Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday! We stayed close to home and had our own little Thanksgiving meal, which Evan cooked. Thanks honey it was wonderful! We had a relaxing day and didn't do too much.



Ella in her new Dora pj's, figured we couldn't wait till Christmas since Dora is in a Santa suit. They make her look so grown up.

Ready to go pick out a tree. It's finally chilly enough to wear my winter coat.


Ella's petting a goat.

Ed the donkey

We were super tired from walking around the tree farm, way too much for a pregnant lady and a 19 month old.

Evan showing off his skills!


After Thanksgiving Day it is officially time to be cheerful and prepare for Christmas. We decorated our apartment on Friday and went to get a tree on Saturday. We decided to make it a fun adventure and pick out and chop down our own tree. We looked forever for the perfect one and than Evan quickly chopped it down. He is quick the lumberjack! Ella got sick of walking but sure enjoyed the little petting
zoo they had. They had the cutest little donkey, 2 goats, and 4 ducks.



Since I am writing on time I have obviously not had the baby. I don't think I will ever have her. Although my due date isn't until the 9th I feel so ready to have her and have for the last 2 weeks. I have another Dr.'s appt. tomorrow so that will hopefully give me some information about when she will come. Mom comes this Saturday and the Dr. mentioned if I hadn't had her by the time my mom came I could get induced. So as soon as mom gets here I will be going to the hospital! At least I know Ella will be in good hands. Well I will keep everyone informed! Have a great week!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

Sesame Street

She's dancing!

This weekend we took Ella to Sesame Street Live; We are now considered the best parents ever. She had lots of fun!
I am now almost 38 weeks and still pregnant, although this weekend I had many contractions. I thought maybe it was going to happen but false alarm. I go in tomorrow to the Dr. again so we will find out how much progress I have made. I am feeling ok- I guess, as good as you can feel when your carrying a huge basketball in front of you.


We had a good week, nothing too exciting. We had a playdate with Aiden on Friday and it was fun to see them play. Although, the boy in him sure shows. He likes to hit and jump and climb where as Ella is much more reserved. Thank God!



She likes to lean against the ottoman when watching TV; always looking so grown up.

She is such a little imitator! She loves to copy daddy.

If we're not watching Dora we're reading her!

Almost done!

Ella loves to stand and watch tv, she's always leaning awkwardly like she's putting out a vibe.

I think Evan is having too much fun with Ella's jewlery. :o)

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My belly at 36 weeks.

I am happy to report my Dr. appt. went well and I have made progress. I am 70% effaced and 1 cm dilated already so lets hope I continue to make progress. Baby is head down but still kind of high so who knows when she will be here. I have so many mixed feelings about her coming, good thing I don't have control over it. I want to have her now because I'm uncomfortable and nothing fits anymore but I would love to wait for mom to get here on Dec. 5th. It is still a few days before my due date but I don't know if she's gonna wait that long. Who knows! We will soon find out.

We didn't do much this weekend, tried to spend a lot of time outside because the weather was so gorgeous, close to 70 Saturday and Sunday. We did go to an outdoor shopping center to just walk around and get ideas for Christmas gifts. We also went to the park a few times for Ella to play. She loves the outdoors, but what kid doesn't. The other hours were spent watching football, well for Evan at least. Ella and I kept busy by playing, reading, and coloring. I will keep you all informed on me and baby. Any day now!


I left to go pick up a pizza so daddy turned on the computer so she could watch playhouse disney. She wasn't alone though!


We all got new OSU jerseys although mine doesn't fit, weird!

We're ALL vaccinated!

Reading to her baby on the potty! She definitely gets it!

Her hair is all up in a ponytail and she is eating her favorite, as of now anyways, hotdogs.

Off I go, she wishes she could just run around without pants on all day!

We are playing with fake nails, I am so surprised she let me put them on her and than kept them on. What a girl! :o)


Finally we have all been vaccinated, well Ella will need another booster shot in a month but I feel a lot safer now. I am now 36 weeks so the countdown is on. I go to the Dr. on Thursday to see what progress I have made. I am excited and hope to hear my body is getting ready for this baby to come. Although, it can't come too quickly because Grandma Donna will not be here until Dec. 5th and I will need her help! ;o)

My belly at 35 weeks!

We have still been laying low away from many kids and crowds to stay free from illness. We do participate in toddler storytime 2 times a week at the library, Ella has lots of fun there and is getting braver and braver. She leaves mommy to go and sit with the other kids and listen to the stories. She has been developing her own little attitude which she knows exactly what she wants and will definitely tell you yep or nope to get her way. She has also gone back to being a picky eater, why can't there just be some consistency? You think you've figured them out and then they completely change. It's exhausting! The potty thing is going wonderfully, although I still have to take her but she goes right away and than we're back to playing. I'm waiting for her to tell me but I'm happy that she's come this far. I'm a little scared to see what will happen when the new little one arrives. She's almost ready for underwear but I dont know if I want to go there with another baby coming, I'm sure she'll regress in some ways.
This weekend we took Ella to her 1st movie in a theatre. We were planning to see the new Christmas movie but decided it was too early and probably not the best for a 1.5 year old. We saw "Cloudy with a Change of Meatballs" and she liked it. I was so proud of her. She did get a little fussy toward the end of it but we finished it.


She's hugging my belly, it was too cute.

Again naked and golfing!

She loves bubbles!

Halloween

My crazy hair- I definitely take after my daddy!

Ella's a big girl eating at the big table and loving her cheetos!

Daddy and my crazy hair- just took it out of pigtails!

Sitting with her friends!

I put her hair all up in pigtails- it was so cute!


Ella's loves going fast on her car!

Making brownies for daddy's potluck!

We had a wonderful week, trying to find things to do and dodging illness everyway we can. Evan and I finally recieved the H1N1 vaccine today so I am not so worried about myself anymore but Ella has yet to get hers. So we still have to be extra safe, hopefully her pediatricians office will soon be getting it. Halloween was celebrated on Thursday when Columbus designated times for the children to go out and trick or treat. We got Ella dressed in her ladybug costume and went to a church trunk or treat event, we had hot chocolate and enjoyed a fire and got enough candy out of people's decorated truncks of their cars for Ella. She was excited to go out and kind of understood what was going on, thanks to Dora and the Backyardigans. :o)She also did very well at saying trick or treat, it came out fast and slurred. It was cute!

Ella's 1- Daddy always ask

Ella and I


We had a relaxing and noneventful weekend. Did a little shopping for Christmas, I know it sounds crazy but I don't think I will have time closer to Christmas. We also bought the baby a new outfit to bring her home in, so that was exciting! We played at the park for awhile on Sunday- it was pretty chilly out but Ella had a great time.


Ella's fetching the balls- taking Madi's spot!


Hut Hut!