Random updates (Oct/Nov)

Hmm, don't even know where to start with the updates. But I wanted to put something up just for you Linda Quinonez :)

This is me with my nieces Morgan and Taylor. I got to visit them in mid-October when they were just over two months old. They are the cutest, sweetest babies I have ever met.

Here is my belly back in mid November when Mom came to visit. The mess and the clothes are because we were cleaning. She stayed for almost two weeks and we knocked out a ton of stuff on the to-do list for my house. One of my favorite projects was the cable runs we used to make everything neater.

Here is my first successful attempt at bacon. I've failed many a times over the past few years to cook bacon. But, for about three weeks back in October/November, I couldn't eat hamburger or chicken so bacon was my only option. I guess I could have eaten the other meats (and thrown up), but for some reason the baby didn't want them. 3 weeks without meat, it was awful. I don't know how vegetarians do it. But I do make some good bacon now!

Here's what I looked like on Thanksgiving. Not a very flattering picture, but I don't have many pictures to choose from. My mother in law, Barbara, came down for the holiday. It got a little tense because I went through an I-don't-like-other-women hormone phase, but Barbara was very gracious about it and I got over it and the visit ended up being really nice. We went to the Arts and Crafts fair in Virginia Beach and got most of our Christmas shopping done. A few of you still have presents on the way :) I'll get those out, promise. We also went nuts at the fabric store, buying flannel to make burp rags. After Barbara left, I continued to go nuts at the fabric store. I'm really into making baby bathrobes right now. If you're having a baby, let me know, I'll make you a bathrobe.