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.

Disneyland

We had a blast taking the kids to disneyland, kids definitely make it more fun. I was relieved that the twins werent scaredy cats like Bastien was last time we took him when he was 3. They were open to riding everything, even Haunted Mansion. They were all great sports considering it rained almost the whole time & the only option of staying dry besides our 1 umbrella was to buy three- 6 dollar trashbag ponchos for the kids. freaking greed face mickey. No, I think when you go to Disneyland you just have to be open to spending 15 dollars on a squirtbottle that Bastien had to have, or a 7 dollar piece of pizza, or 5 dollars to use the restroom.its all part of the happiness!

We really did have a great time with the kids & there were no lines!

After getting to our hotel that was right by dland, we walked to Downtown Disney& ate dinner & just hungout. I also saw that this Jazz Kitchen place had "Beignets"!(like a french scone/doughnut covered in powdered sugar) I've always heard of them-(like on Princess & the Frog) &wanted to try them. They were amazing, but the kids ate all four of them before i could take a picture.

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bastien saying "worst rain ever!"

buzz lightyear ride

asleep on pirates

Bastien was brave enough to go on splash mountain, his face is so cute here., he kinda cried after the big drop but laughed when he saw this picture.

my fav ride had to be how they redid the haunted mansion ride"nightmare before christmas" it was way cool, they should just leave it like this all year.

yummy chocolate-caramel minnie mouse apple!

the next day we drove to the beach, since newport is pretty close. we drove to the same exact spot we stayed at in August. It was way different! as in Freeezing! The kids didnt seem to mind except for Embry.

if you noticed something weird about bastien's eye in these pictures..there was. the morning we left he got eaten by mosquitos the night before. And one bit him on his eyelid & started swelling, its happened before on his hand, to where we thought he jammed his finger cause it was so swollen. at disney land some lady said " his eye is really swollen"

..for reals??? i just thought it was normal for him to look like sloth from goonies?

i knew he'd be okay with benadryl, but i was just worried it would be painful for him on his fun disneyland day, but he wasnt bothered by it.

the day we got to cali

disneyland day

the day we left