A holiday/December/Christmas to-do list.

Happy December 1st! Now that the Christmas month is here I feel the need to make my holiday/December/Christmas to-do list! 

1. I want to take E sledding with M and R. I don't so much want to spend that much time outside but I really want to see E ride down a snow covered hill with her big sis and Daddy. 

2. Family photos. I am way way behind in this department and desperately want family photos taken while E is still little. 

3. I WILL send out Christmas cards this year and if I work extra hard at it they will include our family photos! 

4. Go on 1 date with R. Dinner at a nice restaurant, good food and wine to accompany a great conversation sounds perfect right about now. 

5. I would like to do at least 2 Christmas crafts with M. My Pinterest boards are too full of ideas waiting to be taken advantage of!

6. Watch my FAVORITE Christmas movies: White Christmas, Sound of Music and Miracle on 34th Street. + a couple more. 

7. Make Christmas candies; peanut butter balls, chocolate covered pretzels, peppermint bark…

8. Celebrate Christmas with my loves, my parents and siblings, nieces and nephew. 

I might add to my list but this morning I think that this list completed would make a pretty darn good December.

29 week update.

I FINALLY had a midwife appointment that didn't get rescheduled. Hip hip hooray! It was 2 weeks behind schedule due to 16 babies delivered in June and 19 scheduled to deliver this month. Amazing, right? I think so. I can't be too upset about an overdue appointment when their were so many successful deliveries. All the more practice the midwives are getting before my delivery. :)

The appointment went really well. I've gained another 7 pounds. Which is another hip hip hooray! Will it ever not be strange to me that gaining weight is a good thing? Note to sister: it is weird but it is GOOD. So keep eating. ;)

And with weight comes size. My belly is 29 centimeters. According to the midwife I'm right where I need to be. Except, I'm on iron supplements now. Technically I'm anemic because my iron levels are so low. I suppose I'm okay with taking 1 supplement as long as I know its helping. I know I definitely can't eat enough to supply my body with as much iron as I and the baby needs so I've got to get it from somewhere else. 

The best part, of course, was hearing the babies heart beat. This part always makes me smile ear to ear. Not that its not a reality already but hearing her heartbeat brings to life that I will have a daughter soon. And it is so exciting.

I also held a model of a baby at 30 weeks. I was amazed at how big it was. All the kicks and punches sure make sense now. I'm still trying to figure how she fits inside my belly. It really is a miracle.

My appointments will now be every 2 weeks. I also have to schedule birthing classes this week. As well as organize Maddi's room to get ready for the baby. Especially because my baby shower is Saturday. And this deserves a hip hip hooray! Then, we're ready...I think.

Shew!! It's going by fast. Which I'm not to concerned with. As the days go by I feel more and more confident that I (or should I say we?) can do this. Being pregnant as really helped me learn to take one step at a time. I'd like to keep this going once the baby arrives in hopes of lighten stressful times. Hmm?... We shall see.

Keep loving.