Thanksgiving

Well, we had a great Thanksgiving this year! We went to my side of the family and spent most of the time relaxing, watching movies, and of course football :) Best of all, Titus slept GREAT! It helped that he had his own room, and we brought his CD with us to help remind him of home. He even took NAPS during the day, which he has a very hard time doing when he is away from home. He didn't even cry, and one morning slept until 9 AM!!! (now, the car ride there and back was a different story...anything over an hour is pure torture for anyone riding in the same vehicle!! I thought kids were supposed to LIKE riding in the car?!? Hopefully #2 does, because I don't think I could take another one that hates it :) Thankfully his Aunt Kara rode with us there and back and was able to entertain a little bit.)

We also did the after Thanksgiving shopping (what better place than Grand Rapids?!?). It is the ONLY time I ever enjoy shopping...which some of you may think is crazy...but we have it down to a science, and it is in and out, no browsing, fast...which I like. My dad drives everyone around and drops us each off at key locations...one person grabs the item the other gets in line while one or two others do the same in another store. We call when we are done and he gets us and takes us to our next spot. It is great! We left at 4:30 AM and were completely done shopping before 7:30!

I tried to get together with some of my friends from high school while I was home, but that kind of fell apart and only one person ended up showing up. We had a great time, though, and it was fun catching up and just talking one on one. Sorry, no pictures of that :(

Here are a few pictures from our time in Allendale:

My sister and Titus watching TV together

Grandpa Snyder and Titus

We also celebrated Christmas since we will not be able to make it back to my parents' house this year...

I just thought this picture was too funny :)

Titus loves cars...and was even more excited to get a shiny, new, red one! This is Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars, and it is a pretty cool car - you can program it to say things and go where you want it to...kind of like remote control cars without the remote :)

Titus aparently thought his new shirt was a blanket...because he laid down on it and said "nuh-night" :)

Baby update: We went in today for my monthly check-up (I am 17 weeks) and like I thought (and hoped!), they had me schedule an ultrasound for December 19. They could do it now, but are waiting a couple weeks since we want to know the gender. They said 20 weeks is the best time - and since we want to be sure, we agreed to wait!! :) On a positive note (for me), only one heartbeat again - this time with him slowly listening all over my stomach. Plus I am once again measuring normal...so I am about 99% sure there is only 1. Whew! I am still feeling sick, which is NOT fun...plus I have been having super bad headaches...my blood pressure was up before which may have been causing some of it, but was normal today. The only thing I can take is extra strength Tylenol, and sometimes that doesn't even help...isn't pregnancy FUN?!? :)

Other news: I had a pretty good birthday yesterday - 26 on the 26th :) :) If nothing else I didn't have to WORK, so as an adult, it really can't get much better than that :) Plus Stephen took me out to eat for lunch, so that was nice not having to cook...we started Christmas decorating, which is fun, but time-consuming.

Overall, a great Thanksgiving break and time away from responsibility :) Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving as well!!