We're Having an Avocado!!!

Hi everyone!  Sorry I have been so bad about posting.  It seems like that past month has been so busy for us and on top of that I got pretty sick with a bad cold that kept me in bed for a few days!  During the past month we took a motor home trip to Corning, NY with Matt’s dad, Margaret, and their dogs.  Matt ran the Wine Glass Marathon and he QUALIFIED FOR BOSTON!!!!!!  It was an amazing experience.  I was so happy to be there to witness it, what a powerful moment.  As for actually running the Boston Marathon….it seems as though it may be run in 2011 for Baby Fraz’s first birthday (our due date is the day of the marathon in 2010).

We also went to Pensacola, FL where we spent the weekend celebrating my cousin Michael and his beautiful bride Karyn’s wedding.  The weather was beautiful and it was so nice to be able to spend so much time with everyone.  Relaxing by the pool was pretty tough but someone had to do it!

Then we had a great visit from my Uncle Matt and Aunt Gerri here in Baltimore.  They came down and we spent the weekend eating around the Fells Point area!  It was so nice to spend time with them.  We did a lot of walking, got to show them around the area and just spent some great time catching up together.  We can’t wait to do it again soon!

As for the basement renovations…We have plumbing and electric!  Ryan completed the plumbing for the bathroom and has started some electric work already. We even have lights on switches down there already!  It’s really coming along.  The plan it to bring the drywall in next week to start that!

Then for Halloween we got invited to a party at a friend’s house somewhat last minute and had to come up with a costume idea fast!  Matt came up with the great last minute idea to dress up as Paulie Bleeker and Juno from the movie.  We even won the first place prize….a Snuggie:)  This was a dream come true for Matt!  We always debate about the furnace temperature because he is always too cold.  Now when he is cold he can pull out his Snuggie:) 

On the baby front….no, we are not having an avocado but the length of the baby from rump to head is about the length of an avocado already!  It will even weigh a couple of ounces this week!  Plus the best part of everything is that we got to hear the heart beat for the first time!  It’s no longer just a flicker of light on the screen!   The whole process happened so fast.  The doctor started out by saying to be patient because sometimes it takes a while to hear it.  Then a second later she found it and then the appointment was over!  I wish she could have left it on for a few minutes:)  I think that my new plan is to try to bring a recorder in next time so that I can share it with everyone and listen to it as long as I want.  Last but not least, a bump is slowly forming.  When I eat it definitely makes its presence known.  Still wearing regular clothes but have started to think that maternity clothes are coming sometime in the next month or so!  I promise to keep you more updated.  We have a lot to look forward to in November.  We have a 16 and 20 week appointment as well as our 18 week sonogram.  For those of you anxiously waiting, we don’t plan on finding out the sex of the baby but can’t wait to see Baby Fraz on the screen!

Until next time….

Erin 🙂