October Review

October was quite a busy month for our family and flew right by! Charley made a final decision to dress as a Monkey for Halloween. He celebrated his 3^rd birthday in Transformers style and loved every minute. Charley has started voicing his opinion more and more and really coming into his identity. Although very stubborn and willful he remains to be polite. For example, last week he had his 3 year wellness check…here was the conversation between he and his pediatrician.

Dr. Burt: “Hey Charley, why don’t you freak your Mommy & Daddy out some time and each some vegetables?”

Charley: “No thank you.”

Enough said.

Mitch has been very busy with his job, organizing a lot of wonderful speakers on campus and juggling the many duties of his job. He has been busy working on projects around the house and it seems like when something is finished we always come up with something new!

I had a doctor’s appointment last week where I was VERY disappointed to learn that I would have to wait for TWO MORE APPOINTMENTS until our next ultrasound. I had a conversation with our doctor letting her know that I am a planner and in desperate to know the gender of this baby – she didn’t really care, go figure! So, mid-December it will be to find out if we’re looking at saving lots of cash by reusing Charley’s things or if Mommy gets to go shopping for crazy pink necessities! This baby is much more active than I ever remember Charley being and I love it! Every evening when we take time to relax the baby starts to dance around in celebration of the calmness. Mitch has been able to only feel slight movement, so I look forward to the next month or two when he’ll be able to really feel movement. My weekly injections are going well and the nurse comes to our house to administer it which is really convenient. I have lots of energy so I’m taking full advantage of feeling great.

On October 25^th our Grandad Quigley passed. This past weekend we were blessed to celebrate Grandad’s life through an incredible mass and reception. Although the times have been difficult for our family I was reminded of the strength and togetherness we all can bring to one another. Gramama & Grandad celebrated 58 wonderful years in marriage and I can only be so lucky to leave the legacy that he has left this world.

Happy November – let’s hope this month flies by so I can get to December and find out the gender of this baby already!