Update

Two weeks ago, Greg & Brayden flew out to Aspermont to surprise Greg's mom for her birthday (two weeks early). The rest of the family was in on it, and they all succeeded in giving her a wonderful surprise. Everyone had a great time! Brayden came back talking about cows, tractors, airplanes, and trains.

I stayed home because I've been grounded for my third trimester. I really enjoyed my time at home alone. I celebrated a friend's birthday, and got a ton of work done. I forgot what it was like to exercise, sleep, and eat when I want as opposed to when works for Brayden.

I've got 9 weeks until my due date, and I'm feeling okay. I don't have any issues besides the pain I've had throughout the pregnancy. Because I've remained symptom free with my thyroid, my extra monitoring was delayed by two weeks, so I don't start going into the doctor 2x/wk + my appointments until 34 weeks. That is at least 4 less appointments! Baby "Gus" measured in at 4lbs 1oz at my appointment about 2 weeks ago, so he's a big one! The doctor said he's prolly on par to be 8.5lbs (Brayden's size), and prolly decently tall with a big head (thanks, Anderson genes!). We look forward to meeting him, but we're really enjoying the time with Brayden too.

Here's a few pics from the recent trip...B loved chasing the baby calf, and he was afraid of Aint Pappy's dog, he kept pulling his feel up on papa. Ricky exploited the situation for some fun!

Christmas (and other recent) Pics

Now that my parents are back home, I've got some pictures from them and can show you some of what we've been up to...

We went to the 49ers vs. Bengals game (my dad watched the game 26 years ago on the day my sister was born and both teams were good)...though we weren't quite as into the game as he was back then, we had a good time. Brayden was a kick to watch with all of the pregame festivities.

Went to the zoo on Christmas eve (the day before the tiger attacks)...Brayden really liked the penguins, train, and tractors...

Stayed with G'pa and G'ma Derr for Christmas

Spent a week in January with my Grandma Thomas (and family) while she was very sick (she's not in the pics)...

Brayden and Grandma built a "tunnel" for the train to go through

Baby Names Bubbling Under

Here are some suggested names that have been submitted and rejected as a first name to be followed by the Second name "Gus":

"Bo"
"Anala"
"Gus"
"Get off the Bus"
"Cuss"

We welcome comment on names that you propose for this list as well.