Halloween parties and 36 week check up

On Saturday, our ward had a Halloween party! Jordan was in charge of coordinating all the food and drinks for the party, which I was kind of excited to help with. They had decided on making 11 homemade apple pies and serving apple cider and hot chocolate with them. Luckily we weren't in charge of the apple pies, all we had to do was the drinks. I was thinking... "how hard can making 5 gallons of cider and 5 gallons of hot chocolate be?"

It ended up turning out great, but the process was definitely a challenge. By the end of the day my kitchen had turned into one big sticky, chocolate-y mess! We borrowed 4 crock pots to cook all of the apple cider and I have never seen our kitchen so full!!

After we got all the drinks ready, it was time to change into our costumes and head to the party. I searched and searched for a good costume this year since I was so big and pregnant, I wanted to take advantage of the belly! I don't know if the timing will ever work out like this again so I wanted to use my belly for part of the costume if I could :]

It ended up turning out so fun! Jordan was happy because he got to dress up like a golfer. I made a little outfit to look like golf green for me with a hole cut in the middle for my belly to look like a golf ball sticking through :] We got lots of compliments on our creativity and had a great time at the party!!

And to change the subject completely.... I went to the doctor today for my 36.5 week check up! Unfortunately the doctor had an emergency C section and I just saw the nurse. I found out that the doctor doesn't start checking to see if I'm progressing until I'm 38 weeks!! I am hoping at my next appointment since I will be like 37 and a half weeks, I will be able to just beg him to check me :]

Today I worked on packing my hospital bag and getting everything ready. I hope I have everything I need! I feel like I am prepared... but I guess we will find out here in a few weeks when the little man gets here :] We also installed the car seat today and it made us even more excited! It's crazy to think that we are going to be parents for the rest of our lives!! I can't wait to meet this little guy :]