Tuesday, November 16

It's Christmas at the Steffen House!

38 weeks!

Gabriel is now stuck in one position. I think he ran out of room to do anything besides occasionally stretch his arms and legs out. Lucky for us, the position he settled in is optimal.. head down and back to the left! I kept telling him the past 4 weeks or so that's where he needs to be and look how well he already listens. :) According to my last appointment he's also right on track weight-wise as far as they could guess which was about 6 1/2 pounds! That means if he's putting on 1/2 pound a week like the websites say he is, he should weigh in around 7 pounds now. That would explain why I feel like there's a bowling ball attached around my stomach.

We decorated for Christmas this past weekend! With all the excitement that's about to happen any day now, we decided to get out the tree and a few other decorations. We ended up scaling back this year and left about 4 boxes of decorations in the attic. This year we're going for the minimalistic and low maintenance clean-up vibe :)

This is our "practice lighting". The full out, everyday lighting of the Steffen tree won't happen until after Thanksgiving.

Gabriel even has his own little stocking hung already :)




4 comments:

Stacey H said...

What a good little boy! :) You look beautiful, Traci! And I love your tree... very cool!

Valerie said...

I am so excited I can hardly stand it!!!!!

Walt and Veronica said...

awww...the little stocking is so cute. I just can't wait to hold and kiss and hug the little guy.

You look great! Oh, and since Gabriel is so good at minding, tell him not to keep us waiting too long. :o)

Anonymous said...

How adorable. We are all so excited to love on the bundle of joy (and you too). Lee and you have a special touch for creating beautiful moments. Thanks for sharing one. Love, Mom and Dad