I just love Halloween. And nothing says it more than dressing up your child in cute costumes! This year Karson was an adorable pumpkin. After searching for months for a Spongebob Square Pants costume (my son is in love with spongebob), I finally gave up and decided Karson could still pull off the sweet, cute pumpkin outfit. Surprisingly, he was quite happy in wanting to wear the costume and even kept it on the whole night. The best part is taking him trick-or-treating. At first, he was hesitant to approach any door--I think he thought I was dropping him off there to be babysat. After a couple of times of knocking doors, he sure got the hang of the idea. Once he realized they were putting candy in his bucket, he looked at me and said, "Niiicccceeee." He then dashed up the porch to the next house. After he got more candy, he then said, "More, mama, more..." and off he quickly went to the next house. He was in heaven. Of course, afterwards he got to devour his candy and he discovered that he loves starbursts & skittles. I couldn't complain either because after having been denied chococlate for months (due to morning sickness), I sure pigged out on 
all his candy!
Pregnancy can be an exciting time in one's life or an unexpected hardship that one must endure. Unfortunately, the onset of pregnancy has done many cruel things to my body the past 3 months. This is why I have not written in such a long time because this baby has drained everything out of my body. I won't go into all the details I have experienced, but I definitely had horrible morning sickness with this baby. With Karson's pregnancy, I had the normal nausea & vomiting and thankfully, it only lasted until 12-13 weeks. I was hoping with my second pregnancy, I would somehow be lucky enough to skip the whole sickness altogether. Such naive thinking on my part. I was sick all day long, threw up at least 3-10 times a day, and only slept about 4 hours a night. On top of it all, I got to be bless by the plague of the Oklahoma Flu! I literally thought I was going to die. I had to go to the Emergency Room because I was not able to hold any food or liquid down for over 24 hours and supposedly this bacteria was only supposed to last for 48 to 72 hours at the most. WRONG! For a normal human being, yes it did. For a sick pregnant woman, it lasted 3 weeks. All I could do was lay in bed for weeks on end. Poor Bryce, literally, had to do 'most of everything' for those weeks. Thankfully, smells are starting to smell good again and I can eat breakfast & lunch. Dinner is still in question to this day but is getting better. And yes, I count down every day until this will all pass. Which, in a few days, I will be 15 weeks along. It has far exceeded Karson's pregnancy, but I still have hope. I should be about 95% better here within a week. It wasn't until recently, I could actually sit down at a computer longer than 2 minutes--so, this is why I have not written in quite a long time!We are excited to be expecting and my due date is May 11th. Karson does seem excited to have another sibling. We will find out in December what we are having. What a nice Christmas present!
all his candy!
