I can not tell a lie

The hospital were I had Rachel had a rule that no children under 14 were allowed on the floor because of the flu season. This made Addie really really sad and when we pulled into the garage to come home she was waiting with the door open. I walked in excited to see her and told her that I had missed her. I thought she would ask about the baby but she looked at me and put her hand on my stomach and asked, "If you had the baby why is your stomach still so big?"

Baby pics

Heaven and paint problems

Two quick stories that have made me laugh and almost cry (I am really pregnant).
1st
I picked Addie up from primary yesterday and she had the grumpiest face. She usually loves her teacher and everything to do with Sunbeams so I was surprised. I guessed it was because she didn't want to come home. (Last week she had a similar grumpy face for Nick when he picked her up because she didn't want to come home.) I asked her why she was so grumpy and she told me, "I am mad because I do not want to go live in heaven. I love our house and this beautiful earth. I don't like heaven." I tried to talk to her a little but it wasn't really the place. We got home and she was still really mad. She came in and announced. "I am throwing my scriptures in the trash so that I won't get to go to heaven. Then I can just stay here."

2nd
Lizzie and I went to Home Depot today to get some more paint to finish the girls' room. It was just a little quart and Lizzie was insistent on carrying it. I must have not been thinking straight because I handed it to her and let her carry it out of the store. Who really thinks "yeah lets give the two year old who has incredible coordination and never drops anything a quart of paint." Anyway she of course dropped it and it went all over her, the store, and me. I grabbed the can to try to save some of the paint so my hands were also covered. After that I just stood there extremely embarrassed, not knowing what to do while Lizzie cried. Luckily Home Depot employees are very nice. After forty-five minutes, several outfits, a quart of paint, and a loss of dignity we walked out of the store with a new quart of paint... in a bag... that I held.

October is gone

October is gone which makes me very happy. It is usually my favorite month but I have to admit I have been counting the days this time. We did manage to have a very good month and did some fun stuff too,

Here is Lizzie in the only decent picture I got at the children's museum. Addie had a minor meltdown because of the helicopter that makes noises on the roof. She thought it was going to take off and it scared her to death. She is just a little sensitive.

We spent a fun Saturday (along with half the valley) at the zoo and saw all the baby animals that are there right now.

My sister came to town so we played with the cousins a lot and got lost in the corn maze until Lizzie fell asleep.

Lizzie's day

Lizzie is two. We have had parties with both families and she is quite the happy girl with all her presents. All day yesterday when you asked her if it was her birthday she said, "Yes it is izzie's birthday and I three." If you tried to convince her that she was just two she would get very mad.

This weekend we went out with Nick's family and Lizzie picked out her new cat that she now takes everywhere. (Sorry about the blurry pics they are all I had)

Yesterday we had my family over for cake and as you can tell she loves being the center of attention. Lizzie continues to be our little sunshine child and I can't believe she is already two.

September

Just a quick catch up. Addie started soccer with Nick as the coach. Nick has had fun and Addie likes the practices and kind of likes the games. (Except the other team she doesn't really like playing with them at all.)

School started which has been wonderful.

Nick spent sometime in Chicago
And some time with the girls.

Getting the Bug

Yesterday I watched snow fall in the parking lot at work, the high was like 42, I saw several occasions of "light flurries" in the forecast, and I listened to Pearl Jam's "Daughter" on my way to lunch. It is so on.