Wednesday was picture day at preschool,

so since I don't have a chance to see what 

she looked like for the actual picture, I took some 

pics before. Cutie :)

 Yesterday she told her sitter Kinzy that her word

for the day is apprehensive and it means that she's a 

little bit nervous. She's too funny. Her other word lately

is baffled and she'll tell you that means confused.

 Rick finally got a chance to use his gift card I got 

him last year for his birthday at the Nascar Race track.

He got to drive an open wheel Indy Race car all by himself.

 All geared up... he actually got up to 155 mph. He loved it!!

 Mario Andretti

 Mia got to do her own little race car driving at a 

birthday party.

Gilcrease Farm, soccer, and church

 We go to Gilcrease every year and pick out the

pumpkins we are going to carve.

 Some years there are more pumpkins than others, but

this year, there were a TON to choose from. Mia had

a hard time saying goodbye to them. They are just so 

cute she kept saying!

 This is our load for the steps going up to the front

of the house. Should look cool when we are done, but 

will Rick have fun carving them all? That's the question.

 Cutie

 She's turning into such a daddy's girl, it really is pretty

adorable.. She wants to be everywhere he is :)

 She was excited that she got to wear her rain boots

since we have had so much rain and everything was muddy.

 Across the street from Gilcrease Orchards, there's a place

called "The Farm" where an elderly couple just opens their 

house/land up to the public on the weekends for eggs,

pumpkins, other veggies/fruits/ homemade bread/jams,etc.

And of course Mia finds all the cats when she goes. This 

time she got to pet this super cute persian kitty who

was hit by a car and in pretty bad shape when he was found.

Mia was in love.

And another cat... we are going back next Saturday to

ride horses and go on a train, we were in a hurry to get to

soccer this time.

 Mia at soccer. It's hard to get pictures from the glass.

 She definitely loves it though, and of course, she's always trying

to impress her coaches and help and be teacher's pet just like preschool.

 Before church today Mia wanted a picture

with her cat.

 And she wanted to pose with me when

I was trying to get some prego pics :)

 25 weeks this week, so 6 months. And probably

shouldn't wear horizontal stripes for a picture. Oh well! It was

the only time I could grab Rick to take one ;)

 She's funny. She was trying to pose like me. haha

 oh boy Mia haha

I will post some better ones without stripes :)

 Well these are the little kittens that aren't so little anymore that

we found in my mom's backyard. She has turned into the cat lady and 

has about 4 cats including a tom who keeps getting the females pregnant.

 The first batch got too wild fast so they are now

teenagers. So we made sure to grab these little ones

before they could get wild- we felt bad taking them

from their mommy but we don't want cats running around

everywhere.

 We brought them to the neighbor's house

and she's kept them there until they were 

ready to be adopted. Mia got the chance to 

go say her goodbyes. I can't tell you how much

she LOVES cats, it reminds me of exactly how I was

when I was little. She absolutely ADORES them.

 Here they are when we found them, sooo tiny! How did we manage to

not take one home? It was hard! Our cat Spock is a male siamese so I don't think 

he would do very well with a kitten. I kept sending these pics on my phone to Rick 

and he was getting nervous. He kept asking, " Why are you sending these to me?" Should

I be worried?" 

All three little cuties!

 Happiest girl on earth

 These pics are from a cute pumpkin patch down the street that Mia loves. She got to pick a pumpkin for preschool. We went because she had a rough day. She had to get bloodwork done because she's had a swollen lympnoid on her neck for a few years. The doctor says it's nothing and we are praying it's not, but it just bothers us so we need to have it checked. Of course it can be anything from nothing to allergies to the big C word that I won't say out loud. We have to wait a week for results, but prayers are welcomed. So after her bloodwork was done ( which was very traumatic, especially for dad) I took her to the pumpkin patch while Rick went hunting for the weekend :)

My new nephew Jay was born on October 2, 2012 and he is just adorable as you can 

see. That makes 8 grandkids for my mom and dad and 9 with ours on the way. We can't wait to see

him for Thanksgiving! I promise to put a picture of my huge belly on here when I can get one. Mia tries to take one of me since Rick is gone at night and I see him for about 5 minutes in the morning, but her photography skills aren't perfect so I will have to wait until the weekend. Other than that,

we have just been super busy, super stressed with work, worrying about Mia, and other silly stresses caused by others,  I honestly don't even have time to think about being pregnant! I think it will fly by teaching all day every day...