Wow, another month has gone by! I need to catch up on here more than once every month! And before you wonder what the exciting news is, if you are my FB friend you already know- I'm pregnant! That's it- more on that later. :)
November was a nice mild month for us- yay! I will never complain about our first snow arriving so late in the year. Fine by me! We still had a couple roses and day lillies blooming in mid-Nov!
Of course on Nov 8 we did our civic duty and voted in the presidential election.
Hope keeps me on my toes. Always.
She even learned how to play hide-and-seek! Kind of.
She's such a book lover! If she's "reading" to herself. If someone tries to read her a book, they usually read "too slow" for her, and she does not have time for that!
Flu shot time! No one consulted J when they decided the flu mist should not be used..... he was quite put out by that news.
We headed to WI for Thanksgiving/Christmas with my side of the family. Adam got 3 whole days off in a row!! One was Thanksgiving since they're closed, of course, so it was nice he could schedule his other 2 days off for Fri and Sat.
Wednesday night, Grandma was busy preparing for the big day. She had already made the peach pie, so J helped her use the leftover pie crust dough for pie crust cookies! My fave.
Thursday was Thanksgiving AND Christmas! We had to make the most of the time we were all there! So we went to Thanksgiving church at my parents' church, and then headed home to open presents! We even were able to include Matt, Cheryl, Josie, and Evan on FaceTime so we were all "together." :)
After presents, it was back to Thanksgiving. Time for dinner!
After Hope's (and maybe a few other people, too) nap, we went over to Uncle Lew and Aunt JoAnne's house for some pie and visiting with them and my cousin Jane and Steve. We were also able to have them snap a pic of all of us wearing our shirts in support of Cheryl. She is currently undergoing her first chemo treatment to treat this recurrence of Lymphoma. She has more chemo and also a stem cell transplant in her future. Prayers for her and Matt, Josie, and Evan are much appreciated!
On Friday, my mom, Abby and I enjoyed a lady's afternoon in Cedarburg (one of our favorite places!). Lunch at Creme & Crepe, a little shopping, and caramel apples from Amy's- perfect!
Saturday..... no pics. I don't remember what we did.
Oh! Abby, Neil, Adam, and I went to see a movie. No kids!!! :) We saw "Arrival," and it was pretty good!
Then Abby, J, and sometimes Neil made homemade pizza for dinner!
Sunday morning we packed up and headed back to Clinton, since Adam had to work in the afternoon. So thankful for just a 3 hour drive and not having to drive through Chicago anymore!
And of course, our exciting news!
So tomorrow I will be 12 weeks, and I am so looking forward to being done with the 1st trimester! This one has been rough on me (and the rest of the family, by default). It's been way worse than when I was pregnant with H, which is surprising since at that time I was single mom during the week, full time teaching, trying to sell our house, dealing with nausea, exhaustion etc. At the time, I thought it could not be any worse! But guess what- yes it can be worse. Especially when the first couple weeks are spent vomiting multiple times a day, barely being able to get out of bed, a couple trips to the ER for fluids, a UTI, antibiotics, nausea meds, etc. I'm so happy I've made it this far! I'd say from about 5-10 weeks were the absolute worst. Thankfully about Thanksgiving week I started feeling a bit better, not vomiting every day, being able to eat small meals rather than just nibble crackers/toast. I'm still taking my Zofran for nausea, which I really don't like doing. But I've found that if I stop taking it, it is only a matter of time before the vomiting starts again. And I feel like nourishment is important for this baby! Hopefully in the next few weeks when the first trimester is officially behind me, I can try to stop taking it again. I'm able to actually cook (sometimes) for the family, too, which is nice. 5 weeks of PB&J or chicken nuggets was probably getting kind of old for the kids, but it was all I could manage at the time!
At the same time, I'm thankful again to have symptoms that confirm that all is going as it should with this pregnancy. We know all too well that getting pregnant and staying pregnant are never a guarantee. It has been so reassuring to see a beating heart on an ultrasound at 7 weeks and then to hear it again at 11 weeks, beating away at 155 bpm. We are praying that everything continues to go well with this pregnancy, and we could not be more thankful for this "surprise"! :)
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