Our fantastic Thanksgiving family! Colleen, Dewey, Greg, Irina and Sarah ("The Swiss"), and Eli.
The still life of our kitchen counter the day before T-give. (Huck likes to eat the leaves of the small rose bush Stefin's parents sent us, so we put it on the porch for the purpose of puke-avoidance.)Baby's first Thanksgiving... sort of... in utero- thank goodness, I wouldn't have been able to manage LABOR with all this turkey-induced drowsiness). I have been feeling more Braxon-Hicks contractions lately, which are uncomfortable surprises, but good in that they're like warm-up exercises for my womb.
(Remember when I was thin?)
This recipe worked wonderfully for our first-ever turkey, and the leftovers have yielded some bombtastic turkey soup.
Oh, and this is how warm it was on Thanksgiving day. We had the AC on. Yesterday it dipped down into Washingtonian 50s with that sort of general gray dampness so omnipresent in the PacNW. Today was chilly too, but gorgeous. Don't worry, it's supposed to be 75 again by Tuesday. What a wild place.
Other things I'm grateful for:
-Only a few more weeks of pregnancy! It hasn't been awful by any means, but I am ready to be able to get out of bed like a normal human again (even if it is going to be far more often than I want to, at obscene hours of the night...), be rid of heartburn, and, you know... be able to put my socks on in a position other than fat-football-coach-sitting-on-the-bench. Plus, I'm just incredibly excited to meet this baby! Every time I sleep, I dream of it.
-An incredibly supportive baby-daddy who is so patient with my mood-swings, cravings, and complaints... Who spent parts of today attending cloth-diapering-class, prepping the birthing tub (read: kiddie pool with colorful fish on the inflatable and see-through sides), and discussing the most logical logistics for poopy situations.
-A visit from good friend and cohort Dewey Morgan.
-The good weather today when we were locked out of our car for a few hours.
-Our wonderful families and the fact that so many fantastic people are in our lives.
Oh, and this is how warm it was on Thanksgiving day. We had the AC on. Yesterday it dipped down into Washingtonian 50s with that sort of general gray dampness so omnipresent in the PacNW. Today was chilly too, but gorgeous. Don't worry, it's supposed to be 75 again by Tuesday. What a wild place.Other things I'm grateful for:
-Only a few more weeks of pregnancy! It hasn't been awful by any means, but I am ready to be able to get out of bed like a normal human again (even if it is going to be far more often than I want to, at obscene hours of the night...), be rid of heartburn, and, you know... be able to put my socks on in a position other than fat-football-coach-sitting-on-the-bench. Plus, I'm just incredibly excited to meet this baby! Every time I sleep, I dream of it.
-An incredibly supportive baby-daddy who is so patient with my mood-swings, cravings, and complaints... Who spent parts of today attending cloth-diapering-class, prepping the birthing tub (read: kiddie pool with colorful fish on the inflatable and see-through sides), and discussing the most logical logistics for poopy situations.
-A visit from good friend and cohort Dewey Morgan.
-The good weather today when we were locked out of our car for a few hours.
-Our wonderful families and the fact that so many fantastic people are in our lives.
We missed you in Puyallup, but I'm glad you had a good Thanksgiving in New Orleans :)
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i f-ing love you!
see you soooooon-ish.
love!love!love!
Looks like you put on a wonderful feast for your friends. Everything looks beautiful, especially you. See you soon. Love.
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