On My Nerves

So, I am 36 weeks pregnant now and I get why everybody complains about the last few weeks of pregnancy. The girls were early and I was on bedrest for most of the pregnancy,  so I didn't experience the swelling, back pain, sleeplessness, etc. I still wouldn't ever wish bedrest or premature babies on my worst enemy but I have to say that the last few weeks of pregnancy are really TERRIBLE. The main reason I am so miserable is that Aubrey has parked herself on my sciatic nerve. I guess this is pretty common, especially in the 3rd trimester, but it is SO uncomfortable. It is worse when I am walking but sitting and laying down don't help much so I have still been on the go for the most part. I have been off of work all week for Thanksgiving, so I have been Christmas shopping, Christmas decorating, and finishing up the nursery. I am happy to report that decorating is done, shopping is almost done, and the nursery is coming together. I have all the parts for the nursery but it's not totally put together yet. I go back to work Monday for two more weeks then I have one week off before she gets here.

In other baby news, she is doing great! I had an ultrasound last week and she looks perfect. They have estimated that she weighs about 6 lbs!! My dr. said this is probably a high estimate but he expects her to be about 8lbs at birth. This makes me really happy. Even though her 6 lb. self is creating some major pain for me right now, I am still so thankful for a big, healthy baby. Speaking of being thankful, we celebrated Thanksgiving at home this year just the four of us. All of our family will be traveling to Frisco two or three times during December for all of the birthdays and for Christmas so we didn't have any visitors and there was no way I could travel. It was really nice to have a whole week at home to get things done around the house. Instead of the traditional turkey, Ben grilled steaks and shrimp and I made twice baked potatoes, green bean bundles, rolls, and apple pie (well I didn't actually make the apple pie. The Walmart bakery did). It was all delicious and a nice little Thanksgiving feast for four. The next month is going to be a crazy whirlwind of baby showers, 5 year old birthdays, Christmas programs, Christmas parties, Aubrey's arrival, family, and the Holidays. I will post when I can but it may be March before I actually have a chance to post about all of those things! Here are a few pics from their Thanksgiving feast at school.

Ava at the feast. They are really into making silly faces for the camera these days so this was the best smile I could get.

Macy at the feast. Smiling perfectly for the camera (shocking!!).

 

 

 

 Ava spelling a word on the Smart Board at their school. They just got the smart board a few weeks ago and it is such a cool way for the kids to learn.



October

October flew by. What a busy month it was for us! Our social calendar was full of Halloween parties, pumpkin patches, and fall festivals. We had a blast celebrating with friends. Here are some of the events that took place.


Ava and Macy went on their very first field trip. Now that they are in Pre-K, they get to take a school bus (it's a little one) to go on field trips. They went to the Pumpkin Patch and had a blast. I couldn't go with them because it was parent/teacher conferences at my school and I couldn't take off work but hopefully I will get to go on another one later in the year. Here is a pic outside the school that day. Sorry it's so shadowy.

 

We also went to the fall festival at our church. You'll have to excuse the fact that they wore the same shirts to almost all of the festivities that we went to. We only have one Halloween shirt and it was a different crowd of people every time. : )

 

Riding the train

Cotton Candy!!!

Macy getting her face painted

Ava showing off her pumpkin

They had this donut bobbing game which was hilarious. They had to try to eat a powdered donut off of a string while keeping their hands behind their back. They were covered in white powder at the after this!

 

One of our neighbors had a pumpkin decorating party. I know I've said this before but we are so lucky to have neighbors that like to be social and that have kids around the same age as ours. We feel so lucky to be in this neighborhood! (again... same shirt but different crowd!)

An attempt to get a picture of all the kids with their pumpkins.

 

 

 

We also had a big, Halloween block party with the whole neighborhood. There was a DJ, a hayride, games, food, prizes, candy, and bounce houses. And the girls got to wear their pirate costumes!! What more could you ask for?

 

I helped out with the games so in all of the excitement I didn't get ANY pictures. Thankfully, Ben took this one of us on the hayride so we at least have one to prove we were there.

 

 

 

Finally... actual Halloween. The girls got to wear their costumes to school that day. They had a trick-or-treat parade that morning and a Halloween party that afternoon. I was able to go the party and snap a few pics.

 This is their BFF Jarrett. I could probably devote a whole blog post to Jarrett stories.

 

 

I took the girls trick or treating around the neighborhood Halloween night and Ben stayed at the house to pass out candy. My ankles were so swollen and my back was killing me but I was not about to stay home and miss the trick or treating fun. It was worth it. They had a blast!

 

 



 

 

See what I mean? Lots of October fun! There were a couple of other things that we didn't get to go to. They had a school carnival that we had to miss because of the neighborhood party and another community thing that we decided to skip because we were fall festivaled out. Maybe next year!