Thanksgiving weekend

It feels like I havent posted in a long time.  Things have been busy here as my final semester is winding down and all my assignments are being due!

Greg and I were alone for Thanksgiving this year and our plans kind of fell through. So we decided to go out to eat instead! We went to a yummy buffet at the Ameristar casino in KC. I thought we would be the only ones out to eat on Thanksgiving, but the place was packed!!! Here are a few pics of my food:



Turkey, Ham, Prime Rib, Potatoes & gravy, stuffing



Dessert: Bread pudding, something very very chocolaty, and some apple pie (not pictured)

We also did some shopping during the wee hours of the morning for Black Friday.  Greg had never done it before, so I made him come with me.  It was so crazy!  We saw two ladies get in a fight over one of them taking something out of the others cart!  The lines were insane and too much for this pregnant lady to handle.  After our first store, we gave up!

We also went to a Missouri Mavericks Hockey game.  It was really fun.  Greg graduated from the University of North Dakota, in Grand Forks, ND (where I lived when Kaden was born).  We have both been to plenty of Sioux Hockey games, but never to a game together!  Even though I knew no one on the team, there was plenty of excitement.  Live hockey games are the most fun sport to watch!

The Mavericks Won!

On our long weekend without kids, we have also been trying to clean the house and get a few things rearranged before the baby comes.  We are moving every kid in this houses room to give baby Ellie her own room!

Speaking of Baby Ellie, I am almost 30 weeks now.  I have been in the hospital already for having contractions early.  I spent a night there and had contractions every 4 to 8 minutes all night long.  I am already dilated to 1 cm.  They didnt give me any medicine to stop the contractions and I still have them irregularly throughout the day.  They told me to just rest more and drink more fluid.  I went to the doctor last week and I was still at 1 cm.  I am thinking Ellie wants to come early.....which is fine with me, as long as she waits until January, so that she is healthy enough to not have to stay in the NICU!  She is the most active little girl in my belly.  I get kicked ALL day long.  I dont think she ever sleeps in there.

Growing Belly

It has been 10 weeks since I took a belly picture.  I am totally pregnant now with a HUGE belly.  You cant NOT notice it now!  I have another doc apt this week.  I will have to post again after that. 

Baby Ellie is a very active little girl.  She likes to kick me all day and all night.  I dont know when she ever sleeps!  I have been feeling the Braxton Hicks contractions already and find them to be quite annoying! 

We are excited that we are finally towards the end of this and will get to bring our baby home soon to enjoy.

We are planning on taking child birth classes next month since Greg has never been to them, and he will need to know how to rub my back and give me lots of encouragement!

Ellie has a little set of drawers in the kids closet that we have been filling with all the newborn things we find around the house.  It looks like she has enough clothes for the first month of life already too :)

Ellie, we cant wait to meet you!



Having a Bouncing good time

We went to a new place that is full of different "bouncy" play sets for the kids to run wild on.  They all loved it.  Since the weather is getting colder, we have been looking for fun indoor activities to do.  This place was great because there was so much for the kids to do, they totally ran for hours and wore themselves out, and it wasn't even busy on a Saturday evening!

We will definately be going back in the future.

The kids faces in these pictures say it all!

Talented Kaden

The 2nd grade put on a musical concert called:

"This is MY Country" in song

They sang lots of cute patriotic songs. 

They honored our soldiers and veterans. 

The program listed all the childrens relatives that were in the service.

Kaden honored her Grandpa Scott and her Uncle Ryan.

Kaden has been singing these songs at home for weeks and was so excited to get to perform them for us.  The Platte County 2nd graders did a great job!

Going Private

I think its that time again.  I have decided to make my blog private so that we can post more details about our family, especially with the new baby coming.  I just want to be safe and not announce to the whole world that we have a newborn living here (in a few months anyways). 
Anyone who reads my blog currently is invited to keep reading it.  Just push the comment button on this post and type me your email address, that will add you to my "private list".  No one else will see your email because I have to read all postings before they are published, and I wont publish that.

Thanks everyone, I look forward to lots of future blogging!