Well I haven't let a TON of time pass since the last post, so I guess that mean I'm getting better at keeping up! Since my last post we have made a trip to Cleveland to celebrate Ethan's first birthday! We had a great time and the cake was REALLY delicious. A shout out to Ethan on finally walking, as of yesterday-Go Ethan! Last weekend we went to my parents to hang out and I got to spend Saturday spending some quality time with Allison. It had been way too long. This past weekend we had the last Toledo home game (we won!) and spent Saturday with Dawn, Jim, Nikki, and Jessi for the Ohio State vs. Michigan game. I didn't watch it though, I spent the entire time talking :-) That evening we met up with Ryan's parents, Adam, Louise, and Abbey for dinner at Don Pablo's. It was nice to see them!
Shwew-now we're caught up. Today is Mursday-Monday that is actually like Thursday-and tomorrow is my birthday!!!!!!! I love my birthday and always have! After work tomorrow we will pack up for a long stay at my parent's for birthday celebration and Thanksgiving! I love this time of the year and can't wait to just relax and eat yummy Thanksgiving food.
Baby is doing well. He moves constantly and has started to get up in my ribs sometimes. It doesn't exactly hurt, but it's definitely distracting. He kicks and flips and flails around almost all day. We enjoy setting a remote on my belly and watching him kick. I have tried a number of times to get this on video, but every time I press "record" he stops and then I give up and he starts again. He must be stubborn-like his Daddy ;-). I had an appointment today and he's measuring right on track (not too big, not too small) and has a good heartbeat. He had the hiccups while she was listening to the heartbeat and was squirming all around. He did eventually kick the doppler wand thing-which he did last time.
We are slowly, but surely, working on clearing out the extra bedroom and making room for baby. We ordered a changing table and put that up already and Ryan got the crib up yesterday. I'd post a picture but it's boring-no mattress or bedding. I'll wait until it's all done. I can hardly believe that I'll be 25 weeks on Wednesday and have only 15 left to go! I just think to when I was 15 weeks and thought to myself, "That was fast!" and now that's all I have left before he gets here! EEKS!
Here are some recent pics of my expanding body-which is not something I'm too fond of-
23 Weeks 1 Day
24 Weeks 2 Days-The only purpose of this picture is to prove that my Rocket Fanatic shirt can still fit!
Thanks for reading my ramblings and updates on our little guy! I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and stay posted for a picture of the shirt I made myself to wear on Thanksgiving! :-)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Love: Jill, Ryan, and Baby





