Colorado Hunt & Erickson Kids

Bret went to Colorado earlier this month with his brothers and dad. They've been planning this trip for a while and they finally drew out. They had high expectations for this hunt and I think they didn't see as many bucks or as big of bucks as they wanted. They still had a great time and everybody but Calvin came home with a deer. I'm glad Bret has a hobby like hunting but I'm always glad when hunting season is over. It seems to last forever and usually means long lonely weekends without him, but I will continue to be the great supportive wife that I am.

I had some extra kids this past weekend. Jill and Bret went to Vegas to celebrate their anniversary. This was their first time leaving their kids together and I was honored they asked me to watch them. Jill has great kids and they're a lot of fun. Cody is easy going, he played computer games and spent a lot of time with aunt Emily and his other cousins, we also had a movie night! Carly didn't stop talking for 3 days straight. Seriously, that girl doesn't shut up, but she's so freakin cute! When Jill got home she asked Carly if I told her to stop talking and Carly said, "you mean settle down". lol. She's so funny. She also told me she colored on her wall and her mom got mad at her. I asked her if she got a spankin and she said, "Amy, thats not even possible." Halle was an angel baby during the day but decided she didn't want to sleep as good as she does for her mom. I think she knew her mom was gone and wanted to help me prepare for a newborn. It wasn't bad though. Halle is probably the easiest baby I've ever seen. She's always so happy and content! Cody is 7, Carly just turned 3, Emmett is almost 2, and Carly is 7 months. The youngest 3 together was my biggest challenge. Nobody should ever have kids that close in age! Carly and Emmett loved playing together but also fought a little bit. Emmett is mean to her which is weird because he is normally the kid that gets picked on. Maybe he senses how nice Carly is, and he takes advantage of her. Anyways, it was a good weekend!

Sweet Halle

Emmett and Carly watching elephants on youtube

Bret and Cody playing Cabelas Big Game Hunter! I wonder if Bret gave Cody a turn???

No pictures of me because Bret never takes my picture. It's ok cause I'm chubby right now. I'll post a pregnancy pic soon!

15 Weeks

Today I had my 15 week pregnancy appointment. Same old story...discussed my nausea, listened to heartbeat :), talked about my SI joint, and I expressed my fears of vericose veins. I pray I never get them. I think I'll keep exercising and stop crossing my legs to increase my chances of NOT getting them. I also had too much sugar in my urine (+4...whatever that means but I guess its as high as goes). Same thing happened when I was pregnant with Emmett. They made me do the 3 hour glucose test and I passed with flying colors. This time I talked him into the 1 hour test and we'd go from there. I'm not nervous at all, infact I feel like its a waste of my time. Better safe then sorry. Also babycenter.com says my baby is the size of an apple and i've gained 5lbs so far.

Halloween

Emmett was a duck for Halloween but he thought he was a chicken. Close enough. We went trick-or-treating to a few houses before the rain came and we got poured on. We booked it for the car. Luckily Emmett could have cared less and didn't mind that we skipped out on more trick-or-treating. I love seeing the kids in their costumes.


Kelsey the cowgirl :)


My embarrassing sisters! I know it was Emily's idea to pretend like they were getting "poured out". Jill would never do that on her own.


Doesn't Max look so cute in his costume? I don't think his dad appreciated that he was a "girl" for Halloween. Great idea Emily!

I wish I had a picture of all the kids in their costumes. Carly was a tinkerbell, Cody an army soldier, James was superman, Katy a BYU cheerleader (darling), Andrew was a phantom. I didn't see Kole, Hailey, or Michael but I'm sure they were cute. We went to see Brinley and Austin, which was the highlight of Emmett's night. He loves those two. Brinley was a 50's girl and Austin a power ranger. Natalie took some cute pictures of the kids and said she'd give them to me...hint hint :)

On a side note, Emily told me that her and Jill were driving up to Salt Lake yesterday and as they passed the prison they talked about what they would do if I were in prison. Interesting topic ... They concluded Jill would come visit me once a week. Emily on the otherhand, would come visit me 3 times a week and re-arrange her life to help me through my "hard time". How sweet is that! They also discussed the questions they would ask me, etc...(but didn't go into the detail about what those questions were. I probably don't want to know) I have some great sisters.