HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Scary story, the other morning, I woke up to go to the bathroom and when I laid back down to hopefully get a few more hours of peaceful rest, I heard a pack of coyotes right outside the house. Of course I am cornered about my ever adorable dog, Katie. I ask Dennis quietly if he is awake and he knew I would want to check on my ever adorable dog. So, we both get up and try to look out the window to see if we see the not so adorable wild dogs. Turns out that morning you could not see twenty feet in front of you because of the fog. So, we went to the porch to see if Katie was out side or in her kennel. Dennis opened the door and Katie was there so she cowardly came toward the door. She was obviously scared so I bent down to comfort her and let her know that it would be okay (little did I know...) As I was in the process of telling her a lie that all would be okay, a yellow dog ran across the porch RIGHT behind Katie about a foot from my head. This scared all three of us causing Dennis to push me back into the house and slam the door. His response "That scared the crap out of me!" He tells me that it was a yellow lab. I of course try to believe him but have to look up images of coyotes on the Internet and I now do not believe that it was a lab but indeed a wild coyote! So, Katie did survive that night but I have yet to see our mama cat Kathy... I don't know if she fell to be a victim of mother nature or not but have yet to prove that she was not. It is VERY scary to know that they have come that close to the house. I guess that was part of me being a naive city girl, but that would definitely put me more of a country girl!

Before I give you a very short update, I would just like to say in the spirit of Thanksgiving what I am thankful for. I am most thankful for the family and friends that I have in my life, you all do treat me well. I am thankful for Dennis and this baby that is kicking inside of me, my own little family that I would do anything for. I am thankful for a job that I love and I enjoy to going to, even if I do have to work crazy hours. And I am thankful that I am able to be thankful for all of these. I am healthy, I have enough money to feed my family and I have a house to live in. I guess, all in all, I am thankful for everything I have in my life.

This last week has been a quiet one for us all. So a short update; Dennis is done on all the big things in Sabetha! YEAH! I guess just in time for Thanksgiving! I have just been working, I had a few days off and invited Mom and my sisters over to watch My Sisters Keeper. It was a great movie but was really funny at the end of the movie we hear Nikki saying “Oh that just makes me mad.” The ending was different than the book and I figured that was the only other ending…. After I get done working nights I will have 8 days off!! I am very excited for this, not really sure what all I will do but I am excited to take a break from work myself. I got my hair cut on Wednesday too, it was just a trim but I hadn’t had my hair cut since February so it was much needed. The same morning of the coyote escapade, I woke up and my eyes were burning so badly that I could hardly keep them open. I called the eye doctor and somehow managed to make it into town. She told me that I have one of the worse cases of bacterial eye infections that she had seen in quite sometime. She gave me a prescription to put in my eye ever hour that day and every-other hour the next day and then 4x a day after that. That small bottle that holds a whopping 3 mL, costs $100!!!! Thank God that I have great insurance, I only had to pay $20, and wear my glasses for a week. At the start of week 24, Baby has been kicking just as much only harder now. He should be right under 1lb 6oz., or at least somewhere in there. We have a doctor's appointment on Monday, just a check up so I will let you all know how that went later. It will be a long time until I update you again because I will be off work until the 2nd!!! So, I wish you all a great Thanksgiving and hope you eat lots of turkey!

Week 23!

At week 23, baby should be right around a whole pound, give or take a few ounces! He is also about 11 inches long from head to toe. It is very reassuring as each day passes to know that he could have a chance at living if he were born now. But in the mean time, he is kicking more and Dad has gotten to feel him move around more. I think that we have finally decided on a name! I will not post it but you may hear us say it if it slips…. So, for now we will just call him Baby.

Dennis has been going to Sabetha pretty well every day. It is so good to hear that he is almost done. I know that it will be a huge relief when it is done. He has several jobs around here that will not take that long that he has to do yet. He has been feeling a little under the weather too. Friday he came home after lunch because he wasn’t feeling well. I don’t know if this is just a touch of something but he never gets sick so I do get worried about him pretty quickly. Yesterday he was feeling better so hopefully it is done whatever it was. I know we are all hoping that he will be done in Sabetha by the end of this week.

When we went to Topeka, we took Christmas pictures. They are very cute but WOW did it take all of us adults energy to get them done! All of the kids were tired and so they were not cooperative. Sears did do a good job and they were able to get a good picture of each kid. So I guess that was a successful day. I am almost done with Christmas shopping too!! I just have a few small purchases to make and then I am DONE! I am so excited to get Christmas decorations out. I have been trying to hold off for Dennis’s benefit. Also, Friday, Tara and I baked Christmas cookies. With a minor mess up, we did have a successful day and made several hundred cookies. Time is going by so fast. It seems like Christmas will be here and gone before we know it. That only scares me because I want everything to get done for the baby before he arrives.

Start of week 22 update

I will give an early update this week too since I am taking off work on Sunday. As far as baby goes, there really isn’t much that he has been doing for me to let you all know. He is kicking just about the same as he has been, I would like for that to pick up. It is very reassuring that he is doing great when he kicks. I find it amusing at how little amount of sugar it takes to wake him up. I can eat a small piece of candy from Halloween and he starts to kick. Dennis thinks that I use that as a reasoning to eat candy.

As for Dennis and I, we did have a great weekend away. It was nice to see friends that we only get the chance to see once a year or so. I guess that I lied last week about Dennis was done combining. He finished his beans tonight, so now I believe that they are all done. He should have only a week left in Sabetha and then cross your fingers that he will be done!

Wednesday, I did get my H1N1 shot so I should be in the clear! Let’s hope anyway. I have been getting some major headaches and my lower back has been so out of place, so, I called the chiropractor yesterday to set up an appointment and they had a cancelation so I took it. I do feel better but I think I need a lot of work! Turns out that she charges a lot more than others do, I guess I should have done my shopping around before going to someone who charges two times what others charge around here. She is good and I do like her but I think saving $25 would be worth my drive to Sabetha to go to Simpson. With my days off coming up, I am going to go to Topeka with the family again only this time, we are going to get Christmas pictures taken. I have not done this since I was a very small girl! I am also thinking of getting a batch of my Andy Mint Cookies made! With all the Christmas candy out now, it is making me want to start baking yummy candy and cookies. So, here’s to a great 22 week for baby and hopefully Dad can feel him kick this week!