Thanksgiving 2008

I can't believe Thanksgiving has come and gone already! We had a wonderful time celebrating with my parents. They arrived really late on Wednesday night. Because my mom brought so many baby things, they had to drive my dad's work truck. Pretty funny watching them get out of a truck with an Oklahoma license plate--hicks! Thursday was spent cooking and watching football. We had all the usual Thanksgiving treats--turkey, cranberries, sweet potatoes, etc. I'm getting hungry just typing all of that! My mom and I hit the stores around 8am on Friday. We found some great deals on Fisher Price toys at Kohl's so Baby Will is set on those! Then we headed over to the mall and bought a few things. We were home by noon just in time for more football. Friday night we went to downtown Denver for dinner and to watch them turn the Christmas lights on the capital building. Just as we were walking from the restaurant to the capital building, it started snowing! It was perfect timing! It snowed most of Friday night and some of Saturday, but as it usually happens in Colorado, it's gone now and the sky is blue. On Saturday we went to Golden, CO and drove into the mountains. We stopped by Buffalo Bills grave, the Mt. Cabrini Shrine and Red Rocks ampitheater. It had stopped snowing by then so the weather was great to get out and walk around all of these sights. Golden is a great little town if you are ever in Colorado and want to do the tourist thing. After sightseeing, we went to the Castle Rock outlets. Actually Mom and I went to the outlets and Dad and David sat in Chili's watching the Alabama/Auburn game---heaven forbid we miss that!! Then we sped home to catch the OU/OSU game--Boomer Sooner!! My parents left early Sunday morning to head back to Oklahoma. It's weird to think that the next time we see them will be to introduce them to their grandson! David and I spent Sunday hanging Christmas decorations and relaxing. Perfect end to a great weekend!

Everything is going well on the pregnancy front. I'm 35.5 weeks right now. David and I register at the hospital on Wed. I'm excited because we finally get to tour the maternity ward. Some new annoying issues I have is my right hand falls alseep whenever it chooses (like right now!), my ankle bones have disappeared, and my rings no longer fit. Gotta love the 3rd trimester swelling!

David practicing with the Baby Biorn and his old teddy bear that his mom sent up.

Checking out all the baby loot my mom gave us.

35 weeks pregnant and happy.

Us in front of the capital building. I love my dad's expression! We didn't think to turn off the flash on the camera so the lights didn't really turn out.

David was the smart one who thought to turn off the flash. The building was gorgeous!

David and I.
Mom and Dad (no scared face this time!)

Mom and I at the gift shop at Buffalo Bill's grave. Funny sign behind us.

Twilight...

Disappointing! That's the first word that comes to mind. The second work is awkward! If you have read the books, you know that they aren't the most well written books. I thought the movie would be a little better, but it wasn't. The characters are so awkward and unemotional at the beginning. I'll defintely be renting the rest of the movies instead of spending $10 to see them in the theater. But I did see a preview for Harry Potter #6 which looked great! I also saw a preview on TV for Marley & Me. If you are a dog lover, you should read that book. The movie looks really funny! I might have to make David see it with me on Christmas day when it comes out.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. There are so many things I'm thankful for this year with the biggest being Baby Will. Only a few more weeks until we get to meet him!

Movie night

Last night David and I went to a movie for the first time in months! We went to see "Changeling" with Angelina Jolie. From the previews, I knew it wasn't going to be a light hearted movie, but WOW was it intense. I kept having to tell myself that it was a true story. I'd recommend it to people, but be aware that it is a bit disturbing (mainly because it's true). We looked up the real story online when we got home and the director (Clint Eastwood) actually followed the story very well. I was bummed because we didn't see any good previews....just dumb shoot-em-up movies.

On a lighter note, I'm still feeling really good. I have 6 1/2 weeks to go. I'm starting to get that end of pregnancy swelling so my fingers look like sausages. So annoying!! Baby Will's bedding came last week and so did his changing table. I'll have to post pictures after I clean the room up, but it looks really cute! I love the bedding!

Can you believe that Thanksgiving is in two weekends? Usually by now, we have a bit of snow on the ground or it's at least pretty cold out. But today and tomorrow are going to be in the 70s with sunny skies. I love it! We did actually have our first "snow" last week. Mainly it was just on the cars and the grass and melted by 11am. That's what I love about Colorado--it will snow in the morning and melt by the afternoon.

50 days!

I just looked at my baby countdown and realized that there's only 50 days left until baby Will's due date! Of course he might come before that date or take his time and be late. I had my 32 wk doctor appt today. I learned that baby Will is positioned transversely in my tummy (sideways). I usually feel kicks on the sides of my tummy so I wasn't too surprised when I learned this. The issue is that I can't deliver a transverse baby the regular way. So if he doesn't change positions by my next appt, we have to decide if we want to move him manually or schedule a c-section. Oh my! The doctor gave me some exercises to do so I'd better get started on those. As much as I like to be organized and plan things out, I don't think I want a c-section!

Baby Shower #2

Three of my friends had a baby shower for me on Saturday. It was at a tea house in Boulder. It was a small gathering (which was really nice) so I was able to talk with everyone about baby stuff. We ate brunch, chatted, and opened presents. Baby Will got some really cute clothes! The main activity was to decorate scrapbook pages for the baby. It was fun to see all the different pages. Now I just have to keep up the scrapbook! Thank you for a wonderful afternoon girls!

The diaper cake that Barb made. It had over 80 diapers in it!

Me with the hostesses: Allison, Jasmine and Barb

The cake that the tea house made. It was cute, but had a ton of frosting!

Omaha

We spent the weekend in Omaha, Nebraska visiting friends. There were 4 couples there- Sarah and Chad (and Hannah) from Kansas, Dawn and Dominic (and Juliet) from Oklahoma, us from Colorado, and Marcy and Nick from Nebraska. 3 of the girls went to middle school together, 2 of the boys went to middle school together, 6 of us went to high school together and 4 of us went to college together. Whew, that's alot of history!

We arrived at Marcy and Nick's on Friday night. We were the first to arrive so the 4 of us were able to chat for a bit. It's always fun to hear about other people's lives in different states. Then David and I got a lesson in guitar hero (I have no future as a band member!). Dawn and Dominic arrived really late Friday night--so we basically said hi and good night to them. Sarah and Chad came in on Saturday. The weather in Omaha was perfect (even though the boys never actually left the house on Saturday to experience it!). The girls pretty much stayed upstairs talking while the boys watched every football game possible. The big game was Saturday night (OU-Neb) which was pretty much over after the 1st quarter when the score was 35-0. Everyone left around noon on Sunday. It was a great weekend to catch up with old friends and create fun memories. Plus I was able to watch Sarah and Dawn be moms so that helped for the future. They made it look really easy!

This trip marked the last one that David and I will take without a child. I'm really glad that I was able to spend it with great friends. The next time I see them, I'll be a mom!!

Holy shoes Batman!

Yesterday a mom from the school I used to teach at gave me 2 HUGE boxes of baby clothes. Now Will has a few coats for the winter including a cute baby snowsuit. The coolest part was that in the boxes were 30 (!!!) pairs of kids shoes ranging from newborn to size 5. Some of them have never been worn! David is very jealous that his son has 3 pairs of Nikes (including a black pair of Jordans) and a never worn pair of Timberland boots. Hopefully this kid is an early walker :-)

Interesting fact: As you know, my family is from Canada. We all got our American citizenship 4 years ago. Looking at the calendar yesterday I realized that this election day (Nov 4) marks the 20th anniversary of us living in the USA. We moved to Oklahoma on Nov 4, 1998. Very cool!!