Over the weekend we went to a Halloween Church event that our new neighbors invited us to. It was a lot of fun! The kids walked around in a circle and got to do carnival games to earn treats. The other weird thing was I ran into someone I knew in college who was also invited by my neighbors…small world! We are all going trick or treating on Friday with our kids which should be a fun time. I'm glad we're finally meeting some people around here.
Today Mason and I went to the zoo with my friend Meghan and her daughter Charlotte and son Jack. The winter animals were loving the weather today! The kangaroos were going wild and so adorable! Mason was within 2 feet of a mama kangaroo and her joey. His favorite exhibit is definitely the prairie dogs though. He just giggles and says "doggies eat apples hehe". We love going to the zoo with our season pass. It's a little exhausting physically doing it at 8 months pregnant and lifting him in and out of his stroller, but worth it to see him so happy!
Tomorrow Mason gets to dress up and pass out treats to his library group. The kid is literally OBSESSED with Halloween! All day he talks about it and he begs me to talk him for walks around the neighborhood to see all the decorations. It's pretty adorable! It's funny how cartoons, commercials, and stories can really get a kid excited for holidays.
Tomorrow I have my 30.5 week appt. I don't think it'll be very exciting but I am going to talk to my doctor about some pains I've had the past week or so. My braxton hicks are way more intense than they were with Mason so they may check to make sure i'm no dilating. I feel for the most part good right now though! I will update you this weekend and let you know how it goes.
I know I've talked about this before, but I am proud of myself for being more positive the last few months. It's almost been 2 years since I lost my mom and I look back the past couple years and realize how much of a sad place I was in. I know my mom wouldn't want me to ever be in that place, and I try hard to be as positive as I can! My heart still hurts, I still get sad and cry over dumb things, and I pray that my mom is somewhere watching over us, but I am finally in a place where I can start to think of her and smile and not completely break down in tears. I don't think I'll ever feel like the "old" Christi ever again….but I am a stronger, kinder, more forgiving person since this has happened to me. I see things a lot differently now and don't sweat the small stuff as much. I also feel like the most important thing in life is just being happy! Whenever people get mad over little things or upset with people over something small I want to shake them…because life is too short to be bitter or mad! Be happy and make others happy along the way.
I want to leave you with some photos. Some of you may have already seen on instagram (sorry!). I will use my camera this weekend to take some fun photos of Halloween festivities. xoxo
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