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Joshua's Snowy Day

The week of Thanksgiving was a snowy one for us in the Seattle area! Since Josh was only about 6 months old the last time it snowed, I was pretty excited to see his reaction to it all. He loved it! The first day it snowed all morning and afternoon. Josh climbed up on the couch with his Doggie, Duckie and Blankie (his trio of buddies that he insists on sleeping with) and cuddled with me while we watched out the window as the snow fell...which was wonderful! Then Eric came home from work at lunch time since it was getting worse outside and we got to go play! Now, for anyone who doesn't live in Seattle this might not seem like much snow (we got 2.5 - 3 inches) but here everything shuts down cuz we are just not equipped to handle any kind of snow!

Here's Eric trying to teach Josh how to make a snow ball...he didn't like that part as much as he did throwing them...

Kind of reminds me of that movie a Christmas Story with the kid who can't put his arms down...I totally relate with that mom in this sense: hey at least he stayed warm!

When we got back inside, I made hot chocolate to warm us all up. Josh is a lot like me in that we both LOVE hot chocolate! (PS I should point out that that is snow in Eric's hair:))

Then we cuddled up and read one of Josh's favorite books (thank you, Aunt Dani) Biscuit's Snowy Day. It really was the perfect snowy day.

31 week check-up

I had an appointment this morning with my OB and things are good! Even though I have been having a lot of contractions, I'm not dilated at all. They did some monitoring in the office to see how baby tolerates the contractions and of course I didn't have a SINGLE one until they unhooked me and I sat up. So unfair.

When I had Joshua, the doctor couldn't do a "classic incision" on my uterus because of the shape of it and cuz it was an emergency, so I have a vertical incision instead. Because of that, if my contractions get too strong and they can't stop them they'll have to do a c-section right away so I don't rupture *Yikes* Also they have me down for a scheduled c-section when I'm just 36 weeks. Even though my dr said she was pretty sure I won't make it that far it's good to plan. SO no matter what I'll have a baby by Jan 13, 2011 at 1:30 :) Actually, she said it's likely that I'll have to deliver in the next few weeks, so we'll see what happens.

In the meantime, I'm still having mild contractions and on terbutaline and bed rest. But for some reason I feel a lot better hearing my doctor confirm what I was feeling, which is that I'll probably have a december baby. I guess it just helps me prepare mentally for what's to come. I'm just grateful for every day that I can give him beyond what Joshua had.

Getting The Christmas Spirit

Christmas Food Court Flash mob, love it!