HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Growing up, carving pumpkins was always something I looked forward to. The excitement started in about mid September and did not leave until we had finished this project, which always occurred the Sunday before Halloween. The hardest part about carving pumpkins was trying to decide what I was going to carve. With my dad's help, I always came out with a pretty cool pumpkin. This tradition still remains alive and last night our family carved pumpkins! Even at my age, I still get that same exciting feeling I have experienced since the age of 2. After convincing my dad to clean out my pumpkin (Which happens every year) and about an hour trying to decide what to do on my pumpkin, I finally made my decision.

Dad

Mom

Josh

James

Lauren

and......

Ashley

The Rohwer Family Pumpkins

Learn how to work car seat....CHECK!

It just hit me the other day that this baby's arrival is just around the corner and we are not ready!! So I put together a to-do list and started checking things off. One of the first items on the list was to take the car seat out of it's box, learn how to use it, put the base in the car, and practice taking it in and out of our car. After about 2 hours of both Josh and I trying to figure it all out, we got the hang of it and feel that we could teach a class on car seats and car seat safety. There is just one slight problem. The seat has to be in the middle of the back seat. Well... my car is really small and by the time you get the seat in the base (which is a process in itself) I can't see out of the back window! What am I supposed to do about that? The only thing I have come up with, is get a new car... ha ha yeah right!

This is the car seat cover I made. I absolutely love this fabric!

Josh putting the base in. After reading the whole car seat manual and our car manual, he is a pro at putting this base in and getting the car seat in and out.

My mother and father in law got us this car seat. You can't see much of it cause it is covered by my cover and the bundle me, but it is so nice! Not only is it one of the best car seats, but it is really cute too. Now we just need a baby to put in inside!

A Not So Sad Goodbye

These couches left our humble abode on Saturday.... and I couldn't be happier! As much as I love the thought of every one of Josh's roommates farting on the couch, some making out on the couch, and Jay eating a whole big can of Chili on the couch.... well let's just say it was an easy goodbye! I can't help but feel a little bad for the couches right now. I vacuumed, fluffed and sprayed febreeze on these beauties for 2 years!

37 weeks and moving!

I am 37 weeks! I never thought this day would come. I went to the Dr. today and I have not progressed at all! So... I am thinking I am going over due. Oh well, that means for a big healthy baby. Also I just can't have him come yet. We are moving this weekend and I would love nothing more than to be settled before he decides to come. We found a really cute town home in Logan and are excited to make it our home! Wish me luck that my water doesn't break in the middle of moving.

And this is how I feel....

One of the wonderful joys of pregnancy is having to go to the bathroom all the time. Even when I don't have to go, I still feel like I need to. I was sitting in the waiting room at the Dr.'s office this morning and came across this picture in a Reader's Digest. If this was appropriate, this is what I would look like 99% of the time.

I hope this dream never comes true....

I have crazy dreams every night. I have always had weird dreams, but since I have been pregnant they have gotten worse. I have very vivid dreams that seem so real. When I wake up, it takes a few minutes before I realize it was just a dream. A dream I had last night was so real I am still trying to convince myself that it was just a dream. I get very claustrophobic very easily, so this dream was not only bad cause I was pregnant, but because I was stuck! Where was I stuck? In a ride at Disneyland. I was there with my friend Errin. She had convinced me that this roller coaster was ok to go on being pregnant and it would make the baby more daring! The words "keep your arms, legs and all other objects in the cart at all times" kept racing through my head the whole ride as I held on as tight as I could to my belly. When it came time to get out of the ride, the safety restraint bar would not come up because it had got caught under my belly. Errin told me not to panic and she would help me get out. She then proceeded to hold on to the bar and put her feet on my stomach, pulling with all of her strength. I was not going to budge. I was stuck! The person in charge of the ride came over the intercom....."excuse me miss, you need to step back, there are people waiting to ride this ride." Errin tried to talk to the person and explain she was trying to help me cause I was stuck, but they didn't care. The next thing that happened was me looking at Errin down on the ground eating a churro and waving at me while I kept going around and around and around on that darn roller coaster! I woke up in a full body sweat! I have laughed about it all day, and had to write this down. Errin when you read this...... promise me you will never drag me to Disneyland when I am 8 months pregnant, and if you do.... please share your churro :)

Power outage = The closest we will get to "Lost"

Josh and I have been watching the show "Lost" on DVD. Wow it is awesome, but pretty scary! I know it is just a show, but the things that happen to these people on the island make me so grateful I live on civilized land, I am going to have my baby in a hospital, I have all the food and water I need, I have a nice warm bed to sleep in, monsters aren't attacking me, and that I have electricity! Last night our power went out about 8:00 and was out for about 5 hours. It was very exciting and very terrifying! The terrifying part was I instantly thought of "Lost" and was sure that this was not by accident, that someone had done it, the monster was going to get us, and someone was going to die. Then I quickly snapped out of it and the exciting part hit. I pictured me as Kate and Josh as Jack and now everything was ok, because we had to be brave and handle anything that came our way. Well the only thing that came our way was eating a treat by flashlight, and getting in our bed and watching more "Lost." It turns out having no electricity and being in the safety of your home is nothing compared to no electricity on an unknown island. It was a fun night and one that will always be remembered!