little name theif

Apparently, I cant read a book while i'm pregnant without stealing a name from it for my future kid(s). So here i go again. Finnick was an awesome character from Hunger Games & has an even cooler name, so naturally, my 4th boy shall have his name. I guess I should send these authors thank you notes for naming my kids for me. This was the only thing keeping me from hoping it was a girl. I was sad that I wouldnt get to use Finnick if we didnt have any more boys. I cant wait to see what this little man looks like. It was reassuring to finally see him, since i havent been feeling his kicks except for tiny ones every couple of days. The reason is the placenta is in front instead of in back, so it cushions alot of his kicks. Its funny when you find out you're having your 4th boy, everyone is like "Oh" in a pitying sort of way, when you say its another boy! ha! i'm really excited actually. My house will be full of funny boys like their dad instead of whiny girls like me. No matter what Bastien says, Finnick. We dont have too many boys & we cant wait to meet you!

howloween

i figured while the twins are still little enough not to care what they are for halloween, they should be their "names" while i can get away with it! I wanted Bastien to be a vampire so bad, he would've looked way cool as one with his hair... but he wouldnt buy it. With Embry's, I luckily found a star wars wookie costume at savers for 9 bucks that was a size 8 for kids, but i cut it down to his size & sewed cutoff jean shorts to try to stick to the embry character. when i was done, steven said it looked like a bear costume with shorts..so i added a ripped up shirt as well. I made a headband with ears out of the leftover fur & I love how it went with his little head of curls. For Jasper's vampire costume, obviously i couldnt make him a true cullen vampire because he wouldnt look like anything & the costume would be a bit boring.So i added some tradtional vampire to it. I tried to do his hair Cullenish. & saw this saying online & made a shirt out of it.

The cape was a pain to make & you cant really see the whole thing in these pictures, but i wanted him to have one that wasnt a cheap umbrella material one you'd find at walmart. i will never sew stretchy satin again, though! i was so worried that things wouldnt turn out like i wanted but i was happy with the end..i already have a whole theme planned for next year..so everyone better be on board!

we went trick or treating with the berkey's again this year..they're fun trick or treating friends!nicole made her kids costumes, too. I loved the Robin costume, & everyone got a kick out of jorgen's ghost costume..he was adamant about it being a charlie brown ghost & you just dont see this costume anymore! he was entertaining to watch, he'd stand by a bush thinking it was a person with candy.

bastien & his best friend Gunnar

this was the only time we've actually told Jasper to Bite Embry.

after trick or treating, we ended up back at my parents. My niece Tali was Ponyo & she was killing me how she'd pose in character for the camera.

halloween party

we partied with some friends & had an awesome costume turnout! we even had lady gaga in her meat dress, audrey hepburn, flo from progressive, a tongan lady (not me), & zach galifinakis from the hangover! we played minute to win it games which basically makes everyone look like fools, but thats the fastest way to have a fun party. i only took pictures when it wasnt my round to play, so you'll just see the same people playing in these pics:) we had lotsa fun, thanks berkeys for hosting!

steven won this one, this is him(or her) barely catching the oreo in his mouth

you probably cant tell what i was without the roller skates, i was so proud of my creepy tattoos. but you cant really see them in any pictures.