Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend this year. We ended up having 4 big meals and loved every minute we had spending time with our families.

On Thursday we went over to Mary's house to celebrate Thanksgiving and have our first meal with the Sewing family.
Kaitlynn had a fun playing with all of Asha's toys. Papa even joined in the fun doing the doll's hair!

Later that afternoon we went back to my parent's house to have meal #2 with them. Afterward we helped decorate their tree.
This was a little dachshund ornament that looks just like Macee (Mae Mae) She thought it was pretty cool.
Helping to decorate Grandma and Grandpa's tree.
Helping Grandma set up the nativity scene
Friday evening we went over to Great Grandma Wiese's house for Meal #3.
She does love her cousin
Reading books with Aunt Janice

On Saturday we went over to Mark and Diane's for our Meal #4. This was their first Christmas in the new house so we got to help them decorate. Notice: in this picture, Kate is holding onto Grandma's leg. She was saying "I got you...I got you!" Sorry for the shot, Mom!!!
Cuddling with Grandpa

Skip a few weeks...

My childhood friend, Brooke got married on Saturday. Kaitlynn and I made the trip up to Iowa and had a fun time at the wedding and reception. There weren't many little kids around so she provided most of the entertainment for us, as usual! Can we say "Mini Daddy??"

We're all ready to go
A 24 week belly shot, although you can't really see anything.
Grandma and Grandpa
Not a great picture of Grandma, but a funny one of Kaitlynn cheezin' it up!
Funny faces with Mom!
Playing with her light up stick (which didn't work) from the DJ
Merry Christmas!

It's a...

Stubborn little BOY!!!! We went for our 2nd ultrasound on Wednesday after trying a month ago to find out if we were having a boy or a girl. At the first ultrasound, he was turned so funny that we could literally only see the brain and his spine. Although, it was nice to know those parts were healthy!!

On Wednesday he was head down and facing towards my front so it seemed like he should be in good position to solve this mystery. Except...he continued to be stubborn and had his legs crossed through out the ENTIRE ultrasound. We joked about how the baby was going to have a brown and pink nursery no matter what and had come to a conclusion we were going to have to wait and be surprised in March. I surprised myself at how calm I was at the thought of this. You all know how much of a planner I am!

Literally, seconds before she turned the machine off he opened his legs and we got a very brief glimpse of the important boy parts. Thankfully, she was able to freeze the picture and there is no doubt after looking at the picture that he is, in fact, a boy!! When she put the screen back to live mode, he already had his legs crossed again. I have a feeling this one is going to keep us on our toes!!!

I wish I had video of Matt's reaction because it was priceless! Most of you know that he wanted a boy very badly and part of the reason is because if we didn't have a boy then the Sewing name was done. Now we can pass it on for another generation! I guess, he didn't hear the tech say that it was a boy so he kept yelling out "What! It's a boy? What! It's a boy?...) It was pretty funny!

We had picked out the name Hayden for a boy the very first time we got pregnant and have liked it ever since. We are both very excited to finally be able to use it. Hayden Matthew will be here on our before March 29th. My c-section is scheduled for March 29th. Unless my water breaks, I go into labor or any other complications pop up before then (praying they don't) we will be meeting our little guy that morning!

I'm hoping to have some time this weekend to try to scan in the ultrasound pictures and some of Kaitlynn visiting Santa this week. She's VERY excited for Christmas this year and is having a great time learning about baby Jesus, looking at lights and helping Mommy to wrap presents!