More Fall Fun...and Feeling Better!

So most of you know this from Facebook or real life, but I guess it is safe to put it out there on the blog now too.  Baby Palmer #3 is on the way.  My due date is April 20, which is one day before Morgan's birthday.  I am really hoping this baby stays in there until fairly close to the due date so I can stay home until the end of the year with no docked pay, but my OB already predicted my adjusted due date considering Tessa was almost 3 weeks early and Morgan two.  He said not to plan anything after April 5.  We'll see.  But, I'm sure he or she will come a bit early, just like his/her brother or sister.  All I ask is that the birthday is not the same day as Morgan's.  I'd like them each to have their own special day, though I do fully intend to have a joint family party each year.  

And, that, my friends is probably why my blog has been on the back burner.  I have been SO.DARN.TIRED.  When I am awake, I am a zombie and I fall asleep on the couch pretty much any time I lay down, no matter the time.  Throw in some nausea and it's been a great few months.  The good news is, I am finally starting to feel better.  I made it through the whole weekend without an afternoon nap, though I did crash around 7 on Saturday night and 7:30 on Sunday.  Fortunately at school I have a student teacher right now and he is wonderful!  It has certainly made my school days a bit better and provided me with plenty of time to use the restroom and go to the refrigerator for a snack from my lunch as needed.  Now, on to our weekend!  

We had a lot of fun - park, Costco, celebrated my brother's birthday at my parents' house.  The highlight was probably Sunday afternoon at none other than their favorite spot, Kings Island.  We are loving the family friendly Halloween activities during the day.  Morgan woke up from his nap early, so we were able to make the 3:00 costume contest.  They were thrilled to participate.  Morgan is dressing up like Spiderman:

 And Tessa chose Cinderella.  (At this rate, we may have every single Disney dress at our house, especially if this next one is a girl too).

 We took pony rides (in our costumes...yuck!)

 Isn't this a lovely picture of Tessa?  She was trying to tell me she saw the Peanuts characters on the stage behind us.

 We drove tractors.  Tessa was quite speedy, princess dress and all.

 Morgan's legs weren't quite long enough, so Mommy ended up pushing him through the hay maze.

 And clearly Tessa left us in her dust.

 Then we walked through another corn maze.

 And posed for a photo with Sally.

 Finally, Morgan got to show Tessa the talking pumpkin I wrote about a few weeks ago.  She was equally thrilled to meet it.

We have two weekends of Fall fun before Halloween and are planning to cram as much fun in as we can.  On the agenda for this weekend - our 7th anniversary celebration.  Any suggestions on where we should go for dinner?  I need to think about this one...if only I had some major pregnancy craving other than pizza.  I don't think Dewey's will cut it for our anniversary.

We also plan to hit up HallZooWeen at the Cincinnati Zoo, one of our favorite activities.  One of Tessa's friends invited us to go to Miami for the afternoon on Saturday as well, so we may try to squeeze that in before our anniversary dinner.  The following weekend we have tickets to Disney on Ice with the Polcas and are bringing the younger ones for the first time (and for that matter, the Daddies too).  We also need to squeeze in one last visit to the amusement park part of Kings Island.  I know two little ones who will be sad once they are closed for the season.

And since the pregnany announcement is out there now, anyone have a Bumbo, swing, exersaucer, or jumperoo they'd like to loan the Palmer's for awhile?  We pretty much sold all of our big baby things when we moved to Minnesota since we thought we were done having babies.  Whoops!  Anyways, we'd be forever grateful!  Fortunately we still have our crib, travel system, high chair, and pack and play.  We've borrowed a baby carrier and bouncy seat already.  And Morgan will move into a booster seat by the time this one needs a big kid car seat.  So, not too bad.