Halloween Fun

Dean and Sarah and Braden stayed the night on Friday and we watched a couple of scary movies to get ready for Halloween. Then Saturday, we went to this pumpkin patch where they had a lot of fun things to do. They had a petting zoo and a corn maze and the babies loved it. Then Saturday night, we took the boys to our ward's Trunk or Treat. Sarah and I had a lot of fun carving the pumpkins and decorating the trunk. We think we had the best decorated trunk there. Delson was a lion and Braden was a penguin for Halloween. They looked so adorable!

Pregnancy and Delson Updates

I took a picture of my pregnant belly at 26 weeks. Sorry it is a week late.

Delson has changed so much in a month. Since we were in Anaheim a month ago, I feel like he is a completely different baby now. I can tell that he understands me so much more. It is amazing to see the drastic changes that babies make in just a matter of days. Before we left on the cruise, Delson was taking about 3 to 4 steps without holding onto anything. However, when we returned, he was taking 10-15 steps and now he can take 30 or more at a time before he falls or grabs onto something. He is just picking it up so quickly. He got a haircut and now he no longer looks like a baby; he looks like a little boy. He has 6 teeth now and he has learned how to put a ball in a basketball hoop and how to clap. He is just learning and growing so quickly it is amazing to watch. He is so fun now that we are able to interact with each other more. I love him more and more everyday!

Delson fell into the toy box that grandma bought for him. I thought it was pretty funny.

Here you can see how long his hair was.

A picture of the boy after his haircut.

Delson's new thing is to climb up on the gate and whine when Momma is working in the kitchen. He just wants to be with me at all times.

Sitting with daddy in his Halloween attire.

Just a cute picture of Delson in the Paul Frank PJ's Grandma Karen bought for him.

Caribbean Cruise

Alex and I were lucky enough to get to go on another cruise to the Caribbean. This time we went with 3 other couples, of which 2 of the women are pregnant. We cruised with Tanya & Aaron, Kristen & Sean, and Kortney & Chase. Tanya is due with a boy 2 weeks after me, and Kristen is due with a surprise 4 weeks after Tanya. It is exciting that we are all having babies within 6 weeks of each other and we found this to be a great opportunity to get out without kids one last time before we add another to our families.

Our cruise left out of Miami. Our first 2 days were at sea, and then we visited Grand Cayman, then Isla Roatan in Honduras, then Belize, and finally Cozumel, Mexico. Our last day was again at sea. We had a wonderful getaway together and I'm so glad we were all able to make time for this trip in our busy schedules. Enjoy the pictures!

Our ship: the Carnival Valor.

Pictures of us leaving Miami and heading out into the Caribbean.

The whole group at dinner. From the left: Chase & Kortney, Alex and me, our waiter, Tanya & Aaron, another waiter, and Sean & Kristen.

The 3 pregnant couples after a night of playing Uno on the deck.

Tanya and me all dressed up for a formal dinner night.

The next few pictures are of us in Grand Cayman. Tanya, Aaron, Alex and I all went snorkeling. We were able to snorkel over a shipwreck and a reef. It was really awesome. Then we met up with Kristen and Sean for lunch and enjoyed some leisure time on the beautiful Seven Mile Beach. There is a picture of the 3 pregnant ladies on the beach. The water was breathtaking.

This next set of pictures is of us in Roatan, Honduras. Here we all took a cab to a beautiful resort called Parrot Island Resort. The setting was gorgeous. We loved the cabanas and the water was delightful. We just enjoyed the setting and the water all day. The resort also had a pool that was beautiful. You can see a picture of me, Kortney, and Tanya in the pool under the waterfall trying to pose sexy. After our resort stop, we bartered with some of the locals while buying some souvenirs.

In Belize, we took about an hour drive out into the jungle. When we arrived, we hiked about 30 minutes deeper into the jungle while carrying tubes, and then we tubed down the river through various caves. It was an awesome excursion. While on our hike, our tour guide found a tarantula, which was huge and really freaky even though they are harmless. Towards the end of the cave tubing, everyone that wanted could swing on the rope swing. You can see Alex taking a good swing out over the water at the bottom.

Then, in Cozumel, Mexico, we took a ferry to Playa Del Carmen, which is on the mainland of Mexico and from there, we took a van out to the Tulum Mayan ruins. It was a beautiful day, but there was 96% humidity, so we were really sweaty walking around. After exploring the ruins and taking a bunch of pictures, we went swimming in the ocean to cool down. It was beautiful and so nice to take a dip after enduring all the heat. Our trip was awesome and we all hope to do another cruise in the spring or summer of 2011 to Alaska. We can hardly wait!

Anaheim, CA

While Alex was working at the PMA convention, Delson and I got to visit my family as well as Tanya & Aaron. We had a really great time. It was a crazy weekend of travel for Delson because we were only there for 3.5 days and we went a lot of places. We had to carry the Pack 'N Play and the car seat everywhere, which was annoying, but we made it work. And Delson's schedule got WAY off, but he was a happy boy overall. It was great to see everyone. Here are the photos:

We took Delson and Kali, Tanya's little girl, to the beach. They loved it and played for quite a while in the water.

We exhausted them!

Tanya and I comparing our pregnant bellies. (She is due 2 weeks after me! So exciting!)

Kali was the kiss monster. She loved to kiss Delson! She is such a sweetheart!

We went to the park with my family and Delson got to go down the slide.

Delson with my Uncle Craig.

Delson and my Aunt Darcy.

Delson and my cousin Amy.

My sister, Miranda, and my niece, Leila.

My Aunt Pam got a great smile out of Delson for this picture.

Little family.

Our Tatoes booth at the PMA.

Delson was the Tatoes mascot!

You can see how much Delson loves the beach in this video. We also love his "stinkbug" crawl. Too funny!

So Many Posts

So much has happened in the last month and I have a billion pictures to post. The first weekend of October we traveled to Anaheim, CA for the Produce Marketing Association Convention. Delson and I only went to the convention for a few hours, but Alex was there the whole weekend working. I mostly went with him to visit family and friends, and we had a great time! Then the next weekend, my parents flew up here to watch Delson for 10 days while Alex and I took an awesome Caribbean cruise with our friends, Kristen & Sean, Tanya & Aaron, and Chase & Kortney. We had a wonderful trip! Then Dean and Sarah came over this past weekend and we took the babies to a pumpkin patch and to our ward's Trunk or Treat night. We took a ton of cute pictures! Please bear with me and all of the posts and enjoy all of the pictures!