October was a busy month for us. We celebrated my birthday having brunch with friends at our house which ended up being a lot of fun with the toddlers running around. We we're lucky to have both Grandma Susan and Grammy Sharon come visit us and spend time with Mr. Keelan. We also got to attend Todd's Grandfather Eric's 90th birthday party in Seattle! Keelan got to see loads of family that he hasn't seen in quite a while including Aunt Heidi and her fiance Dennis, Todd's cousin Chet and his wife Sally and kiddos, Grandpa Bruce and Grammy Sharon, Todd's uncle Steve and his wife Janny, Aunt Catherine, and of course Great Grandpa Eric and Great Grandma Ruth. We stayed at a nice hotel and all the youngin's went swimming together. Unfortunately for me, I was quite sick over that weekend/week and spent most of the time in bed, so didn't really participate in the festivities :-( When we got home Grammy Sharon hung out with us for a whole week! Which was super helpful cause I was a sick preggo lady who even had to take antibiotics, ick. Halloween was a lot of fun with Grammy Sharon, we went to a 'candy free' kids fair dressed as a chicken family and a gypsy - didn't last too long their but Keelan loved it. He also LOVED passing out candy and trick-or-treating. He kept saying "More houses!!". My favorite line of the night was when he answered the door and said, "Halloween Chicken!" to the trick-or-treaters. It was pretty cute! We traded his tiny bag of candy for grapes, he didn't mind at all. The couple days after Halloween Keelan had a low grade fever and was under-the-weather but thankfully it didn't last long and he didn't end up like his Mama.
Now, at 32 weeks pregnant, I'm anticipating the holidays which mark the last handful of weeks before this new baby boy arrives! Auntie/sister Sarah is going to come for almost a whole week for Thanksgiving, taking a break from med school in Yakima, Hooray! I'm really excited for her to have a lot of time off and hang out with us. My Mom is planing on coming to Bellingham for a whole month when baby boy comes and my sister will come back for Christmas to celebrate and help out too. So, there's a good chance we'll have three capable adults (NOT including myself) in the house when this baby arrives, that would be the best Christmas/holiday present EVER! Keelan needs the entertainment/support, that is for sure.
