Team Taylor: Happy Thanksgiving

Eric and I took our last trip of 2011...and the last trip of just the two of us. We flew to North Carolina the day before Thanksgiving to spend a few days with Eric's family and then flew from there to Iowa to spend some time with my family. It was so great to see everyone and for everyone to see us and the baby bump I'm carrying. :-) Abbie, our niece who is almost 5, wasn't too sure of the baby bump at first. In fact, she wanted nothing to do with it...she didn't want to look at it or touch it. But, by the time our visit was over, she was hugging, patting, and kissing it. She seems to think we're having a boy and that he will be born on her birthday (December 20). We'll just have to wait and see. :-)

While we were in NC, my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, Rachel, and future sister-in-law, Amanda, threw a nice baby shower for us. A lot of family and friends came that we hadn't seen for awhile and we got a lot of great things to help us get ready for baby Taylor's arrival.

Anna & Abbie keeping a close eye on the candy/cake table.

me and Jenni from grad school - she's due a few weeks before me

Diaper cake Rachel made - very cute

Abbie measuring my 34 week belly

Gifts received

Brian got his childhood Legos out for Abbie to play with; I think he and Eric had more fun playing with them.

We had lots of family time in Iowa as well, which was great. We had our extended Johnson family Christmas gathering. It was not quite our traditional gathering...instead we got together at the local indoor waterpark. It was a lot of fun watching all the little ones (and some of the adults) have fun in the water. It had been a very long time since we had seen some of our family, so it was great to catch up. While we were home, my sister-in-law, Juli, and my mom threw a baby shower for us. We had a good turnout despite the 4" of snow that fell in the area and iced up the roads...typical December day in Iowa.