A Christmas Surprise

My parents have had the same old raggedy Christmas tree for as long as I have lived, and much longer than that! I think that thing came across the plains with the pioneers, and it was getting pretty worn out. So, this year for Christmas we all decided to go in and buy my mom a new Christmas Tree and new ornaments and decorate it for her. She already had some pretty "frosted" fruit ornaments that she got a few years ago, so we just added to those. And we added some photo ornaments with a picture of each family.

It worked out great. Yesterday my mom had been asking my dad to get the Christmas Tree up, and my dad just ignored her. Then this morning, my sister, two of my sisters-in-law, Niki, Rachel , and I met at my parents house. My mom had had a really rough night last night, so she was still asleep. We quietly set up the tree and had quite of few of the decorations up before she woke up. She first saw Rebecca's baby, Brock and was wondering what the heck was going on. Then when she saw us all and what we were doing, she just burst into tears! She was so grateful. She sat back and let us finish decorating the tree, and the whole house and loved every second of it!

Update on Little Loie

Just so you all know, my mom is doing much better now. She came home from the hospital Monday night and she's feeling great. She said, "Now, I'm a human being!" So, that's good to hear. Thanks for all your support and prayers.

Little Loie

My poor mom had to go in on Friday to have a partial knee replacement. The surgery went well, but she has been miserable ever since. The pain meds just aren't working for her, or make her so sick that she can't hold anything down. She's just been having a rough time. But, hopefully she will get to go home tomorrow. But, the worst part is, she has to go through it all over again next month for her other knee. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. She's been a trooper, but she can use all the help and support she can get.

The DREADED Question: "So, when are you due?"

So I am now 16 weeks along. It seems like these past couple of weeks my belly has really started to poke out. But, I didn't think it was to the point where people in public would actually notice. I was wrong. Yesterday we were at Blockbuster, (I was not wearing what I am in the photo, I was wearing a much looser shirt, but NOT a maternity shirt) and the cashier guy suddenly said, "So, when are you due?" I think I made an audible gasp. Yes, I am pregnant. Yes, I have a little belly. But, WAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! I just didn't expect the question from any strangers until much later in the pregnancy. The whole night, I just kept saying to myself, "When am I DUE? He asked when am I DUE!?" That guy is dang lucky that I'm actually pregnant. I guess I have now crossed the threshold of pregnant belly-dom.

But, at the other hand, it's nice to have visible evidence that there really is a little baby growing inside of me. (It's the size of an avacado this week.) It makes it more real. We had a doctor appointment this last week. I gained 3 more pounds this month. I'm right on track as far as weight and measurements. And we got to hear the baby's heartbeat, which was amazing. I love that little whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop! Everything seems to be going perfectly! What a blessing!

We were suppose to find out the gender on Thanksgiving day, but those dang doctors won't be in that day... I can't believe them! So we have to wait til December 4th.

Happy Halloween!

It was a pretty fun and laid back Halloween for us. Work was fun because so many people had fun costumes. I went as a prenant nun. But, the "Ping Pong Champion" won the costume contest. We always play ping pong on our breaks at work and people have been taking it pretty seriously. He had ping pong balls tucked into his wrist bands and those are old shorts were found in a deep dark corner in his high school. He looked hilarious. He said he was trying to look like John McEnroe. I didn't know how that was - so I Googled him, and I about died laughing!

Brady's dad grew a pumpkin in his garden that was so perfectly round. So Brady decorated it like a basketball of course. We put it out on our porch and made it look like it was going into a hoop!

We just stayed at home. We hardly got any trick-or-treaters this year. Our friends Charlie and Eli came over with their son Max and as they were walking in other kids saw that there was a door on the side of the house, they just bombarded us. But that was it, we got no more trick-or-treaters after that.

We watched a semi-scary movie - Dragonfly. I had seen it before a long time ago, and that's why I agreed to watch it. (I couldn't watch something too scary, not with my pregnancy hormones... I would have nightmares for days!) I remembered the awesome ending, but I had forgotten all the scary parts, so I was still really jumpy.