Happy Thanskgiving

We had a fantastic day yesterday with family filling the house. We started out pretty early in the morning deep frying some Turkeys. 8 to be exact! Stephen did 3 for Genio's family, which is what he's done the last few years in a row. Adrian asked Stephen to fry 2 for him. We fried 2 for LoneStar Plastics, one of Stephen's clients, they ran their normal 2 shifts yesterday. Then we saved the last one for us. The guys were outside most of the morning, which made it quiet for me in the kitchen for a few hours. We did most of the preparing on Wednesday, so it was an easy morning for me. Asher slept most of the day, but was awake long enough to eat some turkey dinner. He had sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, devilled egg, dressing & turkey. He was ready for a nap before he even finished eating! It was funny. We had great food, great desserts and a lot of sitting around and talking. It was a really nice day and I'm thankful I was able to spend it with family. I missed everyone that lives out of town, I know they all had a wonderful day as well. I'm on vacation until the 30th, so I'm planning on getting some holiday shopping done and decorate my Christmas Tree!

Thanksgiving Potluck

Well, our potluck went great! It was a lot of fun and there was a lot of food too. It was nice to get together with friends and eat some turkey with all the wonderful sides. Stephen and I were up at 7am on Saturday morning getting the turkey ready to go into the smoker. It turned out delicious of course. He then fried a turkey later that afternoon. I did some baking, which I really enjoyed, and had some left over to snack on throughout the week. Asher tried some turkey and really seemed to like it. We've been trying to introduce new foods and textures. He also loved his Aunt Melissa's mashed potatoes! We may and try to schedule this every year from now on. It was a great idea (of Stephen's) and we're glad that all our close friends could join us. Now I've got a few days to let all that food settle in order to do it all again on Thursday!! Have a great week everyone.

Counting Down

With only 103 days to go, it still seems like an eternity. We still haven't picked out a name, it's been hard to find one that we both like! We need to get busy so Asher has time to learn it. Right now he just walks up to me and points to my tummy and says "Baby". It's the sweetest thing! We still haven't decided where we are going to put the new nursery either. I've thought about moving some rooms around, but we've just got too much stuff! It's a little frustrating when I have 5 bedrooms and can't manage to figure out where to put the junk so I can have another baby room. Ugh. We don't have a whole lot of time, so we better start brainstorming! I was doing some reading about this week in my pregnancy to see about how big this little guy is getting and this is what's going on with him: He is measuring 12 to 13 inches and weighs about 1.5 pounds. His skin is still thin, wrinkled, and pale, but he gets a bit plumper every day, thanks to the fat and muscle he's continually adding. Right now tiny blood vessels called capillaries are starting to develop below his skin, and these will give it a pink hue.

Mommy Weekend

Asher and I enjoyed our weekend together while Stephen was off on his "boys" weekend with Seth. We had fun and really did a whole lot of nothing. I did some major cleaning around the house. Boy, did it need it! This was the first time for Asher and I to be all alone without Daddy. It was a little different for us. Asher was so good, as always, which allowed me to do more than my normal weekend cleaning. He's getting to the age where he can really entertain himself with his toys. Sometimes I would just stand in the dinning room and watch him play in his pin. Just blabbering his ABC's and holding his toy phone to his ear. When we picked Stephen up, Asher was so excited! It made my heart melt watching his face light up when he saw his Daddy. I had a comp day today which made it extra nice to hang out with Stephen. We did our Thanksgiving shopping and got our turkey's. A 4 day week is just what I needed! We're looking forward to our Potluck this Saturday with our friends. Then just another week until Thanksgiving with the family!

Asher's 1 Year Checkup

Daddy took Asher to the Dr this afternoon for his 1 year checkup. He checked out healthy and has grown a lot. He is measuring 30" long and weighs 20 1/2 pounds. He did have a bad experience with his shots however. The nurse wasn't very gentle with him, to the point where Stephen called the Doctor after they left and made a complaint. One of the vaccines didn't get all the way into his system, apparently about half of it ran down his leg. Come to find out it was the live virus for his MMR (Measles, Mumps & Rubella) vaccine. So, we can't have a "do-over". Asher will get this one again around 4-5 years in a booster. The nurse was put on probation and IF she is still there when we take him for his 18 month checkup the Dr told us to remind him to get another nurse to do Asher's shots. What an ordeal. They came by my office when they were done and I got to see Asher for a few minutes. He was very sleepy and I told Stephen that he will most likely sleep a lot this evening. Fun stuff! That's all for now.

Having a blast at Austin's party!