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Ben was born on December 16 via a scheduled c-section. We gave him the full 40 weeks to come out on his own, but my body wasn't having it. He weighed 9lbs 9oz and was 21in! We woke up Tuesday morning and enjoyed getting Canon ready and off to daycare the 3 of us. We had been doing a lot of prepping with him, so he knew we were going to the hospital to have Baby Ben and that MoMo was going to pick him up and it was going to be "a party" with her!  We got to the hospital around 9:30am and by 10:30 we were in the pre/post operating room getting prepped. By 12 I was in the operating room getting my spinal tap. Oh man, that thing worked quickly!!! It wasn't 30 seconds before my toes started feeling all warm and they laid me down. Aaron came in and soon they were working on getting Ben out. I definitely couldn't feel any pain, but right at the point when they were pulling him out I felt a lot of pressure in my whole stomach/chest area.  As soon as he came out ever...

2 weeks out, at most. Hopefully sooner. Canon was a c-section due to "failure to progress", so I've essentially been weighing the decision all pregnancy on whether to schedule a 39 week c-section (which would be NEXT TUESDAY!) or try for a VBAC. I'll admit that both are very appealing to me, maybe even more so the scheduled c-section (an earlier arrival, further away from Christmas, it is what I know, etc), but I've decided to wait it out and see what my body can do. I've scheduled the c-section for my due date and am hoping that something will happen beforehand. I'll definitely go the epidural route and have been reading up on lots of birth stories to try and prepare my mind. Of course, at this point, every little twitch, stretch and discomfort I'm evaluating in hopes that its a contraction! I have to be honest and realize that my worst case scenario - laboring for a long time just to end up with a c-section - is also my most likely scenario, but I...

Well, I'm 38 weeks preggo and instead of boring you with how ready   I am  my body is to have this baby, I'll post our Thanksgiving recap instead! That is much more fun. But just in case you were actually wondering, this baby is welcome to make his appearance any day now for the love of my hips, shoulders, stomach and sleep! We celebrated Thanksgiving at my mom's house with my sister, her 2 kids, and our friends Chris, Meg & Avery. Amanda and her boys, Cole & Wes, came up Tuesday night and Wednesday was Wes's 1st Birthday! Canon and I grabbed some cupcakes for the sweet boy to celebrate with that evening. And wouldn't you know, I even brought over the big camera! (though, it is still sitting on the table, so a picture of a good picture will have to do for now) I was really excited for Canon to get to hang out with his cousins, so that was the focus of our days, other than eating of course!  MoMo gifted the boys with matching PJ's - one...

How far along: 35 weeks! Baby Size:  a coconut ~18 in. & 5 lbs. Weight gain:  +25 Maternity clothes:  allll maternity - and rotating through the same 5 outfits   Sleep:  I'm not going to lie, pretty terrible these days. I wake up restless and tired.     Gender:  BOY! Movement:  yep! I feel him all the time actually, especially at night. Best moment this week:  we went on a "babymoon" and took a trip to Ikea to figure out where to put all this kid's clothes!  Looking forward to:  not being pregnant anymore Food cravings: I've been eating a lot of cereal the past few weeks      Anything making you queasy or sick:  nope   Labor Signs:  nope   What I miss: exercise, flexibility, energy   Symptoms:  exhaustion, but now its getting physically exhausted too   Nursery:  got some plans in the wo...

We started Halloween the Sunday beforehand with a test run of our costume for the Halloween Parade and Haunted Maze down on the main drag of Del Ray. Though we missed the actual parade (why do they always nap longest when there's actually something fun to do afterwards?!), Canon happily adorned his Olaf costume to play on the playground and go through the maze. Throughout this "Halloween season", I've learned my child really loves things that are scary. Or at least doesn't get the concept of scary. So while we there were creepily dressed up clowns and chain-saw noises throughout this maze (don't worry, it was 5pm, still light, in an open area), he laughed through the whole thing! That kid.... :) Then we carved our pumpkin and called it a successful afternoon!  On Halloween I got lunch with the cutest little Chick-Fil-A cow you've ever seen! Canon was at daycare, dressing up and taking pics with his friends there. We swung by and got him aft...

Last Monday and Tuesday, my sister, mom and I had the pleasure  of driving to New York to spend time with my sister's best friend, Casey. And when I say "sister's best friend", I mean, I don't have memories without Casey in them they've been best friends for so long. Her family is the family we have done holidays and vacations with forever and they really are an extension of our family. Casey is an actress and was in New York publicizing her new show, Marry Me, which airs at 9pm on NBC. If you haven't already, set your TVs & DVRs to watch her,especially tonight since this is the week the ratings really count!! The show premiered last Tuesday, so she was scheduled for Jimmy Fallon on Monday afternoon, then the Today Show on Tuesday morning before she was flying back to LA. There was a "prop" she used for Fallon that she needed from her dad's in Alexandria, so we were more than glad to load it into Amanda's car and head out!  ...

My dad was in town last weekend, so we took the opportunity to visit the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. It is a Smithsonian Museum that was built semi-recently and since we had all visited the one in DC and none of us had been to this one, it was an easy decision. It was super cool, even for someone like me who doesn't know a lot of history or anything about airplanes. This is the same model of plane my Grandpa flew in WWII as a Marine The Discovery Space Shuttle  The Enola Gay, which is the aircraft that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima On Sunday we all took super long naps, then headed to a local pumpkin "patch" to take our #basicwhitegirl fall photos! Canon loved running around, picking up pumpkins and telling us how heavy they were! I still have hopes of getting to an actual farm or festival before the month ends (with my real camera!)