Christmas

I managed to forget my camera/forget to take pictures for most of our Christmas festivities, so this post may be a bit wordy. I did get a video of Bella rockin' out to her new Hannah Montana piano though (with my super-duper new video camera!), so maybe I'll get around to putting that up here soon.

We started out at Andrew's aunt and uncle's on Wednesday night. Dinner was fantastic (the best ham ever), and the tree was a good 14' tall or so. We had a great time opening presents and managed to even surprise each other with a few things! Christmas morning was spent at home with just the three of us (plus little Junebaby doing somersaults in my belly), and then Grandma Bonnie came over for more grand present opening. After a quick nap, we headed out to my parents for Christmas dinner (yummy yummy turkey!) and more presents.

Now we're attempting a recovery...cleaning up the wrapping paper, putting away the toys (and playing with them), and tucking away ribbons and boxes to be used next year. It's a very strange thing to know that next year we will be in Spokane...

I mentioned that Junebaby is doing somersaults in my belly. It's very true. In the past week his activity has skyrocketed and I can feel him jabbing me just about every time I sit down for a minute! We don't know for sure if it's a boy or girl yet, but I'm guessing boy because 1) Bella was never this active, and 2) I'm used to the idea of girl babies and I figure I need to get used to the idea of having a boy! Andrew is convinced that it's a girl again, so I guess one of us will get to do the "I told you so" dance when we go in for our ultrasound in the middle of January.

Bella apparently needs to take my blood pressure now (courtesy of her new doctor set), so I'd better be going. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and is enjoying some relaxing time off!

I forgot to mention...

...That it looks like we'll be moving up to Spokane this coming summer! We found out last Wednesday that Andrew got accepted into PA school and we are super super excited. There's lots of stuff to figure out now, but I'm having the most fun looking for a house for us to rent (and dreaming of having more room to put all of our stuff!). Andrew starts with an online course in March that will last 2 months or so, and then he'll be heading to Seattle in June for 6 weeks of intensive anatomy, microbiology, and organic chemistry classes. Then it's up to Spokane and we start school in September! It's so exciting to have such a structured plan for the next three-ish years of our lives. The excitement is getting a bit ridiculous actually...I went so far as to "dress" the gingerbread men I was frosting today in scrubs, and one of them ended up with a stethoscope around his neck. Andrew thought it was cute though, so I guess I'm okay. ;)

FVL and Pregnancy

A woman in one of my online forums for Factor V Leiden (my clotting deficiency) compiled this slideshow to raise awareness of FVL in pregnancy. I was of course crying through the whole thing (I'm blaming it on the hormones), but the section showing the preemies and stillborn babies made me so thankful to be feeling these tiny little kicks in my tummy! It was also a good reminder as to why I keep taking those not-so-fun injections that are turning my belly a sort of camouflaged patchwork of purple, yellow, and green bruises. It was also a great reminder that I should be even more thankful for the healthy and super energetic little three year old that I have!

My Twohead

This is something that I've been meaning to post for a while now but kept forgetting about till today. Bella isn't so big on the numbers. When you ask her how many of something she wants, she usually responds with "one two six seven eight!" regardless of the true number that she wants. So suffice it to say that numbers get a little mixed up in her head. As a result, she has been calling her "forehead" her "twohead". Without fail. For at least a couple of months now. At this rate, we'll be starting 1st grade at the age of eight.

15 weeks!

Well here we are, already 15 weeks along! That means that Junebaby is about the size of an orange, or so all the books and websites say. It's nice to be out of the first trimester, but I'm still waiting for all the exhaustion to let up a bit. Here's what we're looking like today.

Frosting.

These pictures are from a few weeks ago when we were frosting Andrew's birthday cake. This kid really does take after her father, because you would never catch me eating frosting by itself.