The Omness Family!

On Saturday, October 18th, my cousin Stephanie passed away. It was very sudden, and unexpected. My mom, Isabel and I had just attended her wedding in August. Although it is sad that she is gone, we know that she is in a much better place, free from the physical suffering and health issues she was dealing with. And I'm sure Grandpa and Grandma Lykins were there waiting to welcome her when she arrived.
This picture is from her wedding. Isabel and Stephanie danced in the kitchen and had a fabulous time together. It's a great memory to have of her.

This week, Isabel was her class' Star of the Week! Miss Jessica sent home a poster for us to fill out all about our special little girl! She also got to be line leader while going in and out for recess. On Thursday, she got to pick out her favorite toy for the "Mystery Bag." She picked out her white stuffed kitty, and we had to write 3 clues so her classmates could guess what the toy was. But Isabel was too excited to wait for them to guess, and ended up telling everyone what her special toy was! Oh well! All in all, she had a very good week at school!

Today we went to Country Basket with our Ward's playgroup. Country Basket is where Isabel's field trip was 2 weeks ago. I, of course, forgot the camera. Oh well. It was really cold, like 45 degrees, and I had forgotten to grab Isabel's heavier jacket, and instead she only had a lightweight one on top of her sweatshirt and long sleeve shirt. She was a little chilly until she started running around.
I bought 6 fresh doughnuts to take home and a glass of hot apple cider to warm us up afterwards! It was fun! I really enjoy being able to go to these probably just as much as Isabel does. It's so nice to be able to talk to other moms from our ward! Finally, after living in this ward for 4 years, I'm starting to learn who people are and I'm getting to know some really wonderful women! And it's helping me overcome me problem with being really really shy.
Isabel and I are going to try to make a lot more of these before the baby comes. She's starting to have a harder time lately, and I have a feeling part of it is because of the pending arrival of her baby brother. I really feel guilty about having to work now when she's having such a rough time. I wish I could just stay home and really focus on her for these last few months while she's still the only child.
Alright, this is where I'm going to end this post. I've been having a weird pregnancy hormonal emotional day. Who knows where this post will end up if I keep going!

I had my 24 week appointment this morning. Isabel and I were running about 10 minutes late, which ended up working out fine since the office was running about 15 minutes behind! Lucky me! Anyway, baby sounded good, heartbeat was around 148 beats/min. Had a little bit of a growth spurt this past month, but we're still well within normal range! Isabel got to help move the chair up and down, and loved hearing her baby brother.

On Tuesday, we went to Craigs Cruisers with our friends Zach and Gwen, and their adorable son Jonathan. We had a lot of fun! And, of course, all the pizza we could eat thanks to the pizza and pasta buffet. Damian and Isabel rode on the indoor go-cart track, while I watched. All in all, a great evening!

Isabel driving! Ack!
Ice Cream!
Us!
The kidlets were starting to get grumpy!
Maybe because Zach was attacking them with balloons...
Damian had the camera all night, so there weren't very many pictures to choose from. Oh well, I think we did okay!

To the right. Self explanatory. What do you think of the name Cael, for the next Omness boy. Middle name will be Douglas, if that affects anyone's answer. Please please please be honest. I stress a lot about baby names, so I really need honest feedback! Thanks!

So, Isabel came home from school with a dot of pink marker on her forehead today. Evidently, a certain little blonde girl whom my daughter adores marked her during a coloring project. Which, I think is cute, kind of like marking her territory. So, I tried to take pictures, but by this time Isabel had rubbed at the marker, making it harder to see, and with my lacking camera skills, I got a few cute pictures, but none that showed the little "love marker" spot. Oh well.