It has been a good month in this Baxter household. My entry is a bit late this month. I was delaying a little bit on the blog because yesterday we had our 19-week ultrasound and wanted to be able to announce the gender of Baby Bx. Turns out Baby Bx will be a BOY! We’re both pretty excited (me a little more than Jason, and Grandma Marion perhaps more than both of us!). We’re still estimated to have an arrival in the first half of March 2012. 😉 I posted a bit more about our ultrasound along with pictures for interested parties here: https://aroundherelately.com/?p=2072 For VERY interested parties I have a video link to a portion of our ultrasound…available by e-mail request.
In other news, the yard is getting buttoned up for winter. Today I plan to move the fish to their winter home in the basement in order to cover the pond and shield it from the falling leaves. This time of year it tends to get sort of nasty, and is just a murky watering hole for the neighborhood strays anyway. Our garden is just about done, and it sounds like this week we might have a frost to finish it off. A few weeks ago we tried to drive the Nebo Mountain loop to see the leaves changing, but saw a lot of snow and fog at the top of the mountain instead. Better luck next time I guess. Jason tried his best to narrate our drive “If we weren’t driving through 6” of wet unplowed snow and trying not to die, and if that large cloud wasn’t in the way, we could see Utah lake to our left….” It was a good day outing either way.
Last weekend I had a good time at (new)Stephanie’s bridal shower. That’s right…there will soon be another Stephanie Baxter in this Baxter family! I also got to cuddle our cousin Aubrey’s baby Timothy for awhile, who is a cute little limp-noodle snuggler when he’s asleep. I hope we have one who stays just like that for awhile!
Last night we made our annual trip to see the Odyssey Dance Company’s production of “Thriller” at Kingsbury Hall. It’s a Halloween-themed dance production that’s pretty hilarious. We tend to go with some variety of cousins/friends each year. Having a good night out to dinner and a show once in awhile makes me feel better about having some days when pregnancy just feels ‘blah’.
I think that sums it up. We’re happy and healthy and looking forward to seeing everyone during upcoming events and into the holidays. There will be a WI trip again this year around the holidays so stay tuned for more info. Take Care!
S.~