November and December at a glance

We had our 20 week ultrasound at the hospital in November. This was to take all of his measurements and such. He moved around so much it took so long to get all the pictures they needed! He is healthy and strong though. The techs kept commenting on how beautiful his heart and hands were :) At 20 weeks 1 day our boy measured at least 21 weeks on all of his measurements, but 21 weeks 6 days for head size! He is a big boy! Such a squirmer.

Not a great picture, but here is his profile!

Again, crummy picture, but here is his little hand

Dylan asked a trillion questions while we were in there. Everything from "what's that weird thing on the screen" to "does diaphragm really have a 'g' in it?" The techs loved it. Apparently not all the parents they see are as enthusiastic as we are.

Dylan has felt the baby move a couple times now, and when the wee babe pounds or has excessively violent hiccups I can both feel and see movement! Also, my belly button almost sticks out farther than my belly. Dylan thinks it's the funnies thing to push it. It's not funny.

We spent Thanksgiving in Enumclaw with my family. All of the siblings were there but Steve (who was in Africa) and William and Keith. Jenny still brought the kids down though so we still got Steve's family! All 13 grandkids (well, 14!) were there. It was a full house but so much fun. I wish I took more pictures! On Thanksgiving I went on a 15 mile bike ride with Dad, Lisa, and Quinn. We went through Green Valley Gorge. It was a route I had done before, so I knew what to expect, but it was still a little harder than I expected. I was on a different bike (trying out Mom's new road bike, it's awesome!) and I hadn't been on a bike for probably 15 weeks. Thankfully the crew didn't mind my slower pace and Natalie and Kalyn rescued me from having to ride back up the driveway. Friday we went shooting in the morning. Dylan and I brought our shot guns so we did clay pigeon shooting too! Watching Mom shoot was my favorite part, followed a close second by watching her try to throw the clay pigeons. All of the pictures are on Kimberly's camera, I'll have to get them from her and post! That afternoon I watched 8 of the 13 kids while the parents went to play volleyball. It was actually really nice. Dylan had a blast playing. It's so awesome that with just our family alone we have enough people for 2 full teams plus subs! And that's without everyone playing! Saturday morning most of the crew went to the temple. There was a storm coming through so Dylan and I had to leave a day early and drove home on Saturday. I was bummed to miss out on a day with the family but we were so so grateful we made that choice!

Some of the boys helping Grandma with the dishes after our 3rd batch of popcorn cake!

Driving through Chinook Pass Saturday morning (yes, Chinook! It was clear both driving to
and from Enumclaw. Such a gorgeous drive and saves us a lot of time. And no traffic :)

We set up our tree when we got home. My first year with a fake tree. It's growing on me.
Atticus stayed at Tom and Glenda's while we were in Enumclaw and needed lots of cuddles
when we got home.

Atti's breath has been terrible and his dentist sticks weren't cutting it. Dylan took
out his old toothbrush and brushed Atti's teeth. He thought it was a game and just
wanted to chew on the toothbrush! It definitely helped though.

Dylan taking a break from finals. Him and Atticus fell asleep like this.
Atti opened his eyes right as I was taking the picture.

Our pipes started to freeze because the temperature was in the negatives for so long!
(we went WEEKS without it getting above 20, and I was happy if it was a positive temperature.
It was too cold!) Dylan put on his jumpsuit to climb under the house and check on the pipes.
Of course Atticus wanted more cuddles when Dylan resurfaced. He forgot how to dog though hah.

My Christmas present! Dylan got this for free off of Craigslist. We paid $16 to rent a piano dolly
and borrowed a trailer and some man power from some of the members in the area. The piano is gorgeous
and sounds wonderful. It's practically identical to the piano Dylan's parents have. I've been practicing so much
(although I'm still very slow at sight reading) and Dylan has filled out house with amazing music.

Scott stayed a weekend with us. It was so fun to have him here!
We learned he looks insanely like Natalie when he smiles.......

I crochet a snowflake! I wanted to try something different so I just looked up a youtube
video. It took forever, and it lopsided, and I missed a couple stitches, but I'm so proud
of myself!