SURPRISE BABY SHOWER!!!

So the other day my friend Rachel asks me to go out and have a girls day out with her and that she would pay for everything! I was a little shocked because I dont like people paying for me but I went anyways I knew I needed it! Got all dolled up and we went out to Olive Garden for lunch and then got our toe nails painted! Relaxed on of those amazing chairs got our self a nice rub down! Loved it! While we were out I had no clue that my wonderful loving husband was running around the house trying to put together a surprise baby shower for me with all of our friends and my mother's help! The girls day was a way to get me out of the house. Weeks of planing this and I for once had no clue! haha When we got home I saw a million and two people in my back yard coming down the road but when we got to the house everyone had disappeared. Went to go walk into my house from the side kitchen door and noticed things were a little off lol the door to the rest of the house was shut! I opened it up and everyone yelled surprise! Total shock! Jeff had decorated, gotten a cake, and our living room was filled with gifts. The cutest decorations everywhere and our friends had cooked out for us and made some really good food! Never felt so loved in my life, best Saturday ever! Gotta give my Husband Jeff props for keeping it from me and coming up with the idea I love him so much! Im such a lucky girl to have him! We had a blast and got some really good gifts for the baby! Thank you again to everyone who helped and sent a gift! I love you all!

HALLOWEEN

We had a blast during Halloween! Kids carved pumpkins went to the fair at the park and trick or treating! Mallory was little mermaid and Landon was bumble bee from transformers Lots of candy this year! Kids even slept in their outfits after tick or treating! Walking around all night was a little hard on mommy and the baby but it was still fun to see the kids having a blast! 

Baby Zoo

Look what came in the mail today! Way excited and it looks better then i thought it would when I saw it on the computer! The colors are just what I wanted. I was worried they would be too light! But they are perfect! It will go with everything else I picked out and my wonderful mommy reminded me of the Noah's Ark basket and pull toy set from my child hood that would go perfect with it! Going to be the best Baby's nusry ever! lol on another note I found a way to keep me from being in a bad mood. Open up the diapers I started to buy and just hold one they are so small and cute!

Oh yes Chance had to be the first to try it out!

newborn size so cute I cant get enough lol I wont like so much when the are full of poop but oh Save as Draftwell lol!

Getting Ready!

So a little early gift from my Parents for the baby! Found on Craig's list for $200 all together very excited and happy! White Crib, Changing table and Rocker with stool! Didn't come with a mattress but we already had one and the cushion on the rocker just needs to be replace easy fix! Little things like this makes it so much more real for me and I'm loving it and getting more and more excited!

Cant wait to add more pics when we start getting more stuff to add to it! But we have a lot of time so no rush I want to enjoy every bit of this!

Kicking 24/7

So now that the baby is starting to kick more and more it got me thinking the other night. I can pin point the first day and what I was doing when I first felt the little life inside me! At the time because this is my first i wasn't sure if it was the baby but I'm more then a million times positive now that it was. Sat Aug 28th would be the day. Jeff and I were laying down of the couch taking a nap and I felt it right above my belly button. I couldn't sleep because I just kept thinking about it and got up to clean the kitchen and make Jeff's birthday cake for the next day.
  As I thought about this the other night and was talking to Jeff about it right there and then it just hit me what  the day Aug 28th meant to me. Two years before on that day I lost an amazing person in my life a big part of my heart. My Grandma Farris left this earth to a better place to be with my Grandpa and watch over us! I know now more then ever that this was a sign from her letting me know she is still with me everyday! Even if I don't see it right away and look back on it weeks later and realize it, she is still apart of my everyday life and I love her so much for I feel she showed me a gift that day...a day that will always be hard for me but now I have a little something to make me smile for years to come on Aug 28th!

I love you Grandma I miss your voice and laughter so much but I'm so happy your apart of my life and watching over my little family I know we are safe with angles like you and Grandpa up there! Sugars!!!!

Yummy Pumpkin Cookies!!

Just made a really good batch of pumpkin cookies!

1 cup oats
2 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter (2) sticks
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside. Beat butter and sugar in large mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in pumpkin, eggs and vanilla extract. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts and oats. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto prepared baking sheets. Add halloween spinkles if you dare!

Bake for 11-12 min or until edges are lightly browner.

***I leave out the nuts bc of the kids but they are so good and fluffy! Love them!

 

Baby either likes or is kicking me a lot to stop eating either way Im happy bc I havent felt the little bug kick in the middle of the day yet and right now its playing kick ball with my belly button!

Baby Registry!!!!

Okay Baby registry(s) have been started. People have been asking but I've been waiting for Jeff to get home so we can do it together. Not much listed yet but once Jeff gets home we will go have fun and fill the thing up with the nifty scanning gun thing they give you! Im sure I wont be aloud to touch only Jeff will be So Target and Babies R Us along with Baby Depot are the places we signed up for. Only thing listed right now is online stuff. In a few weeks we will do in store stuff! Register under Krista or Jeff Foster and the due date is Feb 7, 2011 El Paso, TX 79906

   I will update more once Jeff returns home next week so maybe next weekend we will get out there and add more! That is the stuff we are going with the colors will match my house! Clothing neutral color but anything with supper hero stuff is a must boy or girl lol...our family secretly fights crime and this little one will join the family as well! Anything punk rock or skulls or even Lynyrd Skynyrd cant go wrong there! I also take handy downs over anything!

*****10/6/2010 up date...its all done and ready to shop now!

BIG IDEA!

There is a cute little store here on base that sales all kinds of little crafty things. One lady sales her home made ACU bags there and I found this one and picked it up. She also makes diaper bags for $40.00 and will take special orders...so big idea I got! One thing Jeff asked was that I not get a diaper bag that he wont want to carry around. No Winnie the Phoo he said or all bright pink if its a girl lol! So maybe this will be an idea? She can put army brat on it or something. She also puts the velcro on it so you can add your own name tag! Something to show Jeff for sure when he gets home...he might not want to wear ACU stuff when he doesn't have to lol!

20 Weeks and Counting

So yesterday September 23 I had my 20week ultrasound. Baby looks great and is moving a lot they said. Funny because I don’t and can’t really feel much yet. The baby is facing my back so that could be why. Heart and all the inside parts are there so that good. Got to see the heart ticking! 155 beats per minute. Still pretty shy wouldn’t let us see the face and give us a smile yet. Still holding strong and we are not going to find out the sex! We have one boy and one girl now so we aren’t really pushing for one or the other! Jeff is working so much so he couldn’t join me and I don’t want to know without him there. So the big day Jeff will announce it to everyone if it’s a boy or a girl! We already have a boy and girl name picked out. Boy will be Gabriel Jack Foster and girl will be Zoie Paige Foster. First names we picked out and both like middle names...Jack is after my grandpa and Paige is my middle name!
   Otherwise all in all mommy and baby are doing great. Starting to really show now plus it is really sinking in that it’s all happening. Jeff's been gone for most of the month of September and should be home next week sometime. Things are just going to get better from here on out once he is home more to enjoy it with. Plus they said in a week or two times I should be able to feel just about everything and Jeff should too! So he won’t miss that which I was really worried about!

Little Intro!

We call it Foster's February Babies because Landon's and Mallory's birthdays are in the month of Feb. Our newst little bun in the oven's due date is also in February! Hopefuly it doesnt fall on the same day as Landon's or Mallory's but we will just have to wait and see! Hope to give updates on here about the kidos and baby news as my belly grows! Check back for I am bored with no cable and plan on updating this offten!