Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Kamry Update
I went for my 34 week appointment and an ultrasound to see how Kamry is doing. Everything looks great: she weighs around 4.5 lbs, is head down, has a ton of hair, and is looking pretty squished. She wouldn't cooperate so we couldn't see her face or check that she is in fact a girl. She is in the 35th percentile for her weight and I get to start going to the doctor every week now. I have six weeks to go and am realizing how much needs to get done before I have her.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Christmas Joys
Well, it was our first Christmas just our small family and it was definately a different experience. I was all gung-ho to keep our family tradition alive of getting up at 4 or 5 a.m. to open presents. Due to being pregnant (pregnancy = sleep), Richie not going to bed until 11 p.m., and not getting to bed myself until almost midnight I did not wake up until 6:30 a.m. I woke my family up a little before 7 a.m. so we could open presents. Richie got really excited when he woke up and saw that Santa brought him a train. Richie got train sets from Santa, Mom & Dad, and Grandma & Grandpa Bennett, so we got a whole little village set up for him to play with.
Richie's Train Village
Richie got some cars and a punching bag from Aunt Jodi and Uncle Brad (Bobby's sister) and a Game Boy with a Sonic Game from Grandma & Grandpa Jones. Aunt Melanie and Uncle Nick got the whole family tickets to Disney on Ice that we will get to see in January. After opening presents Bobby made breakfast while I helped set up Richie's train tracks. This was surprisingly a difficult feat for an 8 month pregnant mom, sometimes I still forget that I can't do everything I think I can.
Richie opening presents
We spent most of the day at home relaxing and playing with toys, though I had Bobby throw in the baby laundry that I've been meaning to wash. We decided to go see the new Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 movie, which came out yesterday. I don't think I have ever seen Casa Grande so empty as on Christmas Day, since the movie theater was the only thing open. We had a pretty fun Christmas, with a somewhat spiritual Christmas Eve. We hope everyone had a good Christmas and was able to share it with those they love.
Richie's Train Village
Richie got some cars and a punching bag from Aunt Jodi and Uncle Brad (Bobby's sister) and a Game Boy with a Sonic Game from Grandma & Grandpa Jones. Aunt Melanie and Uncle Nick got the whole family tickets to Disney on Ice that we will get to see in January. After opening presents Bobby made breakfast while I helped set up Richie's train tracks. This was surprisingly a difficult feat for an 8 month pregnant mom, sometimes I still forget that I can't do everything I think I can.
Richie opening presents
We spent most of the day at home relaxing and playing with toys, though I had Bobby throw in the baby laundry that I've been meaning to wash. We decided to go see the new Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 movie, which came out yesterday. I don't think I have ever seen Casa Grande so empty as on Christmas Day, since the movie theater was the only thing open. We had a pretty fun Christmas, with a somewhat spiritual Christmas Eve. We hope everyone had a good Christmas and was able to share it with those they love.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Catching up with Christmas
I can't believe it is already Christmas, time seems to have flown by. In November we didn't do anything terribly exciting EXCEPT going to Lund and Ely for Thanksgiving. We had a really good time, and even though the car ride wasn't fun (Richie got sick on the way up and I had morning sickness on the way home), while we were there it was really enjoyable. It seems like so long in between seeing family, eventhough it was less than six months since we saw everyone at the family reunions this summer. At Thanksgiving my mom and sister, Melanie, threw me and my sister, Chelsea, a joint baby shower. It was a lot of fun and I got some really cute hairbows for the baby and beautiful girl clothes. I tell you baby boys get the short end of the stick in the clothes department.
In December I finished up my first full semester of grad courses. I brought in a total of 3 A's, 1 B, and 1 Pass. I still have a 4.0 because my B was in an undergrad course that did NOT count towards my grad GPA, I thought that was crazy but yeah for me!!!
The baby is doing fine, no chance of having a pre-term labor or anything (it seems like many of the ladies in my ward are on bedrest or dealing with pre-term babies). I'm just hoping this one decides to come and I don't have to be induced, but we'll see I might beg my doctor to induce if she's not here by the 9th of February. I think Bobby and I have FINALLY decided on a name. I'm almost positive this baby is going to be Kamry Renae Bennett. Bobby says he needs to let the name grow on him a little more, but has pretty much told me he'll come around. We may end up nicknaming her Kami, but we'll see when she gets here. I get to have another ultra/sound on the 29th to see how big she is. At 20 weeks she was a little underweight, so we'll see.
On Saturday we had our ward party. It turned out really nice, the couple was just called 2 weeks before and were told we needed a Christmas Party. I have been wanting to make Gingerbread Cookies for years, but never had a recipe or decided to do it. I really didn't want to have a gazillion Gingerbread Cookies lying around the house for me to eat all day long either. I made 60 cookies and took 50 to the ward party. The children were not limited on how many sweets they could have and all of the desserts were wiped out. I only let Richie get 1 item, while others were walking away with heaping platefuls of sweets. I was just glad not to have to take anything home with me.
Gingerbread Cookies YUMMY!
In December I finished up my first full semester of grad courses. I brought in a total of 3 A's, 1 B, and 1 Pass. I still have a 4.0 because my B was in an undergrad course that did NOT count towards my grad GPA, I thought that was crazy but yeah for me!!!
The baby is doing fine, no chance of having a pre-term labor or anything (it seems like many of the ladies in my ward are on bedrest or dealing with pre-term babies). I'm just hoping this one decides to come and I don't have to be induced, but we'll see I might beg my doctor to induce if she's not here by the 9th of February. I think Bobby and I have FINALLY decided on a name. I'm almost positive this baby is going to be Kamry Renae Bennett. Bobby says he needs to let the name grow on him a little more, but has pretty much told me he'll come around. We may end up nicknaming her Kami, but we'll see when she gets here. I get to have another ultra/sound on the 29th to see how big she is. At 20 weeks she was a little underweight, so we'll see.
On Saturday we had our ward party. It turned out really nice, the couple was just called 2 weeks before and were told we needed a Christmas Party. I have been wanting to make Gingerbread Cookies for years, but never had a recipe or decided to do it. I really didn't want to have a gazillion Gingerbread Cookies lying around the house for me to eat all day long either. I made 60 cookies and took 50 to the ward party. The children were not limited on how many sweets they could have and all of the desserts were wiped out. I only let Richie get 1 item, while others were walking away with heaping platefuls of sweets. I was just glad not to have to take anything home with me.
Gingerbread Cookies YUMMY!
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