Thanksgiving Weekend

The best part of the holiday weekend was that Kimber came to visit! She, Levi and Nathan arrived Wednesday evening. I love hanging out with her! We began every morning just the two of us and Nathan (the boys slept in until all hours of the morning.) We did some clothes shopping at Mervyns and Motherhood and got some things to get us through the rest of our pregnancies.

J and Levi & Jared played video games until all hours of the night . Jared stayed Wednesday night and then went back with Mom & Dad Thursday night. One day J & Levi watched Man vs. Wild with Bear Grylls for several hours. Levi is really low-key to have around. And he is funny!!

Kimber's due date is just 10 days behind mine. We had Levi take pictures of us together. We even happen to have the same hoodie and shade wear (and slippers) so put them on for the pictures.

Just the bellies.

All of us.

Thanksgiving Day

J and I went to two Thanksgiving dinners. We started at his mom's at 1:00 and stayed for about 2 hours. I have gotten to be pretty comfortable being with his family. Wish I brought some turkey home with us.

After a few hours at home we (Mom, Dad, Jared, Kimber, Levi, Nathan, J & I) headed over to Joe's house for dinner. Before dinner Joe's kids put on a little performance for us. They had memorized parts and the rest of us read our parts, telling about the different people involved in the first Thanksgiving. It was cute and fun to do something more than just eat. Dinner was a bit disappointing; mostly in part because I had been reminiscing and thinking of the dinners we used to have growing up. And it just didn't turn out as good. Joe had raved about his Dutch Oven turkey but unfortunately it was a bit burned and Mom's rolls were burned as well. I made frog eye salad, prism salad and frozen salad. I had been excited about making the salads but when it was the night before and morning off I was just tired. From now on I will just pick one salad to make.

Joe's kids are very rambunctious and really wore me out. I knew that J would be leaving right after dinner and Levi and Jared wanted to go with him. I didn't really intend to leave with them but Lucia gave me a hug and said goodbye and I figured I would just go with it. Kimber's friend Sylvia had come and they were visiting so I didn't feel bad leaving them. Over all it was a long and tiring day.

Second Ultrasound

J and I went in for the second ultrasound today. They were concerned about the possibility of a amniotic band so wanted a more in depth ultrasound. It was so fun to be with J as he heard the heartbeat for the first time and saw our little guy moving around! The nurse technician checked everything out and said there wasn't a concern about the band but I may have placenta previa. I swear they are just out to scare me. The doctor came in to confirm everything and he said that it isn't previa and is nothing to worry about. That everything looks great, the baby's organs and measurements are good and he is in fact a boy.

Even though I haven't allowed myself to worry about it, it was a relief to know that everything is really OK. I called Mom to let her know and she started crying. I didn't realize that she had been so worried. She got on a lot of websites and had talked to people and was far more worried about it than I was. Guess thats what happens when you are the mom. I was happy to reassure her that we were fine.