Papa arrived the Monday before Thanksgiving to stay for a week and enjoy the holidays with us. We had a lot of fun and ran Papa all over town. I told him to dress warm, but I don't think he was quite ready for the 30 something temps, we had some really chilly days while he was here. But the nice thing was it only rained 2 of the 7 days he was here. Look at me, what a Seattlelite already thinking 30 degree weather with 5 days of sun is pretty good. Here we took Papa to the Salmon Hatchery in Issaquah. Its quite fun to read and learn all about the salmon and how they return to where they were born to spawn. This hatchery is helping the Salmon population replenish here in the NW, this past year that had the best numbers they've had in a log time for new Chinook salmon.Lilah has now gotten so heavy (18.1lbs) I can't carry her in the bjorn or sling without my shoulders or back hurting. So I started using this Ergo carrier Bill's co-workers gave us and I've got to say its great. I can wear her for hours and do pretty well. Its got a lot of straps, clips, etc that I found odd at first, but i've gotten used to it and love it. You should have seen me taking Papa around, I had Lilah in the Ergo, pushing Papa in the wheelchair up a hill, and not to mention i'm 7 months pregnant, i was pretty proud of myself!
Here's my little Turkey all ready for her first Thanksgiving. We started the day with a big family breakfast and a turkey craft with apples and marshmellows for the kids. Then the boys watched football while I baked a cake and Opa cooked the turkey. We headed over to Aunt Liz's that night for the big Moore family Thanksgiving dinner. It was great to be with family this Thanksgiving, though we did say how much we missed the Hall's and Uncle Abel for our usual Hawaii family dinner.
As you can see we had all the grown ups wear pilgrim hats and feathers for the kids. We took this shot at the end of dinner, so some people had lost their head gear. Everyone was feeling pretty full and ready for a nap at this point, or at least the grownups were.
Everybody keeps asking for a belly shot, well here you go. It depends on the clothing i'm wearing on how much belly you can see. But the baby is kicking a lot at night. Had a check up this week and we're still on track for a Feb 24th delivery and the baby currently weights 2.5 lbs which is right on target. We're not finding out the sex ahead of time to many folk's dismay, but i just want to remember this baby is a blessing and to just be thankful for a healthy child, i can worry about pink or blue later. Currently I'm just really nervous about splitting my time with my dear sweet Lilah.
We drove Papa up to Mt. Rainier over the weekend. We were all impressed with the beauty of the park around the mountain. It was just gorgeous. We sat Lilah down in the snow and she loved it as much as she loved her first trip to the beach. We can't wait to go sledding and snow shoeing up here, but i think i'll pass on the skiing, I can never understand how to stop.
3 comments:
You look awesome- already handling both little ones like a champ! Don't think of it as splitting your time, think of it as sharing yourself. You've got enough love and joy to give both kiddos, they're as lucky to have you as you are to have them. Miss you, love ya.- Les
Love all the photos of the area, it's so gorgeous! Looks like ya'll are doing great and had a nice Thanksgiving. Glad your papa was able to make it out there to visit. YOu are a GREAT mom Amanda and both your babies are so blessed to have you. You will do FINE with two babies, and they will love it because they are close in age and will be the best of friends. If anyone can handle it you certainly can! :)
It sounds like you had a great visit with Papa and an awesome ThanksGiving with the whole family. You look awesome and Lilah is cute as a button. Keep the pictures and blogs coming. I have really enjoyed following your journey to adopt Lilah and now your pregnancy. You are truely blessed to have a beautiful daughter and another child on the way.
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