Week 48: Recent Developments

Thanks again for all of the thoughtful comments and well-wishing from last weeks post.  Matt and I are super excited that we are going to have another baby!!  I also apologize if it was a little TMI. . .I debated about how much detail to reveal, but in the end I decided that #1 - in order to truly understand how miraculous it really is, you have to have the background info, and #2 - I know there are at least a couple of you out there struggling with infertility issues and somehow once you're in that boat nothing is too personal, it's always interesting to hear other people's stories.  We really appreciate everything everyone has done for us though - all of the texts, comments, visits, thoughts, and prayers over the past couple months.  We feel truly blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives!  

Anyway. . .Thanksgiving came and went far too quickly; far too many calories were consumed (although I still REALLY REALLY want some more turkey), far too much time was spent pouring over Black Friday ads, far too many people were out shopping Friday and for whatever reason I felt the need to join them, but thankfully not too much money was actually spent over the weekend.  (I resisted buying boots and Matt resisted buying that 50" TV he was drooling over. . .)

And Monday it was back to normal life. . .although there were a couple interesting developments:

• I bought a new Christmas tree!  A big fat one!  And the best part?  I found it on KSL for $25.  Oh how I love a good deal!!!
  
  (Ok, it will look a lot better after I decorate it, but still. . .not bad for $25 :) )

• My pants are already getting tight.  This is truly depressing since I didn't have to make any maternity modifications until I was about 6 months along with Alex.  I'm only 14 weeks along and already starting to get a slight baby bump.  Rats.  Oh well, I'm just grateful I am pregnant!

• My baby boy is suddenly all grown up.  We converted his crib into a toddler bed this weekend and surprisingly have had tremendous success.  He has also started doing things for himself - usually they are things that are rather dangerous when I'm not looking, but still.  Yesterday he pushed the stool over to the counter, got out the bread, and made himself two pieces of toast while I was picking up the house.  He also got the gummy vitamin bottle open and helped himself to 10 gummies (thankfully I caught him on that one before he swallowed. . .).  Later that afternoon Alex and his friend managed to climb up on the counter and broke into my chocolate chip stash in the cupboard in the 2 minutes it took his mom and I to follow them upstairs.  Oh that child!  

• Also, I have made it a goal to have my Etsy store up and running by the end of the week.  I've been so tired and nauseous the last month I've had absolutely no motivation to anything.  Now that I'm finally feeling better, I have so many projects I want to catch up on.  If I declare it publicly, I am more likely to follow through. :)  

Happy photographing!