Happy Thanksgiving!

Since it was just Thanksgiving, I'd first like to say that we have so much to be thankful for!! We both have good jobs, we have a nice house with enough space, a truly happy marriage, a healthy baby on the way, good friendships that enrich our lives, great families and so much more that we couldn't ever mention it all. We are truly blessed!

So a month has passed and we're four weeks closer to baby - just about 8 weeks to go... Now that the holidays are here, time is absolutely flying and I'm just hoping and praying that we'll be ready when baby is! We need to finish the nursery which involves painting a bookshelf and the changing table, installing a closet system and accessorizing the room (which is what I'm most looking forward to!). We have 2 baby showers coming up on December 9th and December 13th - maybe that will help with the accessorizing?

My parents have officially moved out and are in their new home. It's a big change and our house feels a little quiet and empty but that will change soon enough. Their new house is great and lots of remodeling has been completed - we've tried to help them out whenever possible over the last month, but time has been something we haven't had a lot of. We had to buy a new couch and completely reorganize our house after they left - we had really been taking advantage of their nice furniture! :)

We had our last birthing class on Monday night and I'm a little sad they're done - we really loved everyone in the class with us and I'd love to continue seeing them once a week. The classes were great and we feel both that we're much more prepared than we would have been without them. I'm still doing yoga at least once a week and I've started working at Blooma on Thursday nights, also. We'll continue to attend Childbirth Collective meetings until January and I'm hoping to make it to some La Leche League meetings, also.

School is keeping Jason very busy but he's doing great and really getting into the swing of things. I feel like I'm bragging about my kid, "He got an A on his last paper! Isn't that great?" :)

I came down with a very nasty bug on the Monday before Thanksgiving. I won't gross you out with the details, but it was pretty horrible and the worst part of it lasted about 2 days. I was extremely dehydrated and my midwife wanted to put me on an IV but they agreed to let me drink my fluids instead. I would say it took another 2-3 days before I was rehydrated. Baby Rumphead was fine the whole time and just kept taking whatever she needed, which I was very thankful for. I'm hoping that will be my last illness of this pregnancy! I got a flu shot, so I better not get the flu! (fingers crossed)

My aunt and uncle (Barb & Jake) came down for a visit last week and it was great to see them. Also over the weekend, we got a call that Chad (my cousin Elisa's husband) and two of his friends had hit a deer in Wisconsin while driving back to Ontario from a week long hunting trip. Their truck wasn't drivable and they were stuck in Spooner, Wisconsin. My mom drove out there to pick them up and we transported them to the Minneapolis airport, where they had rented a car to get back home. Although it was under yucky circumstances, it was nice to see Chad and catch up a bit!

I think that's about it for now - we have some new pictures that I'll add as soon as I get a chance. Before I go, I should mention that I REALLY feel like we're having a girl (you may have noticed I called the baby "she" earlier). I'm so very curious to find out if I'm right! I can hardly wait!!

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!