Having kids gives you unique opportunities to relive your childhood! Halloween is definitely one of those times! Especially this year with Brooklyn in Trey's childhood costume and going trick or treating with my friend who I trick or treated with when I was a kid! What a trip/ck it was to watch as our kids did the exact thing we did together when we were that age! Brooklyn and Trey in Matching Cotumes - same age! 28 years later! Rochelle's kids are absolutely adorable! Brooklyn and Jude were on cloud nine running from house to house with the whole troop of characters! Rochelle also has a newborn - Liam who was born at 27 weeks but is now 4 months old and a whopping 8 pounds! (Wish I had taken a picture!) Brooklyn and Jude were Bats. Jude thought saying 'Trick or Treat' meant "open this for me please!" so he would go and get the candy and the door and then give it to me and say "Tick o teat!" and refuse to go any further till I gave him some c...

October has been a busy month of weekly trips to local attractions, a trip to Detroit and Valparaiso and preschool at our house! The Brookfield Zoo is really impressive, especially the Dolphin show - where we got splashed (: Jude figured out fast what he liked best about his first football game (: We went back to Valpo for one of their football games. It's the last season Trey will know some of the guys from the team. Our trip to Detroit was part of the 28th Birthday Celebrations for Trey. Jude has started saying sentances like "I LOVE YOU" and repeating back what we say which is really fun! He's got a huge knock on his head and a runny nose, makes a mess all day, wakes up at 5:30 every morning and likes to be Naked all the time but he is just SOOO CUTE it's almost unbearable! Trey and I went on a date on a sailing ship before it started to get too cold. It was neat seeing the city from the water! It is such an incredible place to live! The Lincoln Park Zoo is...

We went out to see our wonderful friends from BYU, the Gooches. I can't believe it has been 4 years since we saw them last, but it was such a dream come true to get our adorable kids together and hang out with them! Trey and Dave went to a Football game together, we explored a bit, but most of all, just enjoyed hanging out like the "old days" and let the kids love and enjoy the the space and outdoor trampoline and playground! The Gooch and Clark Family back in 2005 and..... Us Now! Heather and I are both expecting our Third babies 6 weeks apart - Our other two are less than 3 months apart. The kids were instant friends...I knew they would be!

Leaving home at 5am, flying to Nashville, waiting at the airport for 2 hours, then taking a 2 hour shuttle to Chattanooga, spending a night and taking a 2 hour shuttle to Atlanta, having dinner with Phil, Jen and Hayden and driving 1 more hour to finally get to our destination was all worth it! We had a great day and a half with Papa and Didi, and of course a Heavenly time with DDaddy, Nana and family! Butterbean Harvest was in full force again! DDaddy sat and shelled and Trey, Nanna, Jeff and I were the Harvesters! Brooklyn learned to Drive this trip - both the Wagon while Jude sat in it and her own size car - though she wasn't so good at lookin' where she was going and ran into something! Scared us enough to resolve not to ever get her one of those! (: There's always plenty to play with at DDaddy and Nanna's. The pink doll was the favorite this time though - for both Brooklyn and Jude!

C ol o r E x p l o s i o n was the Theme for Brooklyn's Birthday this year and we went all out again (: Did you know there’s a treasure at the end of each rainbow? Today you can find it if you search high and low! Follow the clues to the pot of Gold, But don’t listen to that Leprechaun or You’ll be fooled! To find a rainbow, we must know our colors What comes first in the rainbow? Must you ask your Mothers? RED Red’s our first color, it’s so much fun What’s red and yummy over there? WATERMELON! That’s right, you had better go run ! Now your tummies full and you can run! But first fix this puzzle, it’s all undone! ON THE BACK: Run to the Orange Balloon! Sticky hand on the bench This sticky hand is really tricky, see what color you get but get there quickly! The leprechaun is faster than two, don’t let him get you or he’ll tickle you! Brooklyn loves the game of tennis, with these balls, we could be a menace! The Leprechaun is right around here, Pick up some balls, and lets hit...

I am so excited! I am starting my first Hypnobabies in Chicago on October 1st! There are only 5 spots available, so if you know anyone here that would be interested, please let them know! I have a website hypnobabieswithpaige.com I am also on Facebook and Twitter and would really appreciate if you "Liked it!" Hypnobabies is the leading Childbirth Methodology for Natural Childbirth. It has worked amazingly for both my births and I can't wait to share it with more couples! Please check out my website (I'm still working on it looking a little better, but it's functional for now!)

I made three meals today, went swimming with the kids, got Brooklyn to her first ballet lesson and even had energy clean a bit! We went apple picking and I got $100 worth of fruits and veggies (Counting $25 worth of raw honey and maple syrup (: ) Paige is eating again! Brooklyn was SO excited for her first ballet lesson! Apple Picking in Indiana! The nausea ended over a week ago and I am SO grateful!!! Thank you everyone for the suport, advice and words of encouragement as I went through one of the longest 4 months of my life! My girls for Sista-Nanza 2011 So much has happened since I fell off the blogging band wagon, but most recently, Trey threw a surprise 30th party where 5 of my closest friends flew in to spend an entire weekend in Chicago with me! It was amazing to say the least. The day after they all left, we went down to Tennessee and Georgia to see Trey's family, then the day after we got home, Trey started a new Job! He is enjoying it. Will start a new semester next...