Almost There!

Well today at the Doctor I found out I was a 4 cm. I can't believe I'm not in full labor yet, but having little pain to get this far is great with me. I'll be induced the 23rd of December if I don't come before that. We'll let you know when this boy comes to the world!

It's going to be a big one!

Here's the update. It seems this baby boy will be a big baby. At 35 weeks, I measured at a 40, which tells you it will be fun labor already. Last week I went in and I'm a 1 1/2 so far. I still have technically 3 weeks left, but I'm hoping this baby wants to come a little early to save me some pain of a big birth. I went on a walk for a mile and a half today, so I'm trying anything to get me out of this misery. I'll give you an update next week.

Alligators oh my!

We went to Brazos Bend state park over the weekend with the fam. We've never been there, but were told you go and walk around the trails and find alligators laying around. It was a bit colder than normal, so we only found one on the path, but it was big enough and close enough to make our trip quite exciting. The rest we found in the water or on the mini islands. Julia was hilarious. She was terrified (and I was wondering if the gators really stayed still), but she has in her hands the map and all of the "gator warnings". She read them at least 3 times and had them memorized, it was hilarious. She told us not to run away, just slowly, quietly walk away if it hisses at you. You also get a glimspe of my very big belly. Madisen also lost a shoe on this walk. She's pretty amazing. They were hurting her feet, so she was carried and somewhere we lost them both. Doug went back to find them and found only one. There goes another pair of shoes.

A ship (can't remember name right now)

Can't remember the ship's name right now. But, we went out to visit it after visiting the damage at Galveston from Hurricane Ike. This ship was great, and very huge. It was very interesting how much you can fit on a ship. And for me it's hard to figure out how it really can float on water. So much metal. I'll figure it out someday.

Thanksgiving feast

Well, I didn't get a great shot of the feast. It

was super delicious, especially with Doug's brined Turkey. Madi, of course, only ate 2 rolls and her candy in her mini cornecopia. I love Thanksgiving. I love cooking for Thanksgiving, eating the food (we never get this many side dishes), and the great company you can have on such a great day. I'm thankful my family could come to town to visit. We've been looking forward to it since September.

Thanksgiving Weekend Fun

Thanksgiving weekend was super fun this year. Grandpa, Grandma, Sarah and Ager came to visit us. We all had so much fun. It was hard to see them go home. Mom and Ju cried after they left. Also, you can see the great playground set that their nice dad put together for them. He worked for 2 weeks after they went to bed, mainly in the dark, with minimal light. He did a great job. Since it's not so cold in the winter, this is perfect cause we can stand being outside (as opposed to summer months). Also, with the babe coming, I thought this would entertain the kids while momma will likely be more busy.