28 weeks and 5 days

Well, the last two weeks have been crazy. We have had a lot happening in our life and some of it was not happy but some was happy.

First, the not so happy. We had to go home for a few days. Brian's mom was put into Intensive Care and we just could not let her stay in the hospital all by herself during a really tough time (since Brian's dad also was in the hospital after suffering from a small stroke). It was tough to make the long drive back to Ohio, but in the end we are really glad we went. It was great seeing Brian's mom's face light up when she saw us walk into her room. It was even better when she got to feel the baby kick. I really think that seeing my round belly helped Brian's mom get through several procedures to move out of the Intensive Care Unit.

Now, a happy thing that happened was that I had a doctor's appointment. Well, that wasn't fun since I had to get some blood work as part of the 28 week exam. The blood work was to test several things such as gestational diabetes. The good thing was that the baby and I are doing well. The blood work came back pretty good. I am just a bit low in iron, but I can take a simple iron supplement. I also have an infection but the doctor feels that is typical and can be treated with antibiotics. Other than that, the doctor is very pleased with how my pregnancy is going.

Lastly, we celebrated Thanksgiving in Indy. It was just the three of us. We made a 12 pound turkey. It was very yummy. We want leftovers so that we can make some soups to freeze and stock up on leftovers for when the baby comes and we don't have time to make meals. Below are the pictures of us with our spread and us with our turkey. I am very proud of my turkey prep skills because it was yummy!! Also, Brian always looks cute carving the turkey!!