Halloween Highlights!

Halloween Party with the Munn's

Every year, I have made it a tradition to have a big Halloween Party.... but being on bed rest for most of this Halloween season, planning a party was not an option. But, it didn't mean we didn't have a party! Every Halloween as a Munn family, we carve pumpkins together. This year, with the help of my sister in law Sarah and Shayne's grandma, they made a wonderful Halloween meal to make it more of a party.

For dinner they had dragon eyes (deviled eggs), feet of meat meatloaf, tombstone potatoes, bone bread sticks, purple monster goo cottage cheese, chips and dips, and a creepy drink with a frozen green hand in it. It was a delicious meal! Ellie and my two nieces, Kaede and Arisa, loved the thought of eating "monster toes" for dinner!

After dinner, the girls put on blindfolds for "Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin." It was funny to see them playing the game as it was the first time for all of them. Kai and Ellie got really close, but Kaede won the prize Halloween lantern she can use on Halloween night.

Later that night, we carved pumpkins. Every year Shayne picks the hardest one for his pumpkin and carefully spends all night on it. In closing we had icecream cake shaped like a monster head for dessert. It was a really great night full of memories! I love Halloween and I can't wait for the holidays that will follow shortly!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

12 Weeks and Counting!

Today was my 12 week check up. After such a rough start to this pregnancy, I was really nervous for the appointment, and to tell you the truth wasn't truly celebrating this pregnancy until I knew what today's outcome would be. I brought Shayne and Ellie with me to my appointment. Ellie was excited to hear the heart beat.

We decided to hear the heartbeat first. My certified nurse midwife took her fetal heart rate finder and pressed it against my belly. I thought I could hear a heartbeat, but I guess what I was hearing was mine. No baby heartbeat. Of course I was worried, and they scheduled another ultrasound to check on the baby.

After the rest of my appointment was over, we rushed over to the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center for the ultrasound. I was nervous to what we might see, and told Shayne and Ellie to stay outside just in case. My worry was all for nothing though because as soon as she put the ultrasound stick on my belly, we saw the baby and it was kicking, flipping, and moving everywhere. The ultrasound tech said, "that baby is definitely alive!" The heart rate was 167. Measuring at 12 weeks, 3 days. Perfect!

I still have a very small blood clot, but they say it's too small to really worry about. If I don't overdo it, I can resume a normal life again. We are so happy to be 12 weeks now! We're very happy and feel like now we can start planning for our next sweet little baby.