Decorating for Christmas

 Last weekend we got all of our Christmas decorations up. We still haven't done the outside of the house, but the inside is pretty much complete. I decided to change some things up this year and do a different color from last year so I made new wreaths and new swags going up the stairs since we decided to do black, white, and red.

 The tree.

Flash... Very excited for Christmas. He's ready for Dakota to come visit.

Thanksgiving

This year we went to my parent's house for Thanksgiving. We had a great time and we didn't hit any traffic either, which was a miracle. I was very productive too and got all of my Christmas shopping done. We had a very relaxing and quiet weekend with awesome food and family.

Obviously Flash has targeted my dad as the "sucker" who will always give him yummy food, so Flash is right next to my dad surveying the situation and quality controlling the turkey.

 Making sure everything looks okay. I think it passed inspection.

 Yummy Thanksgiving feast.

We had to get a few family pictures of the 3 of us since next year there will be 4!

Had to get a belly picture too. This is 14 1/2 weeks. Some of my belly is probably turkey and stuffing too though:)

My parent's backyard is probably Flash's favorite place because there is so much space to run and play. He had a blast playing frisbee and rolling in the grass.

Tired...finally!

Another Thanksgiving weekend tradition is the UVA VA Tech game. We had all of the neighbors over to watch the game. Of course my dad decided that Flash needed a seat beside him on the couch to watch the game. No wonder Flash loves it there!

13 week ultrasound

We went to the high risk clinic for my ultrasound pictures and the 1st trimester screening tests this week. I think that this is the first time that Jason and I have gotten really really excited about baby T. We were always excited but very cautious and worrying a little about how things were going. Also, at my first ultrasound, the baby was a teeny little blob. It is hard to believe that you're actually having a baby when you see that and nothing has really changed. This time it looked like a real baby! We were so excited and we also got to see the baby move. Apparently we have a very very active baby. Baby T was rolling around, moving it's arms and legs, and flailing about. Already baby T is not wanting to cooperate while taking photos. When they got the picture the way they wanted it, baby would roll around. So I had to keep coughing to move the baby back around to get pictures.
I am feeling good and starting to take my first belly pictures. I am starting to get a little belly. First trimester is done and we will find out what the baby is on December 28th. We are so excited!!!!!

 Profile: We have decided that the baby already has by turned up nose:)

 Hand and arm

Baby belly!

12 week appointment

We went for our 12 week appointment and everything is looking good. I got to hear the heartbeat which was 162 and strong. So far they say everything is going very well. I go back in a week for an ultrasound and my 1st trimester screening.

Hurricane Sandy

We survived Hurricane Sandy and we were very lucky that we didn't have a lot of damage. I missed 2 days of school because of the storm and luckily Jason already had off of work for one of those days, so I wasn't by myself in the storm. We had a lot of flooding (even through our bedroom window!) and consistent 80MPH winds. Our house didn't have any damage but there were lots of trees taken down near us, many people lost their roof and siding and a few of the townhouses had their bay windows taken off the front of their house. We just lost the door to our shed. Otherwise we were pretty good. We went out after the storm to check everything out.

Shots from the neighborhood.

 This is the typically very small Monocacy River in Frederick. It flooded to a 35 foot storm surge and flooded over interstate 15. The usually 25 foot wide river flooded to about 10-15 acres wide!

Baby Trueblood!!!!!!!!!!

Jason and I are so excited that we are expecting a baby in May! We found out about baby T on September 14th, the weekend of the JMU WVU game while all of my college friends were in town tailgating. That was a difficult secret to hide that weekend! Jason had way too much to drink that day since we were trying to be sneaky. We had our 8 week appointment on October 10th. We got to see the baby and hear the heartbeat which was 163 beats strong. The grey blob on the left in the picture above is the baby. It kind of looks like a gummy bear right now! We found out that our dates were a little off, so I was only 7 1/2 weeks when the ultrasound was done. I am currently 9 weeks today and feeling pretty good. I am exhausted and a little sick in the mornings, but I can't complain too much! I go back for 3 more appointments in 2 weeks to get things checked again and make sure everything is still looking good.

 These are some pictures that we took to put in photo albums when we told both sets of parents.

Cunningham Falls

 This weekend we went hiking at Cunningham Falls. The weather was beautiful and it was peak fall season. We were also dog sitting D.O.G. so we definitely had our hands full with both of the boys. They were really good for the weekend and even slept well. Eventually they were so exhausted they couldn't play anymore. Flash hasn't gotten out of his bed since D.O.G. left.

The falls

The lake at the bottom of the falls.

Needless to say the boys were pretty exhausted after a day of playing and a long hike. They look pretty pitiful!