Busy Month

Wow... it's hard to believe it's already November 13th!  It seems like this month is flying by!  The month is already almost half over, and before we know it, Christmas will be here!  We've had a pretty busy November already, and it's only just begun!

Our month started off pretty low-key.  We didn't have much planned the first weekend in November, since I was getting ready for my trip to Boston.  My mom, sister and I did some stealth shopping for Mark's surprise party, which I can now tell you about!  Sunday, we raked and mowed our front yard (filling twelve 30 gallon yard waste bags with leaves in the process) and watched football.  It was a pretty uneventful weekend.  

I left Monday, 11/5 for Boston.  I work remotely from my home, and travel to the office about once a quarter.  It was a great trip.  I missed the election at home, but don't worry, I voted early! ;-)  Wednesday night, we had a pizza party at Jill's house, and I had Lou Malnati's pizza delivered!  It was great!  The area got it's first snowstorm, about a week after the hurricane, so it was a little crazy!  I just wanted to make sure I got home in time! 

 

First snow in MA!

Friday, my flight was at 5:20... I usually leave the office about 2 hours early, since I've never hit any traffic, and security is usually pretty tame.  This trip was a completely different story!  There was traffic the entire way to the airport, and even if there wasn't, I doubt I would have made it through security!  It was INSANE!  I missed my flight (the first one I've ever missed) but luckily got on the very next flight.  Someone was even nice enough to switch seats with me so I wasn't in the middle!

This past Saturday, I had a surprise party planned for my hubby's big 30th birthday!  It was already a busy weekend - we had dentist appointments and our new dining room table was coming.  In addition to that, we had to clean the house and I had to get him out by 5 so my mom and sister could come set everything up!  We ran some errands, then I took him out for dinner.  I had everyone park across the street, so he wouldn't think anything was up.  When we got home, I tried to help carry in the bags, and all he wanted me to do was open the door and turn the alarm off.  I was arguing with him about it, and finally got him in the door first.  He was definitely surprised!!!  I wish I had a good picture of his reaction to share, but the only one is pretty blurry.  I'm glad I was able to pull this off; I definitely couldn't have done it without the help of my mom and sister!

Sunday, after cleaning up the house, we packed up the car and headed into Chicago to tailgate for the Bears-Texans game!  It was awesome!  It was super windy and cold, and then started raining, but we didn't care - we had a blast!  Here are some pics:

  
Even though the Bears lost, it was a really fun time.  We had amazing seats - they were right on the 35 yard line, and we were sheltered from the rain, which was the best part!  It was also pretty awesome to be at the game on Veteran's Day, since my hubby is a veteran.  

Monday was my hubby's actual birthday, so we both took the day off, and had our 20 week ultrasound and checkup scheduled.  I made his requested birthday breakfast and we got ready for our appointment.  We didn't find out the gender, and even the doctors don't know, so it will truly be a surprise for everyone! 

Last month, we found out I am a carrier for the Cystic Fibrosis gene, so at our last appointment, Mark had to have some blood work done to find out if he is a carrier too.  The test results are supposed to take 2 weeks to come in, and we still hadn't heard anything before our appointment, so we were pretty anxious.  If he was a carrier, we would potentially have to have an amniocentsis done, and the baby would have a 25% chance of having CF.  It took a while for the nurses to track down the results... but we got some great news back, and he is not a carrier!  What a relief!  

I'll leave you all with some pics of Baby T... we didn't get very many.  It seems like Baby T already takes after momma and does not like to have its picture taken!  Every time the ultrasound tech tried to get a good picture, Baby T turned away from the camera, or ended up with its arms in front of its face!  It was pretty hilarious, to be honest.

I hope everyone has had a great past few weeks, and is having fun getting ready for the holidays!  Can you believe that Thanksgiving is next week?!  Crazy!