This year for Halloween we had our usual festivities of chili, It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, plenty of candy, and trick-or-treating, and our friends the Tharps joined us! It will be even more fun next year when we have THREE kiddos big enough to trick-or-treat... and harder to keep up with! This year, Abbey was our only trick-or-treater, since Lauren is only 11 weeks old.
This afternoon we all went to the Arboretum with a friend of ours (Chris) and his daughter Zoe. We had so much fun! We also ran into Josh, Amy, and Aidan, Amy's sister Megan and her twins, and Amy's parents. What a day!
Chris of course documented the occasion well, and even got a few good 37 week belly pics in... have a look!
Max and Mommy at (one day before) 37 weeks! 
Surprise! Abbey loved the Alice in Wonderland house at the Arboretum
She had fun crawling through all of the tiny doorways and windows
We don't know what she saw, but it looks fun!
Aidan and Abbey sharing a hug
We don't normally make faces like this for pictures, but we were trying so hard to get Abbey to smile! Didn't really work...
Abbey's pumpkin
Abbey and Zoe
Our sweet girl
Look at that precious face! Three men around one baby finger is a lot, but she's managed to do it well!
Daddy
Pops (Bop)
Grandpa (Beebop)A few weeks ago, our Community Group (Bible study group) threw us a surprise baby "sprinkle", and it was so much fun! The girls made up that term, because it was a small gathering, or sprinkle, instead of a large gathering, or shower. Cute and clever! Annnnnnnnddd.... knowing my love for Sprinkles cupcakes, they had the perfect "sprinkle" dessert for us!
The surprise! Clearly, Chris was in on it :)
Sign complete with airplanes!
Dining room where we ate an amazing lasagna Tyler made
The Sprinkles cupcakes Adrienne made and decorated- yum!!
Reading the card (although I couldn't keep my mind off of that bottle of Dreft, and thinking about when I could use it... the cleaning "need" is getting out of hand!!)
We got our pack and play!! Our group is so generous, and we were truly surprised and grateful! 
Happy parents of an already loved baby Max! The last item showed up, and Max's room is finally finished! I'm a little bummed, since this was my "project", and now I have other un-fun projects to do. At the same time... I'm 35 weeks today, and thrilled to have his room ready for him! We appreciate the continued prayers for the safe arrival of our baby boy!
I love it!
It was (thankfully) much bigger than we thought it would be, and fits perfectly! The picture was an online only item, and we didn't bother looking at the measurements... worked out well for us! I like to think I get the house cleaner and more organized every day... I've kept our house free of dirty dishes and laundry for WEEKS now, I've kept a consistently neat and tidy living space, I constantly pick up after everyone who sets foot in our house (not at all annoying, I know!), and I've developed an even deeper love for the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (post from two years ago, when I was pregnant with Abbey). I had been waiting on Max's shower, however, to do any of his laundry... drum roll please... all of his laundry has been done, his room is clean an organized, and most of the decorations are up! I'm waiting on one tiny thing, and it should arrive from Pottery Barn Kids tomorrow!
I posted some pictures before, but here are new and improved pics of Baby Max's room:
His name is up!! Chris did an awesome job :)
The small shelf on the left is new, and it has Where the Wild Things Are propped on it; for the record, no, the Max from the book is not his namesake... just a cute coincidence
The shelf in the corner is from our living room. It was sitting there empty, so today, I dragged it into the nursery, confiscated Abbey's (now empty, since she's not a "baby" anymore) baby baskets from her changing table (now toy table), and voila! Max now has storage! Also, note the new sign above the window (I Love You to the Moon and Back). 
View of most of the room from the doorway- I love it! I had a GREAT time at my baby shower for Max! Since I am able to reuse a lot of my baby items from Abbey (except clothes of course...), we had a small shower. Max got so many adorable outfits, diapers, toys, new bottles, blankets, and gadgets that weren't around when I had Abbey. We're so blessed! Here are some pictures from the shower, courtesy of my friend Courtney:
All of the other amazing food Courtney made
Cute decorations, punch, and invitations were done by Candace
