Halloween, BabyLegs and Family, oh my!

Lots of pictures ahead!
Mina celebrated her first Halloween a few weeks ago.  I made her a Dalek costume, James came up with most of the costume.  We really worked together on it, in an idea sense.  I did the actual sewing, although James is pretty handy too. We had a family party where we debuted Mina's costume and on Halloween she went Trick or Treating at Brent's office.  She had to take a meal break during the outing but she did pretty well otherwise.  We had a lot of fun with Brent, Candice, Perrin, Jessie, Phoebe and Dawson.  

Don't let the face fool you, she had fun.



At the family Halloween party



Halloween evening we visited her great-grandparents.



Great Grandma and Grandpa Arbuckle



Mina and Great Grandma Keller



Mina and her uncle Steve

And one more Halloween related picture, her cute season outfit.

Speaking of outfits... I bought Mina a bunch of BabyLegs.  They are usually pretty pricey $12-$10 a pair. When I saw that there was a big sale going on last month I bought her seven pairs.

I think the original price was $82 for the whole group and I paid less than $30 including shipping.  I felt like my sister Hilary when I got such a good deal!



Wearing the standard size...a little too big





Wearing new born sized...much closer to fitting

Mina is starting to move so much more.  She loves to wiggle when she is lying down, especially in her crib.

Moving so fast her hands are blurs



She is also grabbing her her toys and playing with them.

She is no longer scared of her butterfly toy!

We also had family pictures taken at Memory Grove.  My talented friend Becky from Ravenberg Photography took time out to take our pictures.  Here is a preview...

We were sort of worried we wouldn't be able to make it happen before the weather turned because James has been working a lot of Saturdays lately.  Okay, he has worked all the Saturdays since Conference.  He was able to get away and meet us in Salt Lake.  I didn't care that he was still wearing his workboots, I was just glad that we were all together as a family!

30 weeks!

Almost!
I had an appointment on Wednesday at 29 weeks.  It was my last monthly appointment, now I'll go every two weeks.  It's hard to believe that this pregnancy is going by so fast!  My appointment was "extra fun" because I had to drink the dreaded glucose drink to check for gestational diabetes.  I guess I was nervous about it because I hardly slept at all the night before.  The drink was tolerable but not tasty by any means.  It tasted like flat, thick orange soda.  For someone who doesn't drink pop often, it was a lot to swallow.  An hour later they drew my blood and ran tests.  (Quick side story.  The phlebotomists at the Lodge are AMAZING.  It hardly hurts when they poke and I hardly bruise afterwards.  My past experience hasn't been great so I'm really happy about the experiences I've had at the Lodge.)  After that I had my regular appointment with Dr. Kirkman.  Everything looked good, I've been really fortunate.  He did warn me about being too "good natured" in terms of pains and discomfort.  He told me to pay attention to the pain, especially when the Braxton Hicks turn into real contractions.  I realize I have a little while longer until that will happen but I'm sure it will happen before I know it!

The office called a few days later to say that my levels looked good; no gestational diabetes or anemia.  But, there were trace amounts of Strep so I'm taking antibiotics now.  It's a much better outcome than it could have been!  I might post another bump picture later this week.  I would do it now but I don't look cute because I haven't gotten ready for the day yet.  Speaking of clothes, last weekend we went to the Gap Outlet store in Riverdale. (Since when is OGDEN the place to go?  They get the first Sephora in JC Penney and now the only Gap north of Salt Lake?  Weird!!!)  I was told to visit by my lovely friends, Jenny and Caroline, who both scored major deals when they visited.  I was NOT disappointed.

They don't carry maternity at their store but they did have a lot of blousy tops and tunics.  I bought them in a larger size, added a belt and they WORK!  I bought:

1. A long blue t-shirt (I need to add elastic to ruche the sides, I'll do that today)
2. A silver braided belt
3. Pink and brown dotted tunic
4. White and blue dotted tunic with pin tucks (my FAVORITE top!)
5. Hot pink and black sports bra

The most "expensive" item was the sports bra but it was only $10 so it hardly broke the bank.  The shirts were $2 for the tee and $3 each for the other two.  I think the belt was $5 or $6.   I was so happy to get so much for so little.  I seriously felt like my amazing sister, Hilary, queen of bargain shopping.