Mover And A Shaker

The man shower has come and gone and from most accounts seemed to be a fun time had by all. Thanks to all of you who were able to come up for golf, football, poker and xbox. The gifts are wonderful and I am sure that Abigail will love and enjoy it all.

Yesterday, August came up for a class at the junior college and brought with him our glider. We just about have all of the furniture for the nursery. Now all we have to do is get everything arranged and get our bookcase ordered. The dogs are curious as to why all of the furniture was removed from the room and are wondering what all is going on. Frankie however, enjoys the change and enjoys rummaging around all of the baby furniture.

Well, today we had another doctor's appt and all went well. The doctor was excited to see that I am finally starting to put on some weight and said that I looked really good for how far along I am. I was also measured today and it appears that everything is evening out with how far along I am and what I am measuring. The good thing is that right now, it just looks like I am carrying a basketball under my shirt, which is nice because I am carrying her all out front.

During our appointments we get to listen to Abigail's heartbeat and today she was especially feisty. First the doctor was having a hard time locating her and then when she found it, she would just move around and kick. I think that she ended up kicking the monitor about 4 times, she was not wanting to be bothered. In the end we were finally able to get a heart rate out of her and it was all over the place since she was moving like crazy, but the doctor said an active baby is a healthy and happy baby, so we didn't mind.

For this upcoming month I was told to expect to grow larger out front and my belly would start to really round out. Not only will I be getting larger I was also told that I will become more and more tired and will be sleeping less, I can hardly wait.

Needless to say Kyle and I are getting more and more excited as we get closer to January.

Here are some pictures from this past weekend.



Opening gifts, Marcus was trying to help.


The guys playing poker, Kyle was the 1st out.


Opening some more gifts.


Frankie was pooped after everyone left.


Marcus and Rocco were equally tired after entertaining
guests all weekend.


Jonas with his balloons at his adoption party.


Jonas having a good time at the party, or maybe
just passing gas.