ONLY 6 WEEKS OF WORK LEFT?!

This week went by really fast!  I have decided this baby may decide to escape from my belly button - he is so active!  In between baby kicks, I was able to onboard a HR consultant who will help with the large finance transformation our team is leading from an HR perspective.  While it has only been 2 days, I am quite impressed with her questions and ability to relate prior experience.  My hope is that she will be a huge help for the team so they aren't so pinched for resources when I am out on my maternity leave.  Speaking of maternity leave, my partner in crime & co-worker (Megan) returns from her maternity leave Monday the 23rd!!  So excited to have her back for day to day conversation and relating in this sometimes crazy work we are leading.  At the end of the week I was working on my to do lists and realized I only have 6 more weeks worth of to do lists and 2 of those weeks are short weeks - Thanksgiving and Christmas!  I can't believe how FAST this pregnancy has flown!  I just hope lil man sticks to my schedule and doesn't come sooner - I still have items on the to do list :)

Ok so off the craziness that is the realization of how soon we will be a family of 4 vs 3, how soon I will be sleep deprived and how soon I will live in sweatpants 95% of my days :).  We also did some fun things in prep for the coming holidays.  Neither Clint nor I love to cook so we placed an order at Boston Market for their family turkey take out meal for Thanksgiving so Miss M still has a normal holiday with her not so normal parents :)  We also have reservations for Benihana on Christmas which is a special celebration since it is the last day we hang out as a family of 3.  Mom and Molly arrive the next day and then baby comes on the 28th!  I also placed our Christmas Card order today and started thinking about my online shopping needs for Christmas - maybe this is what nesting looks like this time around :)

Maci got some big news at daycare this week.  She will be transitioning from toddler room to Preschool 1 as of Nov 16th (part time) and Nov 30th (full time).  We love it because her daycare rate drops again once she moves to this classroom and she loves it because it feels more like "school", she will be with her slightly older friends again and now she gets to have show and tell every week!  We say all the time that we can't get over how smart she is and virtually overnight she matured into a mini adult.  Example : She had on some pants this week with a pattern and I said "oh Maci do you see they have a kitty pattern" and Maci says "no, mom they are leopard pattern."  Holy cow, how does she know the difference between the cat family?!  We are blown away by her intelligence and mind at such a young age.

ART TIME

 Oh Yea - New Grocery Shopping Cart at School

 Science Project

I can't think of many other updates.  Thankfully Clint is done with all travel until baby's arrival!  My OCD and lists are at an all time high because I feel horribly unorganized for this kid compared to Maci (poor 2nd child).  We have our 34 week appointment tomorrow and I feel huge.  I know in comparison to others, I may not appear huge but for my frame and build, I am unbalanced, swelling and getting to that "ready to be done" point.

Exhausted Friday Evening but Needed the 33 Week Pic

Even this was taken 2 days late - see poor 2nd kid ;-)

We hope all of you have a wonderful week ahead and enjoy the remaining days before the holidays hit full swing!
Lots of Love,
C, K, M & Baby Boy M