Thanksgiving

We had a nice small Thanksgiving this year at my parents house.  Overall it was great, Lily was just being a little cranky.  She has had a cough all week and yesterday Sean noticed that she has another tooth coming in, plus I think her tummy hasn't been feeling all that great.  

I decided that I wanted to try to do a few family photos that day since all of us would be looking nice for the holidays and my dad would be around to take the photos so that we didn't have to use the timer and the tripod.  I found a really cute family maternity photo pose online that I wanted to do.  It didn't turn out quite as good as the one online (I think the height difference between me and Sean is just too much), but it is still really cute.

We tried it with me standing up on a step and it helped a little bit. 

I got a great picture of Lily and Sean while we were getting ready to take the other photos.  She always has such a goofy smile when she is told to smile for pictures.

We also went to feed the fish at the lake by my parents' house that day.  It ended up being pretty cold and windy, but Lily still had a blast and I think the fish were grateful for their own Thanksgiving meal.

 I love Sean's face in this one.  It was just one of those perfectly timed photos to get a weird face.

 Lily kept wanting to eat the bread.  Probably because she only had about 3 bites of her lunch.

 She did get the hang of throwing it out to the fish after a bit.

 Lily also got to help Grandma and Papa make the mashed potatoes.

 Also, last week she got to help decorate Grandma's Christmas tree.

There are still a bunch of ornaments to add to the tree, but I am sure Lily will help over the next few weeks.  She was so proud of her work that she had to show Sean and I when we got there.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend.

37 weeks

This past Saturday was 37 weeks pregnant for me.  37 is a great milestone when pregnant because it is considered full term.  Most babies born at this time don't require extra medical care.  I had another doctor's appointment on Monday, and while my body has made more progress this time than at the same point last pregnancy, that doesn't mean she is going to be born any earlier.  It also doesn't mean she won't be born early.  We are just waiting and seeing now.  I kept saying that I didn't want her to come over Thanksgiving weekend because that is too close to my birthday and I never liked having my birthday close to a holiday.  Plus, I don't want to be in the hospital with hospital food during Thanksgiving.  Now I'm at the point though that I just want to meet her and hold her in my arms.  I have decided that the last few weeks of pregnancy are some of the longest.  

Lily is doing great.  She is talking more and more everyday and you can even hold short conversations with her.  She is super smart (I know everyone says that about their own kids).  She loves doing puzzles and playing pretend.  She particularly love taking care of her baby dolls.  She feeds them and takes them for walks in their stroller.  She is going to be such a great big sister.  We saw a baby the other day at the store and she kept looking at him.  When asked if she wanted one like that at home she said yes.  She also loves giving her little sister hugs and kisses.  Hopefully this excitement will continue once we bring the baby home.

Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks.

 This is what Lily does when you tell her to "say cheese"

 Me at 37 weeks pregnant

 She loves going down the slide

Showing Daddy around the playground

35 weeks!

So Saturday was when I was officially 35 weeks which means from that day there were only 35 days left until my due date.  I think I have finally realized that this baby is going to be coming soon.  I think since I am still so much smaller than last time I kept thinking that I had a lot more time to go before she would make her appearance.  My doctor told me a long time ago that as long as there isn't anything wrong with the baby that she would need to "cook" longer, that my doctor wouldn't do anything to stop labor after 35 weeks.  Then yesterday I was having a bunch of fairly regular contractions for about 2 hours, but then they stopped.  Sean is convinced that she is going to be born sometime in November, at first I didn't agree, but now I am starting to.

I have finally washed all the newborn clothes and started pulling out all the other baby things.  Lily was helping me fold all the tiny clothes and she kept trying to put them on.  When I told her they were too small for her and were for the baby she went and got her baby doll.  She is going to be a little surprised when we don't bring a doll home from the hospital.  She does know that her sister is in my belly, but I don't think she really understands what a sister is.

Halloween

Lily was a dalmation for Trick or Treat this year.  She walked for a little bit then decided that getting pulled around in the wagon while looking at all her loot in her bucket was much more appealing.  While she only got half of one piece of candy last night she still had a huge sugar high and had fun running around on circles, making herself dizzy, before bedtime.  I think next year she will really get the hang of Trick or Treating.