Turkey Day

Due to some snow and ice this week, we ended up at home for a small, quiet Thanksgiving this year. Dan did an incredible job on our feast, and I enjoyed leftovers today too! Owen loved checking on the turkey cooking, and he kept calling it a goldfish. We just went along with it. ;)





Today also marks 38 weeks pregnant. It can't be too much longer now!

36 Weeks Pregnant

We're only four weeks from Baby Boy 2's due date, and like I was with Owen, I'm convinced I won't go that long. How can I possibly get bigger for another month!??! I hope I'm not as wrong as I was with Mr. O, who was 6 days late...

I've started having Braxton Hicks contractions, which are typically "practice" contractions and don't actually help toward getting labor going. I had some with Owen, but I didn't realize that's what they were until I started getting them this time. Starting in a week, this pregnancy is considered full-term, so then we can start trying home induction methods, like walking, spicy foods, fresh pineapple, etc. Who knows if they'll be any more effective than last time, but it can't hurt to try. If he's not ready, he's not ready. We'll just have to wait and see!

Starting this coming week, we have weekly appointments to check on growth and heartbeat. We're really getting close!

Happy November!

Another month has passed, and here we are in the middle of Fall, only 5 or 6 weeks away from adding to our family again. Wow! On Saturday, we met up with my moms' group for a Halloween party for the kiddos. Owen was the cutest elephant I've ever seen! Here are some pictures of our big guy, who just came down with his third cold in the past four weeks. Poor kid!

Elephants need pets too:


He found the donuts...


There was an unplanned zoo theme at the party this year:






The elephant with his zookeeper, elephant trainer Dad:


And with his jack-o-belly Mom:


Happy Halloween! (34 weeks, 1 day pregnant)