Resting

Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, which is why today I am resting!
We had a fantastic time with my parents and sister and her family over Thanksgiving weekend. It was crazy with cousins running around, turkey to eat, a son turning 7, and a train to catch! We all had a fabulous time. I think the only side effect of all the fun has been sleep deprivation. Unfortunately for my guests they will have to wait to catch up on their sleep for when they get home. As for this family...well, I think a 2 hour nap with the girls while Aidan "rested" counts as a good start. Ahhhhhh. I love Sundays.

I will post pictures of this weekend and of the big 7 year old later. Right now, I have more resting to do...okay, okay, I'm lying. I'm actually going to be cleaning up a little bit. But I find it restful because there's absolutely no pressure to get anything done so I'll just do however much I feel like doing and call it good.

Reminding myself

I'm writing this post to remind myself that I am very grateful for the deer Brett brought home last night. It will stock our freezer and feed our bellies, and he had a great time to boot. There, I said it, so now if I sound a little ungrateful because this deer is currently taking up my whole refrigerator while it's waiting to be packaged tonight when I have a Thanksgiving *turkey* to be thawing and other groceries to get, I can look back at this long run-on sentence filled post and say, "See, I am to grateful!".

Baby Food

Gianna spent the better part of 20 minutes yesterday morning telling us all about what she was going to teach the baby. This was accompanied by demonstrations when necessary. She came to,

"I'm going to teach the baby how to eat!"..paused...and then "but the baby doesn't have any teeth."

"Hmmm, Gigi, what do you think the baby will eat then?"

She thought for quite a long time about this and then declared, "Soup! The baby will eat soup!"

:-)

Important Lessons

My children have taught me many things throughout their lives. I learn just as much from them (maybe more?) as they learn from me. However, this morning was a new one. Did you know, for instance, that no matter the time period in which you were born, proper sword-fighting technique is extremely important? Just ask these two:

Into the Woods!

Brett and Aidan went back out to the woods this afternoon while the girls and I napped and hung out. We all would have gone, but we don't have enough orange to outfit us all and it is bow season. And it was cold.

Rough life.

Gianna was bemoaning the fact that her siblings kept telling her she was in the way. She came into the kitchen hoping to get sympathy, but I informed her that she wasn't speaking very kindly to them and she needs to be more patient.

Her response: "Ohhhh, no body is nice to me. Mommy not nice to me. Daddy not nice to me. Aidan not nice....noooooooo body is nice to me." Let me tell ya, she has it so rough. Hardly!

Relieved

Just want to let ya'll know that everything checked out a-okay at the doctor's this afternoon. The spot had not changed in shape or size and neither the radiologists nor the doctors were concerned about it in any way, shape, or form! I can not tell you how relieved we are. We are entering the third trimester and every one around here is getting very excited to have this baby to snuggle with.

Thank you so much for all your prayers and support.