Oh me, oh my.. thirty one weeks down. Can you believe I only have about eight weeks left
(if my doc still plans on inducing me early)! I was clicking through the "you might also like..." posts the other day and ran across
this one where I mentioned I was ten weeks along and had only 30 weeks to go. Talk about a flip flop. Wasn't I just 10 weeks the other day? This year is sure flying by. November was an awesome month full of long weekends and holidays. Now that December is practically here and I've entered the last trimester, I'm fully enjoying maternity clothes that don't fit, Braxton Hicks, every two week doctor appointments, sleepless nights, restless leg syndrome, can't-get-comfortable-no-matter-what syndrome, baby hick ups and lots of movement and growing. I've put on some serious weight and I think we're going to welcome another 10lb baby in January!
Here are some things we've been up to in the last week:
Went to the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 premiere 
How flippin' awesome was this movie???!
I think its been the best book adaption so far. I loooooooved the 7 Harry's scene. I laughed so hard! "Bill don't look at me, I'm hideous." LOL!
I also loved the Ministry of Magic scene. I think they did a great job staying true to the book. Ron was killing me as Reg, the Ministry worker.
Speaking of Ron (my love), did anyone else cry when left?! Oh.. maybe its just my hormones...
Then the final scene when Voldemort stole Dumbeldore's wand! Wowzazs. Perfect way to transition to the next movie. Per.fec.tion.
If I could sit in the movie theater for another 2 and half hours without dying I'd see it again!!!
Celebrated Thanksgiving
We had a great Thanksgiving at the
Dalley's. Kristi made some yummy turkey, Corey did a great job mashing the potatoes (safety goggles and all), Grandma's salads and Aunt Susan's pies were to die for! I ate way too much and gain 5lbs... seriously though, just ask my doctor.
Went canoeing
After we ate, most everybody headed to the river to participate in the annual canoe run. It was over all quite a success. Nobody flipped their canoe.. the only wet moments were when Mark got his boots wet and Corey and Caleb bobbed under the water during launch. Estefan and Will even got to paddle their own canoe.. they are quite the grown up's if you did know!
Got a Christmas tree.. or two.. or four!
On Black Friday, we skipped the stores and headed for the hills. We went to Cedar Mountain to get our Christmas tree!!
If you follow the photos you'll see Dustin's hike from getting the "perfect" tree. The snow was up to his waist but he trucked through it to chop down the beauty, while the rest of us sat in the truck with the heater on!
Dust and the tree! He made it through the snow alive. Look how deep it was!!!!
Trimmed the trees
The kids love to decorate the tree, so after Dustin and I got the lights on it was all them! They did a great job. I think its our best tree yet!
Ta-DA! What do you think? Preettty awesome, huh!
And Estefan, Mark and Allie are pretty cute too!!
We may have gotten a little carried away and got little trees for each of the kids' rooms too, but we couldn't help it!!
Watched Christmas movies by the fire
The night we got our tree up and decorated, Dustin made a fire and pulled the kids' mattress into the living room. It was so fun! We ate popcorn, drank hot chocolate and watched Christmas movies til we fell asleep.. which was only about 8:30PM. I think playing in the snow wore the kids right out!!
Hung lights on the house
Saturday morning Dustin and the kids went to work putting lights on the house. We put icicle lights up this year. Love them! Now our house looks like a big ol' gingerbread house! Dustin insisted on putting lights on the chimney. I had to close my eyes and pretend I was okay with it. But he got them up and didn't get hurt!!! Thank goodness, but we won't be doing that again.
So life is good. 31 weeks down... Still can't believe it.
Bring on December. 25 days til Christmas, 59 days til Baby Boy comes!!!
