First Halloween in New House

You cannot imagine how excited Jason was for this. He planned for weeks what was going to be outside, what kind of candy to give, etc. We forgot to take a picture of the house, but we had cobwebs kids had to walk under to get to the front door, scary screams playing from the windows, and a strobe light in the front room. Unfortunately, it rained for the first time in weeks right on Halloween, at 5:00pm. So, our beautifully-spun cobwebs looked like wet cotton candy on the bushes and not many kids came out. It finally quit raining around 6:30 or 7:00, so we did get to see some of the older kids. Jason was enjoying it as much as they were, I think. Anyway, here are our pumpkins we carved!

Childbirth classes

Tonight we started Childbirth Classes! We're taking them at St. Luke's hospital, where we'll be delivering. It's an 8-week course (2 hours/night, once/week) that covers labor, delivery, breathing, infant care, and breastfeeding. And believe it or not, of the 24 COUPLES in the class, we are the ONLY ones who didn't find out if they were having a boy or a girl!!

Trip to Seattle

Many friends who have kids already said that we should take one last trip together before they baby arrives, so we headed to Seattle, WA for five days. We've decided since we live in Houston, October is the perfect time of year for us to take a vacation and go somewhere with fall weather. Early October is about the "breaking point" for us, when we expect fall weather but it's still 90 and humid in Houston. The weather was great in Seattle, and we had a hotel only 4 blocks from Pike's Place Market! The other pic is from the top of the Space Needle.