The Mendenhalls: Fall 2016

We had a fun fall this year. Things definitely are slower in the fall than summer. We were sad that Rusty had to go back to work when school started.

One day we went to check on Clair during nap time, and we found that she had put all five of her stuffed animals in her white blanket and then put it on her head. We thought it was quite amusing.

I have found Lily playing with my eyeliner several times.

We are excited to say that we are going to have another baby! My due date is February 18th, and it's going to be another girl. I think we both thought it was going to be a boy, but we're happy to have another girl. We're all ready to go with girl clothes, blankets, and toys. Claire and Lily are excited. I don't know how much they really understand, but they both like to point to my belly and say there's a baby in there.

20 weeks on October 1st.

Our best picture of the girls to announce we are pregnant.

Claire and Lily loved playing in the leaves this fall. All of our trees are pretty small, but they still loved any leaf pile.

One day a couple weeks before Halloween, Lily, Kristen, and Claire found some Halloween costumes and then went trick-or-treating to me parents.

Lily sneaked into my pajama drawer and ran away with my pants. I found her in her room trying to put them on.

Claire thought it would be a great idea to put on all her puffy skirts at the same time.

Lily wanted me to take her picture, but every time I did she kept closing her eyes on purpose. She thought it was so funny.

24 weeks on October 29th.

Halloween was a great time for the girls. Claire had a lot of awesome costume ideas throughout the month of October, such as Fairy Newsie, construction worker, and sheep, but she decided to be Tinkerbell. We borrowed both costumes from Malia. Lily wore a Belle dress, but it puzzled us a little since Belle usually wears a yellow dress.

28 weeks on November 26th.

Claire and Lily love to read. I often find them looking at books that they have taken off the bookshelf.

One day we were getting the girls in their snow clothes so they could go out and play. Lily jumped on the horse after she was all bundled up. I thought she looked funny riding it in her poofy snow suit.

We had a big snow storm after Thanksgiving. Claire and Lily had the time of the lives playing in the snow. They love to get pulled on the sled around our yard, but it sure wears Rusty out! They have such big giddy smiles the whole time.

Sometimes the girls like to put all their animals, blankets, and pillows in Lily's crib and pretend that it's time to sleep.

Lily reading the Princess book.

Claire reading Winnie the Pooh.

On December 8th Cara and Chris had their new baby Conner. The night before Makenna stayed over at my parents' house. I decided to come up with Claire and Lily so they could all sleepover. Claire and Makenna thought it was so great that they got to share a bed. It took them quite a long time to fall asleep because they kept talking. Now Claire and Lily really like to talk about baby Conner and how he's so cute and little.