Week before Thanksgiving Fun!

Here's what we have been up to this week!

Painting with apples, acorns, and leaves while Mommy takes a shower....

Playing with friends from the apartment complex at the "Nagination Station"...

 

We made a "Thankful Turkey". Oh, the sweet things a two year old is thankful for! Ornaments, Eyes, Turkeys, Scissors, and Baby Abe.... Mommy and Daddy didn't make the cut!

I really wanted to make a hand/foot turkey with Owen again this year, but he is anti hand and footprint right now. He just likes being a little artist, and coming up with his own creations. :) I respect that...

Some days you just gotta dance in your pumpkin shirt before nap time!

On Tuesday, we went to Little Tots playgroup with MOMS club. I can't tell you how much I love this playgroup, and these sweet Mamas.

We made waffle turkeys for snack. The kids had so much fun playing we didn't get around to our pasta turkey craft. Ms. Charity made an example...Here are what the turkeys are supposed to look like....

Let the madness begin! I LOVE these pictures. It shows just what us Stay at Home Mamas do every day. :) 

Owen's turkey with a slightly "crazy eye"....

Time to EAT the turkeys...

We made a yogurt parfait snack after nap. Owen loves to add fruit and almonds to his yogurt.

Owen and I usually plan an outing a day, but I decided to take a "day off" this week. Wednesday we had a day off to do laundry and pack for a week and a half. It's a lot more stuff than I imagined! I tried to keep Owen entertained while I did my duties, but he did his fair share of entertaining me as well. I folded a load of laundry, and came back to find him in his swimmies and pajamas. I asked what he was doing, and he said "Swimming in the kitchen! What are you doing, Mommy?" (like come on Mom, who doesn't do this?)

We ended up making one trip to the Natural Food Store downtown...in our pajamas. I am so glad nobody saw us. ;) We needed almond flour to make Paleo Pumpkin Pancakes for lunch on our Pajama Day!

He ate 4 entire pancakes!

Today I had a check up. Everything looks great. I have lost 1/2 a lb since I cut out grain from my diet, which put me right on track for where I am supposed to be! :) I drank 10 oz of grape juice, and had my glucose test drawn. I am praying I don't get a call back. :) Jenny said that Abe's heart was really strong at 145 beats per minute. My blood pressure was 98/60, and everything is just perfect!

Afterwards, Owen and I made our appointment mall trip. We got a cookie, rode the rides, and ate at Moe's. He even got a peak at Santa today! Owen LOVES the mall.

Then we came home, and had a nap battle. :) Owen proved Mommy's processed food theory right yet again. My sweet O has been going to sleep on his own in his crib within 5 minutes ever since we changed his diet. Give him one cookie, and bam...it takes him 2 hours to go to sleep. He was sweet and sang and played, but definitely wasn't himself. It is always nice to get that little reassurance that you are doing the right thing for your child as a parent...even when it is hard!

We are so excited about seeing our families for Thanksgiving. :) Owen is eating with Santa on Saturday...as for right now that is all he talks about. He is obsessed with Christmas.

I have the car loaded down! In a couple of hours....family here we come! Get rested up, so you can be patient and ready for some 2 year old energy in the house. ;)

28 weeks!

How far along? 28 weeks. I just scheduled all of my two week appointments for December. I can't believe how much faster things go with your second baby!

Baby Size: My little man is around 2 and 1/2 lbs and 15 inches long. (these are averages of course)

Total weight gain/loss: Still 18 lbs! :) I didn't gain any over the past two weeks.


Maternity clothes?  All maternity clothes now! 

Stretch marks? Nope.  
 
Sleep: I'm having a little bit of a hard time getting comfortable these days.

Best Moment this week? Getting my glucose test over with! I am so happy I got to drink grape juice this time. It made a huge difference. Now let's pray I don't have a call back from Ms. Jenny!

Miss Anything? Being able to take deep breaths. :) Abe is squishing my lungs.

Movement: Most of Abe's movement is at night.


Food cravings:  Smoothies and Vanilla yogurt with almonds in it.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really.

Labor Signs:  None

Have you started to show yet: Yep!

Belly Button in or out?  In 

Wedding rings on or off?  On

Symptoms: Heartburn, I get a little lightheaded, and difficulty taking deep breaths.

Happy or Moody most of the time:  Happy

Looking forward to: Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for!

Decorating the Christmas Tree!

Owen is SO excited about Christmas. We have watched Elf on the Shelf and Frosty the Snowman eleventy billion times. ;) Rudolph and Santa Claus is coming to town are a little too scary.

So, you can only imagine how excited Owen was to find out we were decorating for Christmas a little early this year. We will be out of town for Thanksgiving, so we figured why not get in the Christmas spirit a little early.

Owen opened every ornament like it was the greatest Christmas present ever. He was SO happy to see which one was next.


Please enjoy these pictures, while listening to "Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas".

Owen insisted our Christmas tree have a star instead of a bow, so he and Matt made one. :)

Our little turkey is better!

After a week long battle with RSV, my little turkey is feeling much better.

We've come a long way since this sad day!

It is so hard seeing my baby sick. For so long, I have produced antibodies to bugs we've both been exposed to in my milk. He hasn't been sick in about a year. He recently weaned, and I expected this to happen while he got used to not getting those priceless antibodies. We started him on a Vitamin C supplement in the mean time to help his immune system catch up from that ugly virus! I am pretty skeptical on the theory that supplements actually work, but it can't hurt and Owen loves to get his "star" every morning. :)

After being stuck in the house, Owen couldn't wait to get out and about. Our first stop was Target for some popcorn. My child LOVES popcorn! It was a cold day, so he got to wear his winter hat. :)

Later in the week, my spontaneous little man woke up and asked to paint his Papaw a picture for his birthday. (and yes we are in Christmas pjs...Owen is very in the spirit, and he couldn't nap without these pjs!) He is very excited about celebrating Papaw's birthday. He says he is going to have a "celebration with horns". Papaw...we hope you are ready! We are going to bring all the joy, excitement, and energy that can only come from a two year old's heart!

I am so happy to see my sweet boy back to his happy self! I thank God every day for such a healthy, witty, precious little boy. He is such a sweet, compassionate, caring individual. He brings Matt and I so many laughs, and we can't imagine life without him. This time of year makes me so grateful for my many blessings....especially my family. :) I am so blessed!

We are getting Christmas Card pictures made of Matt and I's sweetest little blessing this afternoon. I can't believe how much my baby has grown since last year's Christmas card picture!

Stay tuned for some Christmas Tree decorating fun, and a flash back to a trip to Arab from a couple of months ago. :)