The baby is really plumping up and will continue to do so as he or she will gain almost half of his or her body weight by delivery time. This past week has been crazy with Christmas, holiday traditions, and spending time with family and friends. Here's a recape of the latest happenings:
Last Friday we went out with two of my coworkers and their spouses for dinner at Castile Restaurant on St. Pete Beach. It's been a really long time since we have traveled down to St. Pete Beach, and it was nice to see everything all decorated for Christmas. Our waiter was a little strange, but the food was great and the laughs were continuous. (Here is a link to the menu - I had the crab cakes and Ben had a wahoo fish special). It was a really relaxing evening. One of the funniest moments was when we were waiting for our cars, two other (much older) couples were leaving at the same exact time and apparently drove the same exact car (white Cadillac CTS, of course) and the one guy could not tell which car was his! The told us that we have this same sort of adventure to look forward to!
On Saturday, we were running around at the mall (apparently this is called Panic Saturday) and it was complete chaos. We lost track of time and were wandering a little longer than necessary and much longer than we intended to be there. We had to rush home to make some goodies for an annual family gathering near Brooksville area. There is always plenty of good food, family and children running around, and the paparazzi photo sessions are relentless. (Kidding!) Here are few of my favorites:
Ben's cousin, Kristi, who is due on February 26th (one week after baby R!):
Our whole family shot with Grandma and Ben's parents:
I am standing on the fireplace ledge in all the photos with Ben's family because they are so tall and I basically look like a circus midget around them, just in case you were wondering. ;)
On Sunday we did a little more running around to get a few final gifts for Christmas, which included a stop at our favorite local nursery for some plant shopping. They have several beautiful peacocks and chickens. This particular chicken was following us through his pen and he was almost so ugly he was cute:
Sunday night we headed over to Dade City for Church Street Christmas. The weather was looking rainy, but this was really the only night that we were going to be able to see Church Street this year. We checked out the play that several family members were in at the First Baptist Church and then drove Church Street instead of walking it (typically the street is closed to traffic and you can walk to see the lights, Santa, carolers, etc..). It really wasn't the same, but hopefully this will make next year even more special.
On Monday, Ben had to take his truck in for service and since I'm on Winter Break, he was going to take my car to work and then pick me up later in the day. Since I was homebound, I did a lot of reading in the book that I'm just finishing. (Off the Menu - didn't really enjoy it too much). When Ben got off work, we went with my sister's family and my parents to go see Santa at the mall. They were really excited and really well behaved for Santa (and color-coordinated, of course!)
On Tuesday, I had a doctor's appointment that my sister went to with me since Ben was planning on working late to get some hours in since he was going to be off Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. It was nice to have my sister there because she has actual medical knowledge and who has been through this process before. But, it is becoming more apparent to me that my doctor is not as familiar with the blood clotting disorder that I've been diagnosed with as I originally thought.
Medically, he wants to induce me on a set date so that he control the birthing environment. He feels that because I'm on the Lovenox shots, which are essentially a blood thinner, there is more of a chance of me bleeding out. I'm really not wanting to be induced, so he agreed to speak with the specialist that prescribed the Lovenox to determine if I need to stop them at a certain point. Ben and I also want to speak with her after the holidays to confirm the same information. She did specifically tell us that the Lovenox that she was prescribing was such a low dosage, that it wouldn't have any affect on the delivery, but apparently that may not be the case.
On Wednesday, (Christmas Eve) Ben and I went over to my sister's house to hang out with the kids and have our annual baking and gingerbread house building session. My sister and I decided that we weren't going to bake this year, just relax and watch the kids. Here is a shot of Ben jumping rope with the kids and their dog, Baxter, decided that he wanted to try! Baxter was especially attached to Ben on Wednesday, but we had a really good time hanging out and getting them ready for Santa.
Here is the final product of the gingerbread house building:
Finally, here is a shot of Ben, Alex, and Emily (and her doll, Olivia) relaxing on Christmas:
More about Christmas on next week's post - have a great week, y'all!
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