Pics from Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We certainly did! We traveled to St. Louis for Thanksgiving and had a great time! Much turkey was eaten and football was watched and naps were taken!

On Saturday, Kathy hosted my very first baby shower. It was absolutely lovely and I can't gush enough about everyone's generous gifts and the fun party games that we played! Many, many, many thanks to Kathy and to Melinda, who planned everything to perfection and ensured that we all had a wonderful time! We received an exersaucer, stroller, many adorable outfits and blankets, lots of practical baby care items, albums and scrapbooks and much, much more. Dorian is going to be one spoiled baby!

Here are a few pics from the weekend. I shall post more shower pics soon. :-)

Trevor Gives Birth!

To a 60" high definition Sony Grand Wega SXRD. It's like having our own movie theater in the comfort of our living room!

Happy Birthday to me!

Sorry I didn't update sooner, but when I was ready to do so, blogger was down. :-)

My doctor's appointment was fine, all was routine. The baby's heartbeat is good, my weight gain is on track (although I am supposed to watch and make sure I don't gain more than a pound a week for the rest of my pregnancy, which would be far easier if our scale was in the realm of accurate). I am bummed out that we can't take the childbirth class offered through our doctor's office, but all the times and dates they have left before Dorian is born are consumed with my classes and family visits. But, I am looking into classes offered through other hospitals and I'm sure we'll find something wonderful. On the plus side though, we are signed up for a breastfeeding class in January. And yes, I do mean *we*. Trevor gets to come to the class too!

My next appointment is in early December and it is a big one - glucose test and another ultrasound! Yippee!

Psst . . . he has a name

Yes, after much debate, we have named the baby. I have received a lot of advice from a lot of moms about whether or not you should tell friends and family the name you have selected, but we're big blabbermouths, so I can't really keep it secret. If you are a family member or a friend and you're not fond of the name we selected, honestly, keep that to yourself. It's not that we don't love or value your opinion, but it was hard enough for us to find a name we both loved and we're not changing it now.

So, the name we chose is Dorian Remiel Huston. For the curious, yes, I have read "The Picture of Dorian Grey." Yes, I do know it ends badly for that Dorian. I have great faith that our Dorian will be fine and not follow the path of his namesake. :-) Remiel is the name of an angel and a character in Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman." It is nice to have him named, it definitely gave him a personality.

I go to the doctor on Thursday, so I will update again then. :-)