I love this kid so much. I cannot even imagine my life without him. I love that he did something very different for these pics. Instead of just trying to grab the camera or stop doing whatever cute thing he was doing cause the camera was there, he actually looked at the camera and smiled...BIG!!! It honestly just melts my heart.
So, here it is. Some pictures of my sweet boy in his halloween costume before and during the halloween party at church last night.
FYI...my plan had been to have him be a bat, but the bat costume I'd wanted was sold, so I went out with the intention of finiding something cheap (cause I ain't spend a small fortune on something he will really only wear 2 times) but cute...and here it was. $12.99.
I do apologize, but against our dark brown couches, it may be difficult to see that he does have on a pair of wings. You will be sure to notice them in some other pics :)

This one I have to say is probably my favorite picture of him from last night. I couldn't point out why, but I LOVE this picture.

This one is of him once we got home and he was playing with his treat bag...the one with all his trick or treat candies in it :)

WHAT A DAY!!!
Okay, so I seriously could have done without the start of my day. Well, I guess the very start was okay...you know, wake up, eat and such, but the next part is what I coulda done without.
I was on my way to my mil's this morning. I left the apt. about 6:45. Let me paint the scene. It takes about 15 mins to get there, so at about 6:55, I am about 2/3 of the way there. Driving down Cedar Ave. southbound minding my own business, but, of course, watching what is going on around me. I am getting close to approching Barstow Ave (running East/West). I am in the inside lane, closest to the median. I have a green light. Barstow Ave. people do not. And we all know that it is perfectly legal to make a right hand turn on a red light. Right hand turn on the red lane, providing that the turn is into the first lane. Common knowledge. Well, I am always especially alert when I see something like this about to happen. I am always freaked out that someone will make that right hand turn and turn right in front of me. So, as a precautionary measure, I typically take my foot off the gas and cover the brake. Well, can you take a guess as to what happened?
Yep, not only did a person make a right hand turn onto Cedar Ave., but decided to turn into my lane, not the outside lane. Yes, folks, that would be right. Right in front of me. And saying that would be wrong, actually. Cause it was more of a her driver's door right at my front passenger side corner.
So, I slam on my brakes...screech and all, baby. Screech and all. Can you guess as to who remains completely oblivious to this and does not even go into the right hand lane. Yes, my friends, the stupid lady who made a right hand turn onto Cedar Ave. without even looking to see if I was there.
Well, since slowing down takes time, and she has yet to move out of my way, I have to turn in towards the median to ensure I don't hit her stupid self.
And I would say she should be thanking her lucky stars I didn't hit her, but she didn't even seem to notice.
She just carried on her way in my lane.
Then, as another little tidbit of funness to this whole event, we are approaching ehe next major intersection (might I emphasize MAJOR) Shaw Ave. Traffic going straight (North/South) has a green light. Traffic turning left has a red...wait let me type that again...RED arrow. Can you take a guess as to who plows right through...goes left without yielding. Oh, yeah, and going through a red arrow.
Some people must seriously get their driver's licenses from a Cheerio's box.
So, of course, my adrenailane is pumping, I'm near tears (cause near accidents do that to me) and my dear, ever so empathetic husband asks if the truck is damaged. So, I tell him no...I never dented his precious truck.
Geek. More concerned aobut his truck.
Of course, he also asks if I am okay and such and tells me he is glad that we (me, Scott and unborn child) are okay and that I was being cautious and did what I could not to hit the bimbo.
So, yeah, that was my morning. Good day.

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHELLE, DEAR.
HAPPY DAYS WILL COME TO YOU ALL YEAR.
IF I HAD A WISH THEN IT WOULD BE,
A HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU FROM ME!!!


I hope you have a super happy day. Enjoy Red Lobster (and a possible movie). Happy 26th!!!

Oh, goodness...so much to say.
Well, this past few days has been filled with a fair amount of excitement.
On Friday morning, Solomon and Camille were getting ready for school (we had them), and apparently Scott decided he wanted to go see Solomon. But, instead of crawling, he took his first step to him.
Yep, his first step.
And I was not there to see it.
But I am consoling myself by telling myself that he may not have taken that step if I had been there...who knows??? I may never know.
But all is well in the end, anyways...because, yesterday, being Sunday, he took his first step to me.
Well, that's just 10x better anyways...lol
Then today, I think he has taken another step 2 more times. So, soon enough he will be adding 1 more step. And then 1 more...and then it will never end.
We were at church yesterday and my friend, Theresa, sat beside us with her 2 girls and her little boy, Lincoln, who is 3 days older than Scott. Well, Lincoln, sat right next to Scott on his sister's lap and Scott leaned right over to him and gave him a big hug. It was so dang cute!!! He gave another hug, then Licoln gave him a hug then they gave each other a hug. To say the least, there was a lot of hugging going on :)
On Friday night, we decided to take Camille out for dinner for her birthday. She turned 16 on Wednesday. So, we were supposed to go to a sushi bar, but ended up doing teppanyaki. You know, where they cook the food right in front of you at your table. Very cool. I have never done that before and it was cool. Will took care of Scott the whole time, so that was a really nice change of pace for me...I never had to take care of the baby while eating. That does not happen often...or ever :)
Well, apparently, it was naptime and Scott fell asleep in Will's arms during dinner. It was pretty dang cute. And Will just sat there eating with a sleeping baby in his arms. Like I said, it sure was a nice change of pace...lol
So, all in all, it has been a good past few days :)
Oh, I should also tell you that I am now 18 weeks pregnant and this baby is crazy active. The baby is moving around and kicking so much and it is still so neat to feel. It's still so amazing to think that I am actually pregnant. Still, truthfully, having a hard time believing it...
Well, I do need to get back to cleaning. I have taken a nice long break and still have a lot to do today. Wish me luck.

Well, a whole lot has gone on in the life of Krystin sinec I last posted.
Let's see if I can put this into different sections to make this easier than just babbling...despite the fact that I am good at that :)
Oh, BABY!!!
Well, a few days ago I started feeling the baby kicking. I think I may have felt it before, but a few nights ago was the first time I knew for sure that's what it was. The baby has been kicking a lot. I feel it all the time. Christine, my sil, was joking on Saturday that it was kicking her in the back when I was standing behind her...what a geek...lol!!!
I am 17 weeks pregnant today and the common consensus is..."Krystin, you don't even look pregnant." Yes, I do hear that frequently. I also hear, "I can't believe you are going to know in 3 weeks whether you are having a boy or girl. You don't even look pregnant." Yet, somehow, despite all this, the baby is still measuring 10 days larger than the due date. I figure I am just carrying even farther back into my back that I was with Scott. When I was pregnant with Scott, I pushed my way through regular clothes until 16 weeks, well, here I am 17 weeks and still having no issues at all with wearing regular clothes.
Whoever said that you show earlier the second time around was obviously not me.
WEDDING!!!
My bro-in-law's wedding was this past weekend. It was a very pretty and simple ceremony that took place in the Japanese Gardens in Fresno. It was a very pretty setting. The parking was absolutely horrific because in the park that the Japanese Gardens are in, there was a race going on, so, yeah, no parking. Will ended up dropping us off and went looking for parking. The reception was very nice as well...very casual and personal. I made a grande entrance when I tripped in a hole on the ground and rolled my very well repaired ankle in my lovely high heels. I was not injured...lost a little pride, but only a little. I had to walk past that hole a few other time, and managed to watch very closely so as to not have a repeat performance.


While at the reception, Will thought it would be funny to give our son prison tattoos...Int his photo, you may get the sense that Scott is wondering what the heck is going on.

And the end result...one hand saying LOVE the hand hand saying HATE.

SCOTT BEING SICK.
This past couple weeks has been so hard on Scott. Last Friday, not this one that just past, but the one before, so 1.5 weeks ago, Will told me I should take Scott to the dr. to see if he has an ear or sinus infection. He was just acting like something could be wrong, so I called at 2:40 and got in at 3:15. Well, it turned out Scott had not only an ear infection in one ear, oh, no, but he had an ear infection in both ears. Poor kid. I took him to the pharmacy to fill his prescription and while waiting, decided to buy daddy a blue star mylar balloon. Well, I don't think Scott was gonna be too willing to give up that balloon to daddy. He was having the time of his life playing with that balloon...walking up and down the aisles bopping that thing and laughing. Even the pharmacists couldn't believe he was not feeling good with the way he was so excited about that balloon. It really was so cute. This video is only a small look at what he was like in the store. He was much more excited in the store than in his car seat.

Well, that is really all I can think of for now to say for an update, but before I go, I would like to take a moment to say,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all of my friends and family in Canada who are celebrating today. I am hoping to continue our tradition of going to Marie Callendar's for turkey dinner tonight. And since Kari-Lynn posted a list of 10 things she was grateful for, I would like to do the same.
In no particular order, of course.
1) A wonderful family. Both the family that I have been blessed to start...my husband, my son, my soon to be born child, and my step-kids, Camille and Solomon as well as the family that I was born into. It took my a few years of being moved out of home to really appreciate them and it took moving to California to TRULY appreciate them. You guys have done so much for me and I am truly grateful for that.
2) A place to live. I hate living in an apartment, I REALLY truly would rather be living in our own house, but I know it is a blessing to have an apartment. So many people don't even have that.
3) Milk. Okay, so I am sure a few of you may be looking at this one with a perplexed look on your face. Let me explain. When I am pregnant, I get heartburn. And I get it BAD!!! Milk was my lifesaver when I was pregnant with Scott and it has already started providing me with relief during this pregnancy. So, yes, I am grateful for milk.
4) A washer and dryer...but mostly the washer. I am so glad that I do not have to wash my clothes in a wash basin...I can't stand getting my hands wet. It bugs me so bad...which makes me want to make no. 5 grateful for a dishwasher, but I won't. I just hate washing anything with bare hands...really, I am glad we have rubber gloves in this day and age...lol
As for the dryer, I don't mind hanging clothes on the line to dry, but WIll is not such a big fan.
5) Education. I don't have any post-secondary education, but I remember being in school just loving to learn. I was not always good at learning, it was a struggle, but I loved learning.
6) Being Canadian. Honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way. I love being Canadian. I would not trade my citizenship for anything in this world. I am so proud of my country.
7) Music. My life would not be complete without music in it.
8) The gospel. I have lived parts of my life not living the way that the Church teaches and I have come back to living the teachings of it. I can truly say that I am so grateful for the gospel and what it has taught me in my life. I love knowing what I do. I love knowing that mny family doesn't have to de seperated at death. I love knowing it can be eternal. I love knowing I can be forgiven for bad choices I make. I love knowing that God loves me and that he loves me and all of us so much that He sent his Son to die for us. I love that God has given us a prophet to lead us and guide us and give us diretion to get back to a loving Heavenly Father.
9) I am grateful for the song, I am a Child of God. This song is by far Scott's favourite song...and is quickly becoming one of my favourites, as well. The lyrics are so soothing and give me hope every day.
10) I am grateful for Marie Callendar's so that I can go there on Canadian Thanksgiving and eat a turkey dinner without having to cook it myself.