And Oct is now officially over folks!

My little bro turned 18 this week too....crazy to think my siblings and I are all adults....
Happy Birthday Zachman!
{no pictures of the big day bc he lives in Cali but here is a resent one of the handsome young man}
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Here is how our week went:

1: The Torres brothers won 1st place in their flag football league. Now they are headed to state....GO TORRES!!
2: Our friend Josh got a new place on the lake so Kaylee stopped by to check it out
3: Jack Jack having fun
4: Cart full of kids at our post workout Costco lunch date
5: Weekly trip to the library
6: Lunch date with daddy..... Pho! yummy!
7: Raia and Kaylee waiting to make their brownies
8: Brownies!!
9: Watching disney movies together with their baby dolls before naptime

10: Emmalina came out to dinner with us!
11: Sleeping twins.... this is how Isaiah found us one night when he came to bed. We fell asleep watching a movie together in the same position....who knew that was hereditary?
12: Our little bumble bee getting ready for the church truck or treat
13: On a mission to get candy in the cold weather
14: Silly Isaiah at work sporting some nice red glasses
15: Kaylee and Emma's waiting to get some pictures taken of them in their costumes.

Tonight was Halloween and we had a fun time with friends and family.
Tomorrow starts the 12 day countdown to Kaylee's 3rd birthday!!
So much to do in such a short time....

oh ya... and 48 days till baby!!!

It's a Kaylee Sue picture overload week!

We started off the week sick and in bed and ended with some delicious Costco pumpkin pie!

1 & 2: kaylee being goofy after church
3: Some puzzles in her PJ's
4: Shopping with daddy
5: Costco dogs and drinks with Raia
6: Apple stamping after Stroller Strides
7: Parker wanting nothing to do with the paint.....he would rather play with his truck
8: Apple stamping turned into hand painting....fun mess!
9: Stroller Strides was rained out so we headed to get some hot chocolate
10: Playing in the craft store while Amy buys MORE fabric for her quilt{s}
11: Costco pumpkin pie!! Need I say more!
12: Kaylee earned her first $2 through the week and we headed to the store for her to pick something out. She decided on an airplane but it was $3 so she borrowed a dollar :) She was so happy she earned her own money. I was surprised she would understand but she wanted to pick up more shoes to get more money {one of her money maker chores}

I also went to the doctor this week and everything is going great with our lil man :)
I am going every 2 weeks now!
After two more visits it is every week!

We are t-minus 20 days until Kaylee's 3rd birthday!

A few weekends ago we celebrated Jack's 1st Birthday!

We went to a local Cider Mill for their yearly Apple Festival to start out the day.

Kaylee rode her first horse!
(not gonna lie.....I wanted to cry because I used to be super into horses when I was growing up so to see my little girl on her own horse and loving every minute of it was pullin at my heart strings)

All of the little ones rode on the "train" with their daddies. It was hilarious watching these fully grown men get into the train buckets but they all made it.

Then we made our way around the farm and fed all of the animals

After seeing the whole farm we headed back to the Bippert's house for some much needed cake and ice cream.
Jack wasn't to sure about the cake at first but then Joe pushed his face in it and he was covered in frosting.....it was so funny.

It's crazy to think how fast little ones grow up.
I remember when Corinne told me she as pregnant and now he is already a year old!
Kaylee is just in love with him and I can't wait to see the two of them grow up together.

happy birthday jack jack!

(Kaylee's 3rd bday is in t-minus 23 days!!! Can you believe it!!)

Another week down and we are already in the middle of October!

We had a lazy, rainy, friend filled week.

mon: play land at the grocery store, taking funny pictures of daddy, and cuddling on the couch while I go to work.
tues: rainy workout, picnic in the living room, and rolling around with Jack Jack
wed: Parker and their rain boots, hot chocolate after nap time

thurs: sleeping in with mommy and a little movie watching, goofy pictures at lunch to send to daddy, library puzzle time
fri: who needs just a shirt and pants...not Kaylee...an outfit is not complete without a crown, glasses, wings, necklaces, tutu and rain boots...duh, long walks for mommy, then lunch date at grandmas with a little water color picture making

Until next week....

(Even though I am creeping into week 31 of this pregnancy I figure I would still post this picture just for the documentation since I have been SOOOOO bad at taking pictures)

the baby

Nathan now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (about the size of a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in his hardening skeleton each day.

the belly
(right after a workout so please don't judge on the no makeup, unshowered, bathroom picture of myself...haha)
pregnancy so far:

**I fell in the garage and had to go to the hospital for monitoring. Not fun! I spent the next few days just taking it easy.

**My emotions are all over the place. I am happy one minute and crying the next. I am taking everything so personally and even when I know it is a joke I still get upset. I had an all out crying session the other night with Isaiah and totally scared Kaylee. All is better now.

**My shirts aren't fitting over my belly anymore so getting dressed is not my favorite thing to do right now

**It is getting harder to put on my shoes and socks, get up off the floor, or put on my pants. Yep.... I am at that point again.

**Did my glucose test. Came back negative for gestational diabetes.

**I am trying not to obsess about the weight gain (18 lbs so far) but it is hard because I don't want to have all this extra weight to loose after he is here.

**I think I am done running....boo....
I did a few miles the other day and was really crampy and tight for the rest of the day. My hips were hurting and I just felt super uncomfortable. I'm still working out 3-4 times a week but taking it really easy.

**I started freaking myself out thinking Im going to give birth again and how sore and achy my "lower body parts" are going to be. Oh man....I am not looking forward to this all again.

** I am totally nesting. I want my whole house to be clean all the time (well more than usual). We are hopefully starting on getting the kids room ready this week!!

**People are starting to touch my belly all the time!! Totally uncomfortable. I will never get use to it!

**Pregnancy insomnia is in full force right now! I am so tired all day long and can't seem to fall asleep when it is time for bed. I will just sit hoping and praying to fall asleep. I know this is just to prepare myself for what is to come.

And that's all folks!
Until next time.....

Fall is in full force here in the Great Northwest.
We are in the home stretch until the day we meet our new baby boy!

10 weeks to go!!!
{wow....did that just seem to fly by as fast for you as it did for me..I'm freakin out!}

Here is how we spent our week:

Kaylee and I spent the morning at the doctors office getting a check up from the fall and doing a glucose test to see if I have gestational diabetes. Doctor cleared me for working out again and I'm negative for the test so I am A-okay for right now.
Leftovers for lunch, a bit of photoshop youtube videos, and then work.


Amy and I being silly after a good workout in the drizzle and then Kaylee made me lunch. PB&J....yummy!

Workout day 2!
Then Parker came over for an hour or so while Amy went out for a photo shoot.
After that...... GIRLS NIGHT!!
We started with a pedi, had some mexican for dinner, then met up with Corinne for some Limeberry! Amazing!
{do you see my gigantic belly in the picture with my besties??....wow...}
I came home to Isaiah and Josh shaving Joe's head.
Lookin good Bippert!

Parker Day!
We ventured out to Jumping Jacks to let the kiddos bounce around. Kaylee was totally happy but Parker would have rather been anywhere but near the big jumpy houses. He spent his time pretending to drive a car instead.
After lunch and nap the three of us went for a "Leaf walk" where Kaylee and I tried to find the biggest leaves. Parker was completely entertained by her the entire time. So cute!

We ended our week with another workout then we ran all over town. Kaylee waited patiently while I got my eyebrows waxed then went to the party store to get the last of our costumes. My compromise with Kaylee on being a bee for Halloween was she could be a butterfly princess all month long until the big day! Its working so far and she is super excited to dress up in her bee costume!

I'm excited for the weekend!
We have a birthday party, football game, and some good laying around the house.

There is nothing that warms my heart more than watching
Isaiah and Kaylee spend quality time together.

On Sunday, the two of them decided to make some cupcakes!

Kaylee was super excited about this not only for the cupcakes themselves but also because she got to bake for the first time in her new "princess apron." (another one of her scores at the baby shower)

I of course had the camera glued to my face snapping every moment of their interaction!

After they added all the ingredients together they killed some time with a little puddle jumping
(post to come on these super cute pictures...)
and then went to town on decorating.

And the final product.....

Delicious!

Happy October!!

A little freaked out thinking I am in the home stretch of this pregnancy and the next few weeks are so packed it is just going to fly by.
We had surprise visitors, play dates, 3d movie fun and oh ya ...and a trip to the hospital this week.... you know just another week in the Torres house!

Kids are the cutest when they are sleeping in right??
The clouds rolled in and the sky turned grey....but on a happy note....the leaves are starting to change!!
We headed to the library with Isaiah and ended our afternoon at Charlie's Safari where I met a super cool new mommy!

Kaylee rockin her new shirt she scored at the baby shower! (she almost received as many gifts as Nathan!! )
Then we had a super cool surprise visit from my sister and her two friends! It was just an over-nighter but Kaylee had a blast with three babysitters while Isaiah and I went to our parenting class.

Isaiah woke up with Nana's on his head and I just had to document the craziness of having a child and how her stuff is EVERYWHERE!
We went downtown to a great little spot for some breakfast and then said goodbye to Aunty Stef.
I just couldn't help myself while waiting for grandma at the doctors office. She is just so stinkin cute!

Semi lazy day on Thursday. We had great plans to make it up to the Seattle Temple with the Bippert's but with Jack a bit under the weather we decided to head to Jumpin Jacks with Kaylee's bestie Raia for some lunch, games, and of course bouncy houses!
I snapped a quick picture out the kitchen window of what I get to watch while I'm preparing dinner. I am so in love with this man for being a great husband but above all an amazing father! :)

Girls Day! Kaylee and Raia saw their first 3D movie together!
Then..... I fell.....
long story short, I was trying to do too many things at one time in the garage and had an all out fall on the concrete. We spent the entire friday evening in the hospital being monitored. I was having some contractions and I also have a rare blood type and since we don't know what blood type Nathan has the doctors had to be very cautious to make sure there wasn't any fetal blood cells in my blood because my body would start to create antibodies and attack the baby. Not good!
Upside...it was the most time Isaiah and I have spent kidless in a long time....date night! haha