Giving Thanks

We have a lot to be thankful for this year! November seemed to fly by fairly quickly, although this last week has been a little rough. Exhaustion is catching up with me now but the worst part is I'm just sooo tired of being tired! How ironic...

I have a few things left on my "before-baby-comes-to-do-list", so I recruited my mom to come up and help with some last minute things.... she's the best! I'll be picking her up at the airport on Friday and she'll stay with us for a long weekend to help me prepare for the next few months. I'm thankful that she is willing to come all this way just to help me with a few tasks in order to ease my pregnant mind.

The main things we'll be working on are:

- Making a few weeks worth of crockpot meals to freeze

- Cleaning the house top to bottom and baby proofing

- Washing and sorting baby clothes

***If you have a favorite crockpot meal, please share it with me! I've been pinteresting recipes for a while but would love more ideas.

As for November happenings, we had plenty to keep busy with....

I was surprised by my coworkers and boss in early November with a cute little party/baby shower at the office. I'm so thankful for their support and friendship! They showered me with presents and I even got a gift certificate for a prenatal massage. Whaatttt??? Best present EVER.... Which reminds me - I need to schedule that ASAP otherwise it might end up being a postnatal massage!

Next, my lovely sister in law, Ada, threw me a little baby shower up here. She did a wonderful job and will definitely be my go-to person for party planning ideas in the future! I'm thankful for her generosity and constant support. Here we are, relaxing on the couch after the party and this sweet boy wanted to say hello to his cousin:

We placed a few online orders for some last minute baby items... Shopping has become a strenuous activity that I no longer enjoy... lol... So I'm very thankful for the internet! And Mozart is thankful for the boxes to play in ;)

I'm also thankful for my husband's remodeling skills! For the last year, we've been using the original oven that was built into the house in the 1960s. It worked but was so tiny I couldn't even fit a cookie sheet in it! Not to mention that last Easter it locked our meal in there and Ryan had to go at it with a SAW to get the dang door open... Haha! Last weekend he tore apart the kitchen to get the old oven and stove top out, then installed a newer oven. I never thought the day would come when I would get excited over a kitchen appliance... but it has :)

 

 

I'm also thankful that I only have 5 weeks left of cooking this baby! I'm excited to see her face yet anxious for the events to come. The doctor says I'm measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule and estimates that the baby already weighs 6 pounds. I'm hoping this means she'll arrive slightly earlier than expected... however, the doctor thinks that I'm just going to deliver a larger than average baby... How is this freaking possible?!? Whhhyyyyyyyyy...... LOL

Lets just pretend the doctor didn't tell me this information and completely SCARE ME OUT OF MY MIND. And I would personally be EXTRA thankful if you would so kindly keep your fingers crossed in hopes that this baby STOPS chowing down so her momma can have a smooth delivery!

35 weeks:

We're thankful for so much more than what I can list in this blog post. We are blessed with 2 supportive families, friends and a God that constantly provides for us. We are truly grateful for all the love and generosity we've been shown these past few months and hope that you had a November packed full of things to be thankful for too!