my wild turkey-

one of my very favorite things as a mom is seeing lucy's weekly progress in gymnastics. gymnastics is her favorite activity these days :)

eloise enjoyed a rare chance to run around the gym this past week [click for video:)]-

grapes & cheese picnic [gotta start 'em young!]

poor charlie pulled a muscle in his back this past wednesday, as i've been obsessively exercising him over the last few weeks. jon & i noticed that he was getting a bit thick around the middle [thanks to half of eloise's meals landing on the floor...] but the silver lining, i was pretty pleased his weight was back on target when jon took him in to get some puppy pain meds :)

lucy & i made a "thankful turkey" & she noted that she's thankful for both her sisters, her daddy, both her grandmas, herself & her dollies. no love for mama! :)

friday at union station with my little girlfriends-

my sweet lu waiting in line for the giant hamster wheel [an example of something that i never thought i would LOVE witnessing- my child waiting patiently for her turn. when it's your own kid, it's just magic!]

i love how eloise jumps right in with the big kids. fearless!

saturday morning, eloise had a date at meme's while jon worked on painting lucy's new room & i took lu to dance- she loves all the christmas knick knacks meme has out for the holidays-

& during eloise's nap saturday afternoon, lucy & i went to a fairytale princess party at the library. she made a tiara, magic wand, dragon mask, built a castle, drank "elsa blue punch" & ate "olaf frozen ice cream"- she loved it! it is such a gift to get to do these fun things with her :)

little turkeys before church today-

& this has actually been a bit of a dramatic week for me. i ended up switching OB's after a series of events that i didn't feel comfortable with. i absolutely LOVE my new doctor [she's the mom of one of my former students], but the hassle of switching doctors, let alone practices, at 28 weeks pregnant was pretty overwhelming. the paperwork, phone calls, waiting time, etc. thankfully my new doc was able to squeeze me in at the end of the week & i got a little sneak peek of our littlest one! such a treat! she's in the 47th percentile, head down, healthy & i got to see her try & suck her thumb :) i can hardly believe i'll be 29 weeks tomorrow- the same week that i turn 29. it'll be a lucky year for sure! lucy said to me at least twice this week, "mommy! you're getting bigger!"

lucy & eloise are as sweet as ever. lucy still speaks for the 2 of them, ["excuse us, mommy"] & both of them spend their days singing. eloise alternates between the ABC's & "brown bear" :) they both have sweet tooths [sweet teeth?] & eloise loves popsicle sticks after a popsicle's been eaten about as much as a pig loves mud :)

looking forward to this last week before thanksgiving. jon's taking me out for my birthday saturday night & next week is shortened, so we'll start pulling out christmas then [always a worth-it chore!] we're in the midst of the room switch-over- jon finished painting today [yay!], picked out all of of the new bathroom finishes & hardware, and the next step is refinishing furniture. we looked & looked, but just couldn't find a bedroom set we loved [or we loved a couple pieces, but it didn't come as the bunk-bed set we were hoping for]. so we've ended up keeping the guest room furniture we have & jon's going to refinish it with white chalk paint. it'll look great- it's just a huge project! we still may have kids share rooms at some point in the future, but this is best for now. baby steps...

happy week to you!

-ivy