Michigan visit, Thanksgiving and a shower!

Stefan and I are back from our grand adventures visiting family. Stefan's parents joined him in spending a week in Eastern Canada. They were thrilled to celebrate his great aunt's 95th birthday with her and their relatives. What a blessing that she is doing great! I don't have any pictures of this trip yet from Stefan, but hope to get some!

I was able to go to MI to have Thanksgiving with my family and be spoiled by a shower with my Dad's family and some long-time friends. Here are a few pictures as a teaser, but to see all of them check out the album here! THANKS to Mom and Caitlin for hosting such a great afternoon and many thanks to those who were able to make it there. These gatherings mean so much to me, especially when I live so far away! 

Adorable cake - and oh so good!

Andrew painted this decoration that can now be used in the nursery. Look familiar? He used pics from the nursery to paint these little guys to match - love it!


Shower hosts!
One of the Thanksgiving clan before dinner.
The week home was filled with lots of visitors and we are now working hard on our to-do list to get things ready for the baby - since we are officially in the third trimester!!! We hope by the time we head north again for Christmas to have a lot more done! A few more appointments pop up between now and then as well to see how things are going, so stay tuned.

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