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27 Weeks! check out the pics... I'm HUGE and I still have 3 more months! yikes

ok, so maybe I just look a little bigger when I cradle my belly... but I swear, I'm still huge!

Birthday Costume Halloween Party...

Jeff and I went to a Halloween birthday party Friday night, it had by far the funniest and most outrageous moments that one couple could handle in one night!

left to right: Ben, the birthday boy, got run over by a car and was dragged a few yards before he got up and walked himself to this here party! And the Feline!

left to right: Grandma (actually a 14or so yr old boy), 2 Biggest Loser Contestants, Flo the Progressive Insurance Consultant, Antwon the black rapper whose sister was abducted and he rapped about it in a news report, and Jaime the nurse who took care of Ben but didn't really want to get out of her cooking apron.

I went as a peasant girl, using the dress Meischa gave me a few years ago, her old "war" gown. And Jeff went as a mummy. However, everyone thought our costumes went "together" and we were Lazarus and Mary Magdalen - sure why not.

The Naughty Hearse (Nurse) and the Mad Hatter

Zoey, Jeff, Ben

Lee (Scream!) and Jeff the Mummy or aka, Lazarus

"I will eat your BRAINS!" Kitten (Angela) and Jeff

The Chinese Students or as Lee would put it, "the Chinese girls... hahaha"
"You're a tiger...Pugsley"
Flo
Donuts on a string

Craft Sensation....

Lately I have been feeling really "crafty" and actually doing crafts, which is way out of the norm for me. Sure I like to design, but I never get out the glue gun, sew, or tie things together to actually make other things!

And the best part about it is that I've got a list! (what would I do without my lists!) These are things, ideas, and crafts that I want to do and I want to learn how to do:

Sewing - (the best way to learn is to do projects to teach me)
curtains/drapes
table runner
table cloth
cloth napkins
pillow cases both for a bed and for a couch
ironing board cover
apron
dish towels
Baby Stuff- new linens for bassinet, high-chair, car seat, jumper, changing wipes zipper, and diaper bag

Crocheting -
scarves
binnies
kitchen hot pads
baby blanket

Glue gun -
paci clip
hair ribbons/bows/and headbands
magnet bookmarks
wreath (original)

Also, if you have any other ideas for crafts (good for Christmas presents or other) let me know... I would LOVE to learn!

Right now, Mindy's got me making a scarf because it is a way for me to learn the basics of crocheting all in one. So far so good, we started Saturday afternoon, when Jeff and I went over to their house to watch Harry Potter, I of course didn't watch any of it because I was busy trying to figure out how to hold the stupid yarn, plus I've seen them so many times anyway I've got all the movies memorized! I'm so excited that I'm becoming crafty... the more I learn the more I want to know more and the more I end up doing myself, teaching myself, and making up!

Last week sometime, I went over to Sarah's house to learn how to glue ribbons/flowers for headbands and barrettes. Very Fun! also, while I was there visiting her, getting to know her and her husband better, and learning how to do these neat little creations, we went over to Jamie's house (a lady we work with) who was giving Sarah a bunch of her baby stuff; which in turn Sarah gives me stuff that she had duplicates of... SCORE! So yeah, now we have a car seat and a bassinet.

Stacy, is letting Jeff and I borrow almost all of her baby/kid stuff, borrow until they have another kid (I'm hoping that isn't within the next year! I don't want to give it back right when we'll be needing or using it the most) She's letting us borrow a stroller, car seat, snuggle thingy for the car seat, a high chair, bouncer/jumper, a swing, a bathtub, toys, and I'm afraid I'm forgetting something but I can't remember what else. hmmm it'll come to me....

Lorinna gave us a bumbo? Everyone has been more than generous and thoughtful in everything, we definitely appreciate "hand-me-downs"!