Halloween!..it is coming!

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Well her are our pumpkins this year. I really do have the best husband in the whole world! I really enjoyed seeing him carve the pumpkins. I really didn't do anything except keep Annabelle safe and away from the knives. It was just nice to be able to sit back, relax and enjoy the show. Annabelle didn't really like touching the inside of the pumpkins, but I am sure she won't mind as she gets older. I was going to save the pumpkin seeds, but we decided that we weren't that ambitious this year, and maybe we would be next year. This past weekend was the trunk or treat at church, but we missed it because pur precious little one was sick, so halloween pictures will have to be

October 16, 2012..my 31st bday!

Well today is my birthday and I am now 31. Whoa! If I switch the numbers around then I am only 13. Maybe 31 isn't bad because being a teenager was not easy at all. I really do enjoy the freedom I have now as an adult, but it was sure nice to be a kid with the amazing parents I have! I don't know how they did what they did or put up with what they did for me.! The older I get  more I realize just how blessed I was to be born under the covenant with the fullness of the gospel on my lap. I am grateful that my parents stuck to their testimonies, covenants and love for themselves and God. I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for them and my grandparents. I always felt a little special cuz I was able to share this day with one of my grandmas. I wrote on my facebook page because today was and still is our day even though we are separated by a veil. I said "Thinking about my Grandma on our special day. Missing her. Happy memories. Happy tears even though I admit it has been 6 long years. Happy Birthday Grandma Reimer! We will have a great day today together!" 
 I still have the birthday cards both sets of grandparents sent me and it brings me me joy to see their handwriting. I am reminded of their love for me. Simple act and I am glad I saved them over the years. I did cry happy tears for memories this day has brought and every year I feel her presence for just a moment. It lets me know that she still is aware and is nearer than I realize. I was serious when I said we would have a great day together and we did. 

  I took Annabelle to her first dentist appointment and felt soo blessed to have found such an amazingly friendly Dentist and staff! She had no cavities!! Yeah! She behaved wonderfully to the point that I think she enjoys attention like that! I probably have a little girl that will enjoy pedicures and such, which I can one day use as bonding time!

 After that we went to pick up Caleb and then went to the grocery store for dinner. Annabelle insisted she buy me flowers, so that is what they did for me on my day. You can see them below! I love getting flowers especially from my husband and children. It makes me feel happy whenever I look at them. Here are some pictures of them. We watched the Presidential debate before taking the first official pregnant pictures of me carrying Brigham!  Right now I am 24 weeks aka 6 months pregnant! and I keep telling myself that I am not as big as I feel! I know that I will get bigger and hopefully it will just be baby. I want a big healthy baby, but i don't want to be big with him! You know what I mean? Well that was my day. It was really great not having to work and just relax with the ones I love!

Our Baby Boy!-Dearest Brigham Joel

Our Dearest Baby Boy!,

       Brigham Joel Sims. I want you to know how much you are loved by us and your sister Annabelle. We have prayed for you for a very long time! I must say that Annabelle said one day out of the blue "I want a sibling!" I think she was about 18 months. It was as clear as night and day! She loves babies and is soo kind and caring. She just has a natural instinct when it comes to babies and we think that she will be a great big sister! Love her and protect and be an awesome big little brother! I do not know if I did a letter for Annabelle when I was pregnant. I can't guarantee anything like that these days and this includes pictures of me and updates with being pregnant with you. All I can say is that I have been lazy etc when it comes to updating my blog I like to call my journal. Heck I got prego with you in May and my last update here was Dec 11. See! I just get over whelmed and my hopes are that I will do this thing more as I am a bit board with the 4 websites I visit obsessively, which is why I haven't done this pinterest thing that is popular right now. I just would like to focas on this more and less on the other 4 sites! 

       Anyways let me do my best in telling you how you became you and some of our feelings! We have always wanted you in our life! We picked all of our kids names out when we were dating. Annabelle's never changed. Yours was going to be Jacob Joel, but we didn't like how it would be shortened to Jake, so it was changed to Brigham. We try to pick out names that would be cute shortened or played with if you didn't like it! Brigham is just such an awesome name and it sounds soo very nice next to Joel. You are named after your father and grandfather! Both men are pretty amazing in my book and you would do well in life if you used them as role models. I know that you are meant to be in our lives. You are filling a hole in our lives and in our hearts, so thank you for coming! We could not bear the hole in hearts any longer and you are coming at the time our Heavenly Father wants you too. I am glad that I can be an instrument in Gods hands in providing you a body. It is soo awesome that we followed His plan! Having a body is what we have always wanted because it is one more step closer to being like our Heavenly Father and Savior. Luckily we can we repent of our mistakes so that we can enter His presence again. We hope and pray that we will al make the proper choices that will allow us to partake in the blessing of being an eternal family. 

       When we found out that we were pregnant we somewhat shocked. I kept repeating "oh my heck!," to the point where I don't even know how many times I said it. It was a little bit more difficult to get pregnant with your sister and the process was just plain emotional. I pleaded for you kids in my prayers and promised my Heavenly Father that I would do my very best in teaching you His ways, so that you would return to him. I wanted to be an instrument in providing a body to someone that would help build up the Kingdom of God on earth. We have the restored gospel in our home and what better place to send wanted and desired child than to us. It just made sense to me, so that is what has given me hope and has strengthened my testimony as I wait for you to come. It is all in Gods time and He knows best we just have to humble ourselves as we put our trust in him. You are an answer to our prayers and we will praise God forever for you. You are a special gift from God and we love you! I feel like I am being guided by the spirit as I write this letter/journal entry. I hope it helps someday. It is too you, but also to Annabelle in some aspects. 

   Being pregnant with you was like being pregnant with Annabelle. I have been sick, but it has been manageable. I enjoy being pregnant, but I don't enjoy the weight gain or the comments I get about it. I hope and pray that you are well and healthy and that I am giving you everything you need. You are an active little baby! You like to kick and stretch out! You have found your favorite spot and I know this because this special spot you claimed is sore all the time! Grow baby grow! When we we found out we were having a boy I was shocked. My "oh my heck" occurred again! The lady that did the ultrasound had a difficult time getting pictures of you cuz you were just soo active. Maybe that phrase will stick around with you...who knows?!!! I am starting to get used to the idea of raising a boy from Mars! haha : )!! Its kinda weird for me since I grew up with girls and I was 12 when my brother was born. My amazing parents didn't have me raise him or my sisters, but I guess I helped a little bit. Not enough to be prepared for you though! So I say you are from Mars and you father says I am crazy, but hey he is from Mars too! We love you Brigham! and we can't wait to see you after you have completely baked!

Thank you....

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to everyone who has been soo kind to Annabelle this year for Christmas! We really appreciate the gifts you have given us. Because of our angels we have been able to get what Annabelle needs the most and that is storage for her toys. We find it funny that she does not like her room a mess. It really does overwhelm her and she doesn't know where to start, so she was really thrilled to see this shelving unit and tubs go under her bed. As I was putting toys away I was trying to come up with some that I could put away and luckily for her this is not  possible. All of her toys are ones that she will play with for months and years to come and we can add

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to them. She is such a girly girl and is really into the tea set, baby dolls, little people and kitchen items. When we first had her I was a tad nervous that toys wouldn't come, but oh they have come on the obvious days throughout the year. Thank you. Thank you for adding to her collection and imagination! We are so grateful! Thank you and we love you! This year for Christmas she received a cabbage patch doll, princess tent and dress up clothes, little people set, food, leap frog ipad, kitchen food, grocery cart, clothes, games, books, and this storage stuff! I was teasing her that now she is ready for her own place since she has everything for an

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apartment. She gave me a weird look when I said it soo serious! :) I don't know why she didn't believe me! I can't believe our bundle of joy will be 2 in a couple of weeks! oh how the time has flown.