~Festival of Trees~ (& 34 Weeks)

A couple weeks ago we made our second trip in as many years to the Festival of Trees and had a great time!  It doesn't happen often enough that we get to hang out with our high school friends but we always have a great time when we do get together.  We all met for dinner before heading over to the festival.  There were so many neat trees and I only got pictures of a few of them but I'm amazed every year at the work that is done on them.

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the ginger bread houses because it was so crowded but there were some really fun ones!  There's no way we could leave without getting one of their classic scones either so you better believe we made time for that as well :).  We stopped by the little boutique to see what they had and the boys had fun trying on hats with Halli.

After checking everything out, we went back and played games and no doubt got a lot of laughs in.  We had a great time with everyone and hope we continue to make it an annual tradition!

In other news...I am officially 34 weeks!  Sometimes 6 weeks seems like no time at all and other times it seems like an absolute eternity.  People often ask me if I'm ready but I don't know if it's possible to be completely ready for your first baby since it's such uncharted territory.  We're as excited as possible and in the next few weeks should have everything all ready to go before the real waiting game begins.  With each day that passes I feel like I'm getting bigger and bigger and sleep comes less and less at night but I would take this uncomfortable stage any day over the nausea so I'm really quite content right now.  The only real unfortunate thing is the fact that my doctor is going to be out of town from the time I'm 38 weeks to basically 41 :S.  He says he would love for me to deliver right before he leaves but I know the odds of me going into labor on my own with my first baby 2 weeks early are very low so I'm not counting on that at all and as much as I desperately want him to be there, I really don't like the idea of having to be pregnant an entire week extra but I know that's definitely possible so I'll just keep reminding myself that this little guy will come when he's supposed to and whether he's delivered by own doctor or another one I will be well taken care of.

 

Logan is loving his freedom from school but hasn't slowed down much as he's using all of his extra time to get in as many hours as possible at work.  I feel so blessed to have such a hard working husband!  It will be a major success if Eli gets his daddy's work ethic, that's for sure.  It's hard to believe that Christmas is only a week away but my shopping is basically done so I can't wait!  I hope everyone has a fantastic holiday!