Thanksgiving, Tucson Style and more

In stark contrast to a couple (very cold) weeks earlier in Portland, Thanksgiving in Tucson was dream weather. Per the usual, we had a large gathering at our house with fried turkey taking center stage. J and dad have really mastered the turkeys at this point!



I took full advantage this year and got all the help I could in the kitchen (therefore, snuck outside to enjoy the weather!). Actually, we all seemed to make our way out more this year (I think mostly because that's where the baked brie was!). It's hard to stay in the kitchen when all the action is out front.







Three words to describe Thanksgiving weekend: relaxing (and) turkey sandwiches (YUM). J fried up an extra turkey just so I could make sandwiches since deli turkey is a no-go right now. Yum.


In other (more current) news, we're well into the third trimester! 32.5 weeks along. We've successfully completed our five week "baby class" (which was traumatizing). We know all about the birth and labor process. Well, J does. I tuned out when they started talking about pain and needles and tearing and never really snapped back into it. But we're thinking about taking a "baby basics" class that is supposed to teach us the whole diapering/feeding/when to call the doctor thing. It's all new to J and I haven't babysat an infant in, oh, 15+ years. So we're thinking it might be a good idea.

At our last appointment just a couple of days ago, everything was measuring right on track, a nice 150 range heartbeat, and all that other good stuff. Now that my antibiotics have run their course for my third sinus infection in two months (oh, joy), we're all feeling pretty good around here and are looking forward to an exciting 2010! We just finished up the nursery, so as soon as I can get the family photog to take some shots, we'll get those posted.