Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, this weekend has been fun. Cody & I decided to spend Thanksgiving with his family & Christmas with mine this year, then next year we'll flip it around. So, Alana's Brothers & Sisters all came up from Arkansas & Oklahoma & we've been hanging out with them all weekend. We had a great Thanksgiving & of course, lots of great food! We had another appointment with Dr. Pucket on Wednesday. Everything is going great! At our last appointment, she told me I had gained a little extra weight & just to be careful with carbs & sweets. As of wed. I had only gained 4 lbs which is apparently perfect! Heart rate sounded perfect & everything seems to be great! Baby Wiggles has been just as active as ever & kicking all over the place! There have been a few times now where it will kick so hard that you can see my whole belly move & pop out! It's fun. Cody felt several good kicks last night, so he was beyond ecstatic! My belly is now nice & round & my belly button is rapidly disappearing the last week or so... In fact, it's almost flat now. It will soon be an outie. Meanwhile, I've discovered a love for the "Secret Fit" belly panel in maternity clothes. Heavenly! In fact, I think I might continue wearing them after the baby comes if they still fit. We'll see. Cody & I decided to go check the Motherhood Maternity outlet yesterday & see what the sales were like. I did get a skirt that is very cute & a pair of jeans. I didn't really realize how much I missed having jeans to wear, until I put these on this morning. There's just something special about denim. Anyway, so that's what's been going on around here. Everything has been wonderful & we're loving life! I hope things are going just as well for all of you. We love you all!

Ok, So, here are a couple preggo belly pictures! Just for fun.

Halloween was fun! Cody & I dressed up as Pirates & went to the church halloween party & did the Trunk-or-Treat. We forgot to take a picture of our trunk all decorated, which made me sad, cuz it looked so cool! But we won the award for best-decorated trunk! So that was fun. We didn't even know they were going to be having a contest, so it was cool. Our trunk was all piratey, complete with a treasure chest full of candy! Which, if you ask any little kid, (or me) is the best kind of treasure anyway! We had a blast with it! Cody was a little sad cuz his mom told him before we left that he didn't look very mean or fierce, but he felt better when a 3 year old at the trunk or treat told him he should take his costume off cuz he was scary. Hehe! It was way cute! So, here are a few pictures of us all dressed up. I had a scar on my cheek, but you can't really tell in any of these. Oh well.

"Preggo The Pirate"

"Captain Cody"

Every good Pirate captain has a monkey! We named the monkey Jack.

And... What I know you've all been waiting for... We had our appointment with Dr. Puckett on Thursday & got our ultrasound! It was so fun! The baby is actually looking like a little person in there now! It was so fun to see! Again, the baby was all over the place! Randy, the lady who did the ultrasound said we had a very active baby. So, since we won't know till March if it's Robert or Lorelai, we've temporarily named the baby Wiggles! Randy said Wiggles is a beautiful & perfect baby! Current weight is about 14 oz. She didn't tell us the length, but said it's in the 51 percentile, so I guess that's good. She also told us the heartbeat was 140 beats per minute, & said that's perfect! We were excited! Still are! Anyway, here are the new pictures. Enjoy them, we do! The black hole in the middle is the stomach. The splotchy spot kind of above it is the heart & the smaller black spot by where the leg goes up is the bladder.

I love how you can see the cute little nose!

Yes, we've got a thumb sucker! Hehe!

And my personal favorite... FEET!!! In case you can't see it on this one, I put it on here again with the right toes circled & left foot outlined.

I love it!!!

Anyway, that's all for now. I hope you guys enjoy this latest blog. I sure have!