Truth...

Jack: Mom belly getting so big (as he rubs it)

Me: My belly is getting big huh?

Jack: Mommy shirt pop belly to big

Me: My belly is not that big.

Jack: Mommy shirt break, belly to big

He made up for it with this...

Jack: Baby come to live at Jack's house?

Me: Yes

Jack: Baby play with Jack's toys?

Me: Yes

Jack: I will share toys with baby, don't want cry.

Jack is still a third-person talker if you hadn't picked up on it...

Hale-O-Ween Party

Last Saturday was the annual Hale-O-Ween party!! With lots of good food, friends and fun we had a great time.

Wolverine

The kids all watching The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Jack and Emma running around havin' fun!

Part of the gang eating some grub.

Me in my designated seat with feet up. If I even tried to stand I had about ten people yell/telling me to sit back down! So nice!!

Making way for baby...

Sean had Columbus day off, one benefit of working at a bank is that you get all of the random holidays off, and he promised me that he would help me with my to do list. I was getting anxious to get the nursery in order and to get Jack adjusted to his new room as soon as possible. And boy did Sean help me. We finished practically the whole list in one long day!! So after clearing all of Jack's stuff out of the nursery and getting both rooms all set up I am feeling more prepared for this little girl to come. We had some pretty funny moments from Jack through out the day, here are a few...

We think that Jack remembered playing with this toy as a baby. He set it up exactly like we used to, blanket and all. He is pretty smart.

I don't know if he was hiding from all the chaos or just thinking that we would pay better attention if he did something silly. Such as hiding in a tote and covering himself up. Either way he got our attention.

After setting up the bed and putting all of her clean clothes away Jack reported that there was too much pink!! At least she has somewhere to sleep!

Jack loves his new bed. We had it set up for a few days before we actually moved him in there. One day while I was showering he decided to move all of his toys and books into his new room and put them away on his new toy shelf exactly how they were on his old one. It was a pretty good indicator for me that we needed to fully move him in.

But I can now take a huge breath (well a few little ones since my lung capacity has shrunk immensely) of relief that if this baby comes early everything is ready for her!!

In preparation for conference we decided to head to St. George for a couple days with our friends the Moultons and Hales. We had tons of fun and wore the kids out really well!!

Our first stop was the Animal Tracks museum. Jack was little scared of the huge bears but for the most part just had fun with the binoculars.

I realized when we got home and I looked through all the pictures how often Sean (our designated camera man) tried to get pictures of me and my belly. So here is one.

After the museum and some yummy lunch we headed over to library square where they have fountains and a little "river" for kids to play in. It was a hit!

Me and Sean enjoying the fact that Jack is thoroughly entertained with the water.

Hailey, Kayla, Jack, Emma and Lucy. Jack loved being the only boy. That is until they wanted to play princesses.

Emma, Jack and Kayla completely exhausted from so much fun and ready to watch Tinkerbell.

The whole gang getting ready to head out after a day of fun.

Getting older...

Lately I feel like Jack is holding out on me. He has a way of making you think that he is not listening to what you are saying. Then two days later he starts talking about that same thing. For example, lately I have been talking a lot about Christmas shopping. I am trying to get in done in the next few weeks and so it tends to come up a lot when I talk to Sean or my mom. Yesterday when I told Jack that we had to take his books back to the library, and they are seriously his favorite books ever. Jack declared that it would be ok because Santa would bring them for Christmas. My jaw dropped. I had never explained Santa to him. He does love to watch Pooh's Christmas Movie, and then of course me constantly talking about Christmas, but still he put two and two together all on his own. He is too smart!!

Jack on the steps of the Salt Lake Temple. He kept referring to it as "big castle."

Jack on his first day of JoySchool.

Happy Birthday Meg!!

On Sunday we had a little celebration for Meg's 24th Birthday!!

Megan, Jack and Justin blowing out the candles. There were just to many for one person.

Jack getting squeezed.

Summer's Ending

Summer is almost over. Hallelujah. Bring on the cooler weather!! But before that happens I thought I should let you in on what we have been doing. Sean and I just celebrated our 7th Anniversary! We treated ourselves to a little get away. It was much needed and thanks again to Rick and Doris for watching Jack!

August was full of going to the park with friends, making salsa with the Martins, watching movies, getting used to all of Sean's church meetings, cleaning and organizing (thanks to a little nesting instinct) and just hanging out. As much fun as it was I can't help but be excited for fall.

Emma and Jack at Castle Park

On one particularly hot day, when we needed to stay indoors, we laid out all of Jack's blankets and he jumped from one to the other all the way down the hall. This was only half of them.

Jack's favorite show is Tigger and Pooh and the Super Slueths and so when Jack found this eye mask he thought he could be like Pooh and be a Super Slueth. For those of you who don't know Pooh wears a mask on his head just like this. It was adorable, he wore it around all day long.

Rylee and Jack watching "Shek" or Shrek.