Ellie is very excited to see her cousins soon. She had so much fun trick-or-treating with her friend Noelle. After every house, she would run up to me and show me her pumpkin bucket and tell me that they gave her candy. I laugh at little because she seemed genuinely surprised and pleased each time. I hope she is able to keep that sense of awe and gratitude as she gets older. We dressed her up as Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz. Brett was the tin man & I was the scarecrow. (Brett and I shamelessly stole a lot of her candy and gave the rest to her in rationed increments)
My friend Claire and I had our Temple Symphony Chorale choir concert recently; I really enjoyed the repertoire this semester. I'm a little bummed to not be able to participate next semester, (I'm having a baby in the middle of it) but it turns out I can get my choir fix elsewhere. I was just asked to lead the choir at our church!!! I've never really led a choir before but I'm over-the-moon excited to try. Music has always been one of the main ways that I feel God's love, and I hope this will be an opportunity to have more of that in my life.
Baby #2 is doing well and getting bigger all the time. Ellie goes to my appointments and likes to sit next to me on the bench so she can watch them use the Doppler, take my blood, etc. This pregnancy is going by quickly as I often forget the fact that I'm pregnant because we're so busy. We don't have a name yet but are trying to narrow down our list.
*On a less positive note, I hate cockroaches. HATE them a lot, and our apartment is overrun. We want to move... and live in a house. Also, being sick stinks. Especially when it lasts for more than 2 weeks and you feel like a useless lump on the couch :)
I think she's been watching me do my makeup ;)
We sure love our zoo and having Dad around to come with us!
She loves to sing all the time. I think she's gotten it from Brett actually because he sings several songs with her every night before bed. He's gone during the day obviously, so it's become kind of their thing; their Ellie/Dad time if you will.
