October

The day after we got back from Portland my parents came to visit again.  This time they came to take care of me.  Oh, and of course play with Declan.  This pregnancy was a lot like my last one when it came to the morning sickness.  I say it was similar but it was different in so many ways also.  When I was pregnant with Declan the morning sickness hit me one night after work when I was 8 weeks along and didn't leave until I was 21 weeks.  This time, the nausea came and went for awhile and then right before we left for Portland it hit full force.  Also, it seemed harder this time since I had a 2 year old to take care of and I felt horrible just letting him watch t.v. but I really couldn't anything else.  By the way, why do they call it morning sickness when it lasts all day long?  Really, it needs a different name.  Anyway, it was so nice to have my parents here and take care of not only me but all of us.  Declan loved having someone play with him during the day again.  I had my first doctor's appt. while they were here and my mom was able to go and see the baby.  My doctor prescribed me a different nausea medicine (phenergan) since I wasn't keeping anything down and the Zofran was having some crazy side effects. 

When it came time for my parents to leave, Declan and I went with them!  I am SO glad we did too!  The phenergan definitely helped with the nausea and I was able to keep food down with it but it turned me into a zombie.  Seriously, I would take it and within an hour I couldn't keep my eyes open.  Since my parents were home to watch Declan I got a lot of sleep.  We stayed in Idaho for 2 weeks.  We did go up to the cabin one day while I was there, which was fun.  I wouldn't call the trip overall very fun though.  Declan had fun, which is what I really wanted.  We stayed with Zach's family a few nights while we were there also but of course I didn't take any pictures.  All the pictures I have are from my parent's camera.  Zach's mom and sister, Sara, took me to Boise where we met up with Zach at the end of two weeks.  We have the best families to take the time out of their lives to take care of us!  Thank you all again!

 {He was so excited to see this little patch of snow!  He leaned over and put some in his mouth!  I about threw up.  Zach taught him about eating snow last year and somehow the kid remembers everything!!}

 {Pointing to the BIG puddle!}

 {He walked into a spider web when he was walking into the tee pee and now every time he sees this picture he talks about a spider.  I told ya, he doesn't forget a thing!}

We made it back to Walla Walla just in time for Halloween.  Some friends in our ward invited us over for soup and then we trick or treated around their neighborhood.  Declan was a dragon but he refused to wear his hat with his costume.  He definitely loved ringing the doorbells and getting candy.  Within 2 minutes of putting him in his car seat to go home he fell asleep (it was only 7:30 and he usually goes to bed at 9).  He stayed asleep when we got him out and even while we took his costume off.  It was a great Halloween for all of us!! :)