Thanksgiving...SOOOOO hard to be thankful!

Well, ya'll will have to forgive the lack of T-Day pictures...there were none! Is my camera broken...NO! Is it lost...NO! Do I think that the act of taking one's picture will 'steal their soul'...NO! There are no pictures because of the fact that the Saturday before Thanksgiving Claire ran a fever and started vomiting everywhere. Our guests for the week, Brian and Elena, arrived after driving all the way from California, and by Tuesday we all had it! Stomach flu...a great way to lose weight, but no fun AT ALL! We barely ate Thanksgiving dinner and some of us are still sick and puking. I've lost so much weight this week that I'm not going to even post what I'm weighing in at...trust me you'd FREAK! The only two members of our household going to Church tomorrow are Eric and Cade. The rest of us 'sickies' are going to STAY home, STAY warm, and hopefully the food will STAY down!

*Okay, for the family members who've been asking for an update, here it is...
We are now 35 weeks pregnant. I swear that I only look 6 months pregnant...being sick really sucks when you are pregnant. I have pitted edema in my legs, that is when you can poke a finger into my ankle and the 'hole' stays there...SOOOOOO Gross! They aren't worried about preeclampsia as yet due to the fact that my blood pressure is the same as it was when I was 8 weeeks preggers. I am terrified that he will be born on or really close to Christmas, so all my Christmas shopping is done for the kids. I am trying to finish some household projects in the next 2 weeks...painting my bedroom, painting my bathroom, finishing the nursery, and washing all the baby stuff (old and new). Then, in all my free time I have three of the kids in three different Christmas Concerts (thankfully Finn is too little!), my birthday, and I have to decorate the house...all while doing the MASSIVE loads of laundry, dishes, and random cleaning that comes with having 4 kids. I'm lucky that Eric is so helpful and understanding...I'm sure that you all feel the same way about your husbands, but I feel so lucky that I have him, that is until he runs screaming for the hills! :)