Thanksgiving

This year we stayed here for Thanksgiving. Sort of hard to travel when we are 3 weeks away from our due date. We went to Jordan's aunt & uncle's house (Kay & Herb) for Thanksgiving dinner. Jordan's brother Ian and his girlfriend Daphne were here from CA, as well as Jordan's parents Lynn & Jim, and Jordan's cousin Jessie and her fiance Mike.

We of course took some pictures of everyone & of Jordan and I together. I didn't realize how big I really am until I saw the pictures of myself. I know I've gotten bigger but it's different when you are just seeing yourself in the mirror for a few minutes in the morning. I have to say I almost had the urge to delete those photos. I'm a bit on the puffy side. But I didn't - so you all should be very thankful I am sharing these photos with you. :)

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We had a very nice Thanksgiving and the food was wonderful. They say towards the end of pregnancy women get full after a bite or two of food b/c there just isn't room. Well, that is certainly not the case with me. :) I cleared my plate (which I do not normally do) and of course had dessert. Jordan was very sweet to get me a piece of pumpkin pie, which he knows I love. But we had 5 different types of desserts! So I took my plate and headed into the kitchen. He caught me in line getting a little sample of everything. He looked at my plate and asked me what I was doing. I felt like a little kid with their hand caught in the cookie jar!

I have to say I've had a very nice Thanksgiving holiday. Jordan has been very busy with work over the past few months. He works until about 8:00 at night and usually on the weekends as well. Needless to say we haven't seen that much of each other lately. He did have to work a little bit on Thanksgiving Day but he didn't work at all on Friday nor is he working this weekend. On Friday we had lunch with his family then ran some errands together. We came home and did a few things in the nursery & played with the cats. We took a nap in the afternoon with both cats on the bed napping too, guess we tired them out! We got up around 6:00 and started a fire, had dinner & watched a movie. I had a great day! I know that sounds silly because we didn't do a whole lot, but it was nice just doing things together.

I hope you all have had a great holiday weekend too!

Saber & Shower Pictures

These are pictures from the shower Amy, Margaret & Kristine had for me. I had one package that was mailed to me and Jordan thought I should wait to open it at the shower. Well, of course I forgot to take it with me so I opened it when I got home. Saber thought the red bag it came in was especially for him. I am so glad I had my camera right next to me! Click here for more shower pictures.

The cats have been fine with all the new items we are bringing in the house. They sniff everything, walk around it and then pretty much leave it alone. I thought they would like sitting in the glider since it's in the corner of the room by the window. I haven't even seen them try to get up there. Maybe they did when I wasn't looking and it rocked and scared them. :) Who knows!

Baby shower pictures

These pictures are from the baby shower Ann & Martha had for me. I will add more once I have them. The cake was made by Francie Snodgrass (as a surprise for me). It was very beautiful as you can tell and the best tasting cake I've ever had!

Interesting week

Seems like we have just about everything now. Last thing we need to get is a bookshelf. We bought one from Target and Jordan put it together on Sunday. Neither one of us liked it. The color on the box was much darker than the actual bookshelf. So last night Jordan took it apart and we are going to take it back to Target. So the quest for a bookshelf continues. Of course we don't really need a bookshelf but she has received so many toys that we have no where to put them! Right now I have them in little baskets but no where to put the baskets!

So, I think the nesting has started up again. I'd like to call it "gathering" instead, since that seems to be what I am doing. I have 12 homemade meals in our freezer right now. Since about September I have been cooking dinner like usual, then freezing the leftovers so when the baby is here all I have to do is pull out a meal and reheat it. We have stew, chili, lasagna, pork tenderloin, beef wellington, and a few types of soup. There have been a few nights where I have been tired so I'll just pull out one of those meals. Then when I'm feeling energized I'll make something I know will freeze well and replace it. I am also stocking up on items around the house so we won't run out of them in December. I know Jordan can easily run to the store if we need something but I keep thinking it will just be easier if we have extra already in the house.

A few posts ago I had mentioned that I was having some pain/cramping that my doctor said was normal late pregnancy symptoms. No, she was wrong - I had a kidney stone. :) They said it was from too much calcium. They want me to increase my fluid intake, which I am. I am also taking my prenatal vitamin every other day so I hopefully won't get another one. They said it is common in pregnancy - no one told me about that!

I have also had this "thing" on my finger for about a month. Kind of looks like a blood blister. I've seen my family doctor and obgyn about it - neither really knew what it was so I made an appointment with my dermatologist. She of course knew right away what it was (should have gone to see her first). She called it a pyogenic granuloma - again common in pregnancy from all the hormones. She removed it and cauterized it right in her office. Fun times.

This pregnancy has been such a breeze so I really can't complain. Even those two weird things were not that bad. I saw my doctor on Wednesday and he said the same thing. I believe his words were "This has been a perfect pregnancy, barely a scratch on it. You look great, trim and fit with a beautiful belly." Haha!! I almost fell off the table when he said that.

It was very nice of him to say - I don't think anyone has complimented me quite like that before - I certainly wasn't expecting it!

Down to 35 days....

We are just moving right along. Next week I have to start going to the doctor every week. The baby is doing well - still moving around quite a bit.

I've gotten quite a bit done in the past week. All of her newborn clothes have been washed as well as any other material that will touch her skin. I have not washed the "girly" outfits yet just in case. :) Everything has been put together except the swing and one little newborn rocker. We still need to go get the stroller/car seat this week, a changing pad and I'll probably get more newborn outfits.

I've packed her bag for the hospital but have not packed mine yet. :) Something else I'll get started on this week.

Almost all of my Christmas shopping is done. I plan on wrapping everything this weekend. I'm sure my family thinks I'm crazy because I've been asking what they want this year since September. I just did not want the added stress of Christmas shopping in my last month of pregnancy.

Hope everyone is enjoying the cooler weather, I certainly am!!

43 days left!

We have had 2 baby showers in the past week. I had a great time at both of them and feel very lucky to have so many people in our lives who are so generous and supportive as we get ready for our little one to arrive.

We were able to pick up the dresser for the baby on Saturday. I spent a good portion of Sunday going through bags & boxes of baby gifts that we have received from the 3 showers. I've started to put her things away and wash her blankets and newborn clothing. As I was going through everything I was amazed at everything we have received!! We have a room full of baby items and we've only bought 2 items on our own. I can't thank you enough for all of our wonderful gifts!

The next week we will be getting the nursery finished up as much as we can without the crib. Eventually I will post pictures of the before, during and after. I have a few things to order for her room but nothing that needs to be here before she arrives. On Sunday I made a run to Target to get newborn diapers (we didn't have any!) so we would have them at the house just in case she decides to come early.

This pregnancy is finally starting to take a toll on me. I'm sure many of you have been waiting for me to say that. :) I've had some ligament & muscle pain/cramping twice this week that pretty much lasts all day and I end up having to lay down to help relieve it (which didn't really help much). I did go to the doctor the first time I had it b/c I had not felt anything like that before and it scared me a bit. The doctor checked me over and said that it was just normal pregnancy pains for women this far along. Good news, but also bad as I certainly don't want this to continue for the next 6 weeks!

As soon as I have the pictures from both showers I will post them for you to see.

Crib Fiasco

So, we order the crib and dresser 8 weeks ago. The company told us that it would take between 8-12 weeks for it to come in. I called this week to see how things were progressing. The dresser, mattress & toddler rails (it converts to a toddler bed) are in, the crib is not. The manager called the manufacturer to find out what the status of the crib was. They don't have it in stock and the crib will not be shipped until December 1st!! Which means it won't be here 7-10 business days after that! The manager told me that they have a crib and dresser in their stock room that we can get instead. If I wanted that set I would have picked that one to begin with!! So. We've decided to get what they have since the baby will be sleeping in a pack-n-play in our room for a little while anyways.

Here's the kicker: I asked how they could have not known that they didn't have it 8 weeks ago. The company who makes the crib has a factory in Chili that burnt down and they lost everything they had in stock!