All in a day's work...

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday

Get a new roof on the house.

What a relaxing & blissful way to spend the last few days of pregnancy.

AHHHH...

Tuesday

Dance Class

Wednesday

Hiking & playing at Rancho

Thursday afternoon

Head to the hospital for induction

Thursday night

Baby Lincoln Born!!!

Friday

Snuggle with Grandma all day

Welcome

Lincoln Martell

7 lbs 10 oz

20.5 in long

HAIR COLOR...

a definite redish hue to it, but nothing like Big Sister's yet.

The verdict is out for a few weeks on this one.

He's such a sweetie cuddle-bug. 

I dare you to pick him up...I'm pretty positive you won't want to put him down.

A weekend fit for a king...

I love to indulge every now & then.  So I do.

FRIDAY NIGHT

Some friends & I got this wild hair to sneak away one more night before the little fella arrives.

Another overnighter, or shall I say, stay up all hours of the nighter up in beautiful San Francisco.

(clearly I didn't take this pic)

There's always SOME spice to the night.

2008- Sarah puked all night

 July 2009- well, may I refer you to THIS POST

This trip- We got off the elevator & smelled a STRONG aroma of skunk.

We were at the Westin Market Street, so there should be no rodents cruising the halls.

At the same time, the 2 unsheltered frineds say, "SKUNK WEED!"

The 2 sheltered friends look at each other, me being one of them, & say, "What's that?"

Anywho, come to find out, the whole floor wreaks of crap thanks to some serious partyers smoking some potent stuff. 

In true Heather fashion, the front desk is immediately notified of the situation & we are immediately granted a room change several floors away & can begin the night of excitement.

Kaari & Lindsay did however stick around the Skunk Weed room to spy on the security guard & make sure he did his job.  I have no pics of that, but they tried to take one out of the peep-hole.

Assuming they post about it, you can read about it here:

KAARI   LINDSAY

If they don't post about it, they have fun blogs nonetheless.

Unfortunately my battery died & this is all I got pictures of.

Here's a lovely view from our window:

Here's a shot of some of the the good eats:

Here's a pic of the party animals:

Here's the DIVINE brunch stop before we headed home the next afternoon:

Thanks for the fun, Ladies...can't wait for a repeat!

& thanks to my family who love when I leave them to party on their own.

Seriously, at my current stage, I think they prefer me gone.

SATURDAY NIGHT

My friend Melanie organized a Dutch Oven Cookout

& we were the hosts.

NOTHING treats a full-cooked pregnant lady right like DELICIOUS FOOD!!!

fully-cooked one with Kristen & Baby Kale

some of the crowd partaking of serious goodness

the ladies keeping warm while the cavemen stoked the coals outside

kaari---the ever-entertainer

the mad-dash as soon as Amen was said

no food for the tots...just running from "the ghost" all night

story time with old st. tat

the dutch-ovened mac & cheese & the rice krispie treats were all Avy needed for happiness.

Good picks ashby's & teuschers!

Funny side-note about the Rice Krispie treats:

As I went to lay Avy down for bed, I was shaking her blankets out and found not 1, but 2 Rice Krispie treats stowed away in the blankets for some midnight snacking.

That little sneak.

Thanks for the exquisite meal everbody & for organizing it, Sagers!

Let's do it again...

REAL SOON!

October...is it finally over?

Here were my goals for October.

Overall, the 10th month was a success.

Get a little crafty. 
Which I did.

For months Tyler & I planned to be Jon & Kate Gosselin.
 Which we were.

We had hoped to find Uncle Austy a Halloween date. 
Which we did.

I waited all year long to hit-up Half Moon Bay. 
Which I did.

I anticipated eating LOTS & LOTS of Halloween candy. 

Which I did & am currently doing.

I looked forward to attending all sorts of Halloween parties.
 Which I did.

The first party was the Jacobs "Nightmare on Goldenstate Street."
You had to dress up as your worst nightmare.
Ours was Jon & Kate...& apparently we're not the only ones who are scared of the Gosselins.
2 Jon & Kate's...that's a very SPOOKY thought.

Although my friend Kaari seems like a sweet loveable gal...

she's pretty morbid.

The torso cake & freaky man are from her party.

The next party we went to was a "Hollywood Hauntings" party.

This party required costumes of Hollywood stars.

Fortunately our J&K costumes worked here as well...

I wasn't about to get creative twice.

Here's a photo from the party's photographer.

Avy's Kiddie Parties with the boyfriends

Trek up to San Fran to meet a friend for lunch before baby arrives.
 Which I did.

Celebrate Uncle Austy's Birthday. 
Which we did.

I planned to get Baby Linc's blankets & quilt made & Avy's Thanksgiving & Christmas pillowcases made before the end of October.

 Which I didn't. 

I did, however, get the fabrics bought & cut...
I just need a strong man to stay home long enough to lift my sewing machine onto the table for me now (hint-hint).

I was set on putting my decorations up on October 1st.
 Which I did.

I was set on reading MILLIONS of Halloween books with Avy.
 Which I did...over&over&over&over.

I was determined to make lots of Halloween goodies.
Which I did.

I eagerly awaited Trick-or-Treating with Avy, Tat & friends. 
Which we did.

I am now ready to nestle down for a long winter's nap.

Oh wait...

1 more week & I'll be expelling a human from my body. 

Guess my nap can wait till next year.

Happy Fall!

It's back...& I have partaken.

Oh sweet Heavenly goodness.

Does life get any better than a planet-sized Costco Pumpkin Pie?

Especially when each slice is topped with half a can of this deliciousness?

I think not.

An Autumnal Chill is in the Air.

We finally made our annual trek to Half Moon Bay for our pumpkins. 

A full-bladdered pregnant lady, a car-sick uncle in the back seat, a Dad driver who kept questioning if this is really a tradition or if I'm just making it up, a 2 year-old cheerfully yelling,

"Pumpkin patch...Where are you???"

& an hour & a half later

...thank you traffic...

we arrived.

OH HOW I LOVE FALL!

Is it breaking the Sabbath...

...if I attend the North Valley Baptist Church this Sunday in place of my usual house of worship?

Satan knows he can't get me to commit the doozie sins, but he may have found a method to get me.

Here goes:

A nice young fella knocked on my door yesterday.

He handed me a pamphlet & invited me to their Church services this Sunday.

I never read those things, but this caught my eye:

So I read it.

Every adult who attends in the congregation will be given a

$10 Target gift card!!!

WHAT???

Can this be true?

I asked the youngin' & he said,

"It's a special promotion we're doing."

I thought,

"Your church does promotions?"

S.W.E.E.T.N.E.S.S.

Do I go where I get free Target bucks, or do I go where I hand over a check from my own bank account?

This could possibly be the greatest debacle I've ever been in.

ps- I can seat 8 so if anyone's interested in carpooling...

One man's trash....you know the rest.

Actually, it's not trash I'm speaking of.

It's the lovely tree that Tat & Avy brought home for me the other day from their walk

(see previous post).

Anywho, my freaking genius friend Ashley suggested in her comment that I make a Halloween ditty out of it.

Thanks for the suggestion, Ash!

So this has been our project all morning:

I give you...

The Spooky Halloween Tree