Fun Fall

I can't believe it is December and Christmas is 3 weeks away! Fall went super fast and we had a lot of fun. One of the highlights for me was a weekend when we went to Park City and then spent a day in Salt Lake going to the Zoo and seeing Disney on Ice. I wasn't sure how Quinn would do with Disney on Ice but she is obsessed with Mickey and Minnie right now so we thought we would give it a try. She loved it and I loved watching her enjoy herself. She stood on our laps and clapped. When Minnie went behind the curtain she said and signed "more, more." As the show went on she was getting super tired but stayed up the whole time! As we were leaving she said "bye- bye Minnie." In March Disney on Ice will be back and it is a Princess theme so we are already planning on going to that one. (The pictures aren't the best quality, they are from my phone and when I enlarge them they don't look great...). 

Loving on Mickey and trying to stay awake. Of course she had to wear a Minnie shirt (thanks grandma!). 

Before the show we stopped at Build a Bear because Quinn had a gift card from her birthday. She LOVED making this princess bear and would not leave until bear had shoes. (Quinn is currently loving boots and wants to wear them all the time and comments when other people are wearing boots). The song she picked to put inside her bear is "Frosty the Snowman." She loves this bear and takes it everywhere, she also makes sure it is always wearing shoes. 

This was at the Park City Museum. I can't believe how big she looks here! I love those curls and her green eyes. 

Time is flying and we are now getting ready for Christmas. Thanksgiving was fun, we went to Denver and had a great time. I didn't take any pictures that trip so I am waiting for some pictures to be sent to me and I will do a post. Quinn loved playing with her cousins and we enjoyed spending time with family. It is nice that we have family we can drive to! 

Leo is growing and moving like crazy. We had our last visit with the specialist this week and we are all clear to no longer go back! In case you missed it, we had a little scare with this pregnancy. A child I see for speech therapy has a virus called CMV. This isn't a big deal at all and if you get it, you will not get sick or anything. A normal person will just build antibodies and that is all. However, if you have never had this and get it when you are pregnant, it can cause harm to the baby. I also learned during this that 1 in 4 children under the age of 3 in daycare currently are "shedding" the virus so I could have got exposed to it from Quinn also. 

 I had blood work done and it came back that I did have it but I also had antibodies to it so it was unclear if it was a new or old case. Many children with hearing loss have had or have CMV so I was sure I would have already been exposed to this and it would be no harm to Leo. However, we were sent to a specialist to make sure everything was okay. It was very hard waiting to get the ultrasound to see how he was developing. The specialist ordered a more complex blood test and then did an ultrasound. There was one part on the ultrasound that was borderline normal and could be caused by CMV so for a week we anxiously waited the results of the second blood test. It came back in the gray zone- the results could not tell if it was new or old (we wanted old because then I had it before pregnancy and Leo would be fine). Then we had to wait for another week to get into the doctor and do amniocentesis. Luckily the ultrasound that day looked completely normal and the procedure went very smooth. We got the results back a few days later that Leo did not have CMV. It was such a relief!! It was a very stressful month waiting for all the test and not knowing if Leo was healthy or not. I am so thankful for this healthy growing baby and I can't wait to meet him! Now in the future we know that I have had it so for future pregnancies this is not something we will need to worry about. 

I am almost 32 weeks and he is measuring a little big so we will see if he will be a January or February baby. My sister is due 3 weeks after me, so it is going to be a very exciting couple of weeks for our families. It is going to be hard to be far away from family and not having them here to help and also not being there to see my new niece or nephew. Thank goodness for Facetime! 

This last picture just makes me smile. She loves hats and makes sure she always has a hat when we leave, she also needs minnie mouse, mickey or bear to go in the car with us. We were going to get Charlie from the boarder after Thanksgiving and she stopped on the way to the car to give Minnie a ride. That horse I found at a thrift store for $6!! It is going to be repainted and made girly for Christmas. The good thing about this age is that she has seen a lot of her Christmas presents but she quickly forgets about them.  

That is a quick update on us. 

Kids are good, life is good!