20.5 weeks...won't be able to see my toes soon...

Ethan & Braden getting ready to blow out birthday candles

Getting ready to go on the haunted hayride, being "bad"

Birthday presents!

Ethan's new sweatshirt - that is his new school (Thanks Jane!)

The boys

The weekend was very nice. We celebrated Ethan's 11th birthday on Friday over at Jane's...we ordered pizza then took the boys (my nephew Braden and Ethan) to a haunted hayride and haunted house. Ummm...probably not going back next year. At least Dave and I aren't. We quickly understood why there were no other adults/parents there. Just a bunch of middle schoolers and high schoolers acting their age. We also stood in line for 1.5 hours for this thing. But, it was Ethan's special birthday event so we sucked it up and the boys had fun even though mom & dad were complaining under their breath. Braden came over to our house to spend the night, which of course they both loved. So I think Ethan had a great birthday.

On Saturday I met Kim & Matt (some friends from Marquette who were in town for a wedding) for lunch, which was very nice. Kim is pregnant with twins so it's really nice to hash over pregnancy stuff with her. Dave was up getting his deer stand ready during the day...so I also met Jane at Babies R Us to get a few things. :) Always fun to get baby stuff.

In other news, we have had a bit of activity on our house. Someone came and looked at it on Friday morning, then scheduled another showing this morning. According to the realtor, they seemed fairly interested. I'm not getting my hopes up yet, but it's still kind of cool that some people were interested. It would be a great time to buy right now if we could sell this place!

I've been feeling good other than of course the allergies, but that's old news so I won't talk about that too much. Physically, I've been feeling great. I think getting to the gym is really helping. My back hasn't been sore yet, so hopefully that continues for a little while at least. We are going to BodyPump (a weightlifting class...yes, I'm taking it fairly easy, and the instructor is even pregnant) three times a week. They target all muscle groups, including back muscles. So I really think that is doing the trick.

OK...I will surely be posting on Wednesday after Sammy Conklin gets here!! I just can't wait to see his little face. I wish I could be there, but we'll see him in only two months. My love goes out to Tony and Rachel this week...we have been thinking about you a lot and are SO SO excited for you!! You will be wonderful parents to that boy.

Love to all!