Happy Halloween!

Pirate Pat made his/her first Halloween appearance this past Saturday. I don't know if this will technically count as Pat's first costume, but, well I think it should. I like to think that my first trip abroad happened when I was in Pat's similar condition. Some of you may be wondering why we didn't go with a pirate themed costume, but really... if you're a pirate for 364 days a year (or something closer to 7 1/2 months for this pirate), for Halloween, you want to dress up as something different, right?

You can't, unfortunately, see John's sneakers in these pictures but I can assure you that they still make some pretty awesome, super white hightops these days. If anyone is a size 13 and looking for some new kicks, let us know and I'm sure we can work something out.

Anyway, we're going into the home stretch (or maybe we're in it). Just under six weeks to go! Things appear on track and everything is fine. We're done with our childbirth classes and I think we've read everything we're going to read about pregnancy, labor, birthing, etc. I'm not sure how much retention has occured anyway.
Lots of predicting about Pat's gender has occured but we're prepared either way with names and some neutral clothes.

I hope everyone enjoyed their Halloweens! Check out Liz/Ben's and Beth/Jacob's blogs for some pretty cute pics of lions and dragons.

Sorry...

for the delay in posting. It's been busy around here! We're in the middle of our childbirth classes, three down and three to go. They've been really helpful, I think, with a few wacky moments thrown in there. I've also made a little pair of baby pants and have a pattern for some super cute overalls that I'm hoping to find time to make in the next several weeks.

Here's a 32 week belly shot. Pat's moving around lots in there. He/she is busy and growing right on track.


In other VERY exciting news, our good friends Kate and Wilson welcomed a new member of their family into their lives last week. Hannah is a little peanut but she's adorable and a very good sleeper. Pat's super excited to meet his/her friend. The Pirate tends to kick quite a bit when he/she's visiting with Hannah.