Happy Thursday everyone and happy due date day to me!
I’m officially 40 weeks pregnant, but so far no sign of baby yet…
I have an appointment with my midwife later today though, so I’m excited to see how that goes!
In the meantime, I thought I’d share some pictures from our Thanksgiving! (By the way, I can’t believe Thanksgiving was already a week ago! I feel like time has been flying by the past week, which is good in a way because I know most people seem to think it drags when they’re waiting on baby…) My parents came in from Michigan for Thanksgiving and my sister and Ben flew in from NYC, and it was really special to have them here to celebrate our first holiday in our new house! It was a fairly low-key day, but we made a ton of delicious food and it was fun to just spend time together!
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| Ben picked out some great cheeses for Thanksgiving which made the perfect appetizer to snack on |
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| The guys in the kitchen |
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| 39 weeks pregnant and definitely looking every bit of it… |
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| I made the stuffing this year and decided to do it in the crock pot to free up space in our oven for other things. I made a cornbread stuffing using this recipe (except I did swap the cream of chicken soup/chicken broth for cream of celery/veggie broth since my sister is vegetarian) and I was really happy with how it turned out! |
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| Cameron handled the turkey and he did a GREAT job! It turned out perfectly!! |
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| Ben made a delicious mushroom dish…and Lola wanted in on the action! |
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| Carving the turkey! |
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| In addition to the dishes I mentioned, we had smashed garlic redskin potatoes, homemade gravy, roasted carrots, and green beans with carmelized onions and almonds – everything turned out great! |
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| Family getting ready to eat…and my overflowing plate! (Complete with sparkling cider…) |
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| Some of Cam’s family was able to come over for dessert and it was great to see them on Thanksgiving too! |
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| Group shot of my family |
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| All four of our baby boy’s grandparents, who are all anxiously awaiting his arrival 🙂 |
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| I thought the sweater would make the bump look a little less out of control but I think it did the opposite… |
My sister and Ben were in town through Sunday, and it was great to get to spend time with them since they were staying at our house. It was Ben’s first trip to Portland so it was fun to show him around. We had
some delicious meals and were definitely sad that they had to go back to NYC!
(We also got our tree while they were here, and I’ll share some more pictures of that soon!)
My parents are still in town though and so it was great to be able to celebrate
my 28th birthday with them on Monday! It was the first day of my maternity leave, and so it was awesome to be able to have a relaxing lunch, go pick up
a few of my favorite treats around town, do some major shopping with my mom, and then finish the day with some delicious pizza at
Ned Ludd’s PREAM!
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| Pre-dinner red lips |
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| Making a wish with a delicious peppermint cupcake from Saint Cupcake – so good! |
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| This picture makes me happy…but it could be our last one as a family of two! 🙂 |
I’ve really enjoyed soaking up all this family time the past week, but now we’re definitely ready for our new addition to arrive! Hoping to share another bumpdate before that happens, but we’ll see 🙂
