Counting to 14!!!!

This week was pretty exciting. Toni had an appointment for Emma on Tuesday and 2 Doctors did sonograms and both came to the same conclusion - Emma is getting big! They currently estimate her to be around 6 lbs, 11 ounces and judging by Toni's belly, they're now talking about inducing labor early! Toni has another sonogram scheduled the week after next and then they will set the induction date. So it's looking right now that Emma will be born sometime between the 6th-14th of December. It all really comes down to what day the Doctor is at the hospital. Seems crazy that in as little as 2 weeks, we'll be welcoming Emma into the world. Everything with the appointment went well and her heart rate was 147. She had her hands in front of her face so we weren't able to get any good pics but it looks like before long we'll have plenty of good photo opportunities. :) Toni is ready for Emma to be born. The sleepless nights fighting heartburn and the difficulty doing pretty much anything are wearing on her. Hopefully it won't be too much longer. :)

This week I applied for FMLA and we continued getting Christmas decorations up. We put up an old fashioned aluminum Christmas tree complete with modern LED color wheel. Caitlin helped decorate it and it looks really nice. Caitlin had fun putting the ornaments on but seemed to like grouping them together. At one point we had a blob of at least 6 ornaments on one branch! We also put up a Snoopy inflatable lawn display which Caitlin seems to really like. We went out this morning and she walked over to it and started pointing at it. When we started pulling out of the driveway, she started saying, "bye-bye Snoopy".

The biggest news for Caitlin this weekend was that she actually counted to 14 on her own! Granted, she skips the number 2 every time but she got all the other numbers down. I was completely shocked listening to her count! She's done it several times and it is still amazing to me!

This week should be nice with Thanksgiving. I'm going to make dinner for Toni and Caitlin and then on Sunday we're getting together with my family to celebrate. It should be fun. I'd also like to take a moment to congratulate my Cousin Jill and her husband Nate, they announced that they are expecting their first child in May of next year! We wish them all the best as they go into parenthood! I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!