Wow, it’s been a while…..this month became extremely busy and it shows for this is my only post for this month! Wow! I was taking a class and was furiously working on a project/presentation and we hosted American Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner at our house…and since we live in Canada, we also had a family gathering for Boxing Day (think Day-After-American-Thanksgiving shopping minus the crazy Walmart episode or 4am shopping!)….so it’s been a month or so of eating, shopping, eating, decorating, nesting, eating, cleaning spots that hadn’t even been noticed at our Home Inspection a year ago (but they had to be clean for the family dinners!) and craft making….!! I loved getting the house ready for Christmas…and also realizing that next Christmas our baby will be about 8 months old….so we will have to child-proof our house….anyhow…

So we made 6 months on Christmas day— here is the most recent picture of the growing (and itchy!) belly…

One really cool update is that we found a name for our son…we thought we had a name picked out months ago but recently changed it….it’s not for release but here is a clue: it’s either a “D” or an “E”. YES, we are gonna be one of THOSE families, where we all share the same initials…or at least of the first name.

Some funny updates and other random wonderful things:

1. We painted the baby’s room…it’s a “to-the-max” soft grayish green…so soft that my husband says it looks white and matches the ceiling! And really cool, the name of the paint color is Wisdom…so our baby can be surrounded by wisdom. You may or may not get it, but to us Christians, it’s pretty cool….

2. The baby is very active: kicking, rolling, dancing, playing soccer with my bladder….yes, he will be a truly energetic little one! I try very often to get my husband’s hand on my belly while the baby is kicking but then…the baby, just stops! Like, the baby becomes reflective and still for that moment. We wait to see if he might kick and then the absolute moment that my husband takes his hand off…yup, you guessed it, little baby dot just starts kicking again. Already, he is playing games with us!

3. I now have a half-outtie belly button. Do this: put your lips into a “big smooch” shape and then push over to the right side…that’s about what my belly button looks like right now…:) I will spare you the pics!

4. On Boxing Day, my husband and I went to a Book Warehouse and got many books for our little one….why is this so cool??? Well, everything in the store was 50% off — so we only spent about 30 bucks! I can’t wait to read to our son! I can say that I definitely “grew up” in a library and has loved reading ever since. I want to bring that joy and learning experience to our son.

Soon I will update with nesting accomplishments, completed crafts and pics from the family gatherings!