The pic below is of me at 23 weeks gestation. Baby's really starting to pop out :)
For deer hunting and Thanksgiving this year, we had a couple of family gatherings to attend--luckily, they were both in Tomahawk! It was Fischer's first time staying at Grandpa Ken's house. We were unsure how he'd do, but he found plenty to occupy his curiosity (his fave was a pair of binoculars that he still insists on looking through backwards!). Fischer enjoyed sleeping between me and Joe at night, and was a great napper during the day, too. He also didn't mind having his clothes and/or diaper changed lying in front of the fireplace--toasty!
We enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with Nate, Frances, Josiah, Dane, Grandma Pam and Grandpa Bill at Nate and Frances' house. Although we normally split travel between Tomahawk for hunting and Trempealeau (near LaCrosse) for the dinner, it was VERY nice to have it in one place this year. We also enjoyed a nice meal with Grandpa Ken and Grace at Grace's house. We can't say we weren't well-fed during our visit!!!
The pic above is from the beginning of December, 26 weeks gestation. The belly's getting even rounder! I was still feeling great, though! Much healthier through this pregnancy than I was with Fischer's...
On December 16th, Bright Beginnings (where Joe and I both work, and Fischer attends) had their annual Holiday party and visit with Santa. This being our 10th anniversary year, we pulled out all the stops--we had a build-a-stuffed-friend room, make-your-own gingerbread house out of graham crackers, puppet show, gingerbread men and cocoa, roaming carollers, and MUCH more! Fischer and Joe had a ball. You can see Fischer had NO problem warming up to Santa :) When we gave him his presents this year, we didn't make a big fuss about them being from Santa--in fact he thanked us for his gifts :) So whenever anyone asked him what Santa brought him, he said "a candycane," because that's what he got from Santa at his daycare visit!
The pic below is at 29 weeks gestation, just before Christmas. We're entering a growth spurt for sure!!
Christmas Eve, while Fischer ate supper, I placed the presents under our tree. We wanted to open his gifts that night, because we wanted to give him a chance to play with them until bedtime. The following morning, we went to Grandma D's and Grandpa Mike's to have Christmas with Joe's side of the family, and we didn't want Fischer to open his gifts from us at home only to wisk him away to Grandma's right away!
He really enjoyed opening gift after gift, and was saying, "Oh my gosh! What it is?" We got him a Mr. Potato Head, a Viewmaster (below), a flashlight, stickers, Lincoln Logs, and Magnetic Blocks.
Here's a family pic of us in front of the tree (the one I chose not to post has Fischer looking through his Viewmaster at the camera :) Baby's getting ever-bigger!
All-in-all we had a very nice, very relaxing time off around the holidays (compared to many others whose weekend was filled with travel). Merry Christmas!!
The pic below is at 29 weeks gestation, just before Christmas. We're entering a growth spurt for sure!!
Christmas Eve, while Fischer ate supper, I placed the presents under our tree. We wanted to open his gifts that night, because we wanted to give him a chance to play with them until bedtime. The following morning, we went to Grandma D's and Grandpa Mike's to have Christmas with Joe's side of the family, and we didn't want Fischer to open his gifts from us at home only to wisk him away to Grandma's right away!
He really enjoyed opening gift after gift, and was saying, "Oh my gosh! What it is?" We got him a Mr. Potato Head, a Viewmaster (below), a flashlight, stickers, Lincoln Logs, and Magnetic Blocks.
Here's a family pic of us in front of the tree (the one I chose not to post has Fischer looking through his Viewmaster at the camera :) Baby's getting ever-bigger!
All-in-all we had a very nice, very relaxing time off around the holidays (compared to many others whose weekend was filled with travel). Merry Christmas!!
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