Ghost suckers that "GG" was handing out. Ellie loved it!
Joel got nominated for the Pie eating contest. Lets just say he wasn't feeling too hot after scarfing down a whole pumpkin pie, ha!
Grandpa Great was one of the judges and was cheering Joel on the whole time. What a trooper!
Our little Tigger (Bryn) and Witch (Ellie)
Every Halloween my moms side of the family gets together at my Aunt Carolyn's house to carve pumpkins. We had such a good time this year and Ellie was sooo excited for the "party". She picked out this skeleton to "help" carve, but didn't do much helping. Apparently the inside of a pumpkin is really gross and there were too many other things going on for her to sit still for too long. Sure enough I ended up carving the pumpkin, again, but hey, I had fun doing it:)
All bundled up!
My little helper had to be right in the mix helping me do EVERYTHING!
Ah, how relaxing!
Welcome the newest member to our family...
Labor went relatively well. Started out by having minor contractions that didn't hurt, but were pretty regular, so Joel and I decided to head to the hospital around 7:00 p.m. on the 14th (my actual due date). Once we got to the hospital I was dilated to a 4 and almost 100% effaced. The nurses got me all set up with I.V.'s and the count down was on. When I was at a 5, the anesthesiologist suggested I get my epidural now since my water could break at any moment, and once it did, my contractions would really start coming. So I did, and boy was it a different experience from when I had Ellie and didn't get my epidural til 2min. before she arrived. Ha! Crew did get a little stressed at this point, but all turned out well. Once I got to a 5 1/2 it was only a matter of minutes before I was already at a 9... I guess I progress pretty quickly. No one was expecting this and before we knew it Crew was ready to come and my doctor hadn't even arrived to the hospital yet. I was a little nervous, but I had an amazing nurse who was able to deliver him. Once I was in position, he just kind of fell out, I didn't even push. Someone was a little eager to get to earth, ha! Poor Dr. Beck showed up just in time for clean up duty :)
This was the night of my Due date. October 14th. Still no baby :) Any day now, I cant tell you how ready I was for our little guy to come. The count down is on!
Ellie has decided she likes to read books All By Herself before she goes to bed at night. She must get that from seeing Joel and I reading in bed at nights on occasion. Anyways I went into her room after a few minutes and this is what I found. I thought it was so cute. This book must have really exhausted her. 
Our little Cow Girl!
Enjoying the beautiful weather. It was so nice!
Ellie and Billy
Our little cow girl got to ride a horse all by herself. Joel was a nervous wreck the whole time, Ha! Jason was nice enough to take El on quite the horse ride. Ellie could have gone around and around all day if we would have let her. She kept saying she wanted to go faster and kicking the horse on the sides, luckily for us her kicks weren't hard enough to have an effect and she was riding a really good horse. :)
Being 8 months pregnant in the middle of August is definitely not something I would recommend. With the temperatures being high and a little humidity, I told Joel I needed to get away and enjoy some cooler weather. We were fortunate enough to visit Joel's older bro and family in Joseph City, AZ once again and escape some of the heat. Not to mention have a little fun too! Thanks again Jason and Family, Its always fun spending time with you guys! 
Its always so much fun getting together with family. All of us girls were able to get together for my Aunt Carolyn's birthday and have a nice lunch.
One of Ellie's favorite things to do at the "Farm" is feed the chickens. She absolutely loves the way the chickens follow her and come running when she calls for them.
