Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We went to Kamas, UT to my Aunt Vera and Uncle Darcy's home with much of the Kunz side of my family and had a wonderful meal and super fun company. We played the "name game", a little bit of "Hand and Foot" while a bunch of the group went to see Harry Potter, all before heading out to some 10pm Black Friday shopping at the Park City outlets. Ok, so I've never been there before and of course it was great because of all the sales, but even without, those outlets are awesome! Thanks again to Rachel for navigating our way around to all the good stores- we would have been lost without you (and also thanks again for letting us crash at your place :)) Don't have a single picture to show for it, but I had an awesome time with the girls who came too: Jennie, Millie, Rachel, Heidi, and Ivy Ellen. I got way more than I anticipated, while staying under budget! Mill and I went to Soda the next day with Halle and Sophie, while the boys all came back home to Blackfoot. We chilled at my parents house with my brother Quinten, and got ready to have a fun baby shower for Jennie and her baby boy on Saturday morning. I got to see good friends and family there as well.

This is a very mish-mashed post, full of pretty random stuff.

Haylie Dotson and Halle only 5 weeks apart in age. Haylie's mom, Jenni, is a friend of mine from dental hygiene school and now we work at the same office part time- so much fun- but we don't get these girls together often enough!

Our little "Butterfly Fairy". She wasn't so sure about being a fairy because she didn't really know what they were, but she loves her butterfly shirts, so butterfly it is.

Grandpa Corey and Grandma B with Halle and Sophie

Halle LOVES the little family of dolls (one in each hand and her pockets) she got from Grandma Sandy for her birthday...Oh and she loves Grandma Sandy :) Such a cheeser!

Now for some pregnant pics: While pregnant with Halle, I felt so awkward with my changing body, the weight gain (oh the weight gain, ugh!), plus the fact that I didn't want anyone at school to know about it until I had passed clinic (lots of career oriented instructors- didn't want them to think I had a weakness ;)) made me less than enthusiastic to track my progress of the whole process. This time, being under much less stress and knowing what to expect has made this pregnancy so much easier and enjoyable-ish.

I took a bunch of pictures the first trimester...but they pretty much all look the same- no change, so then when things started changing, I kind of quit taking pictures. Whoops.

End of Sept. About 22-23 weeks

Comparing baby bellies about 26 weeks

Oh this picture is priceless! The look on her face as she so willingly poses for her "baby belly" picture plus her saggy diaper exposing her little hip bones. I LOVE THIS GIRL SO MUCH! Can't wait to find out what her little sister is like :)

My reaction after seeing the last picture on the camera after Lonny took it. I couldn't stop laughing and this picture makes me laugh every time I see it, like she's looking down to see what is so funny!

I actually have a photo from this very week, and it has been imported and I can see it in my photos, I can see it when I go to upload photos onto Facebook, but when I try to upload it here, it just doesn't exist. Dang. Well, I will tell you this much... a lot has changed in 5 weeks from 26 to 31 weeks :)

Miss Halle June had her 2nd birthday on Monday, October 11, and I am so amazed, proud, and in love with who she is becoming. She has quite a personality, which includes a whole lot of drama queen, but she keeps us smiling so it's all ok. She speaks pretty well already, but from week to week I'm surprised at how many more sentences I'm starting to realize she is saying.

Lately every time I cough or sneeze, she'll stop whatever she's doing (including barking like a dog) to say, "Ya k, mom?" And I tell her, "Yeah, I'm ok Hal" and she just goes back to her little world. Makes me laugh every time!

• She loves her cousin Sophie, gives her hugs and kisses all day, and still calls her "baby" so I think it might be a bit confusing for her to understand that there is a baby in my belly because Sophie is getting so big.
• She has been sleeping in a twin bed for a few weeks now and I am SHOCKED at how well she transitioned. In the mornings and after her naps she will sit and call my name until I come get her instead of just coming out- which I love- but I'm pretty sure she just doesn't want to give up her binky any sooner than she has to because she knows she can only have it during nap and bedtime- but that's working well for us too.
• She loves her morning Gogurt "gucker"
• Wears shoes to bed almost every night, but we love going to peek on her and just take them off
• WILL NOT wear socks or jackets- it's been a rough transition from summer to fall :)
• Has a pretty major sweet tooth, so thank goodness she loves to try flossing whenever she sees me floss and lets me brush her teeth most of the time.
• Also loves hot dogs still and lately I've been making lots of soup and she is a big fan.

Here are a few pictures since I have been so bad at posting new stuff for such a long time now.

Just snackin'

Best buddies

Kunz cousins: Payson, Sophie, Halle

Learning to floss...

Trying so hard to get her swimsuit on :)

We got just a "taste" of Bear Lake this summer...looks delicious, right?

We LOVE this girlie!

I really have attempted to blog...recently even. I've been too lazy for about 6 months now to figure out how to get our photos resized on this Mac (which I love) so they will upload onto blogger. As you may have noticed, my posts for at least 6-7 months have been picture-less, though I really have a GORGEOUS little Halle who I would love to share with you. But alas, I am once again just leaving something quick without figuring things out.

Just thought you'd like to know that this little babe we are expecting in January is another GIRLY GIRL and I am so excited for Halle to have a little sister!

Have a great day- I'm off to stay in a MANSION in Jackson until Sunday with my office...yeah, we're that cool!

Jesse

......is that how it goes?