just LOVE - LOVE Halloween!
Happy Haunting Everyone!


also, one of my MUST watch Halloween Movies is
Hocus Pocus,
I can't wait to watch it with Pineapple Princess this season...

Good Times Are Ahead

Today was a big day for our family. K has been called and sustained as the 2nd counsel in the bishopric in our ward. I can't even describe the spiritual high we are on right now. It is just awesome. I had to make my self not cry today with all the wonderful thoughts, words and spirit that was felt today. I just knew that if I started, there would be NO stopping.
K's setting apart blessing was just amazing. Not just his, but the other men in the bishopric as well. We are so grateful for this opportunity to serve and grow together. I know that I won't be as involved as he will, but I do know, that we will have challenges and blessings together as a family. Right now, I look forward to them, blessings of course, but even the challenges. I know we will grow and develop with our testimonies so much more. I am also very grateful that in each blessing that was given today, specific things were mentioned for the wives. It is amazing how much our Heavenly Father loves us, his daughters, and the blessings that he wants to bestow upon us.
I am truly grateful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints. I am also so blessed to have the calling in primary that I have, to work with those wonderful children to grow and to learn from them and also the wonderful women that I get to serve with, they have really become some of my best friends, or eternal friends as K likes to say.
I am so grateful to be a mother, to be able to teach my child the principles of this gospel. She is such a blessing to me in my life. I am so grateful for the many wonderful friends that I have, because of this gospel, even friends that are not members of the church, I know them because of friends I do have in the church. My friends are truly wonderful to me and a blessing in my life as well. Thank you for all the support you are to me in my life, my dear friends!

Sugardoodle.net

One of my most favorite sites on the internet is sugardoodle.net. I seem to be on there several times a day. It has such wonderful ideas for primary, nursery, singing time, relief society, young women, it even has a page with family home evening ideas. It's just great, I draw so much creativity from there. I have been encouraged by many a friend who works with me in primary to post, "publish" my ideas that I use in primary, mostly the games I come up with. Last year K and I came up with Musical Jeopardy for singing time focusing on the primary program songs. As I was redoing it for this years program songs, I thought, I should send this to sugardoodle and see if it is an idea she would like to post for others to use, get ideas from. I sent it to her this morning, and when I got home from church, I checked my e-mail and there was a letter from Ms. Sugardoodle herself, saying that she had added my -quote "wonderful idea" to her site. I was so so happy! This must be how people feel when they are published. Anyway, I wanted to share with you my game on sugardoodle. Go HERE.

You'd think...

That I would have enough to do in my own life, that I would have enough to write about in my life, but I don't, or maybe I just am bored...what ever the reason, I helped my baby sister with her blog, and now enjoy adding stories and pictures to her site. Guess I don't have enough to do while passing kidney stones... : ( So here is Miss Jorge's site, or Miss Keokilani, or Miss Jes's is site.
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