Celebrating with the Bradleys

Because Katie's parents would be joining two of Katie's siblings and their families in Ohio for the holiday we celebrated Christmas with them early, as well as Katie and her father's birthdays. Although we would miss being with them for Christmas, we all had a fun time exchanging gifts together.

Katie can't wait to get at the presents.


Mommy B has a keen sense of what practical gifts we could use.


Baby clothes from the Popes and Lost from Mom and Dad B!


Mom and Dad B with some of their gifts.


Holiday blocks from Katie's parents. You can spell out 6 different holidays with the blocks. This one covers Katie and Jesus' birthdays :)

And of course, the traditional Bradley family Baskin Robbins' ice cream birthday cake. This is still new to me, but I love it: ice cream rolled up in a cake. So yummy!


Celebrating Katie's 25th and Dad B's 56th. Happy birthday!

Christmas with the Pakulas and Bakers

The annual Pakula-Wood-Baker Christmas party was held today, and Katie and I were pretty excited to be going since we missed last year's. Although the rest of the Woods were missing from the festivities this year, we hope the plethora of photos is some comforting consolation to them.

Merry Christmas from California!



The family hanging out.



Santa Jeff doles out the gifts to the kids.



Emily and Megan opening their gifts.



One of the dogs getting friendly with Katie



The baby gets his first present, a cute outfit and a blanket from Auntie Jill and Uncle Jeff.




Playing pool with the kids, and striking a hot pose for Katie.



Playing with the doggies!

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Hope everyone's holiday season is going well so far. Just over a week till Christmas! yay!

Baby Pictures and Update

I went to my new doctor last week and she said the baby is doing well and weighs 4 lbs. 2 oz. She doesn't know why I've been getting so many contractions and said that it's probably just Braxton Hicks contractions that sometimes get into a regular pattern for some reason. I'm now on modified bed rest, so I've been able to get out of the house and even go to work for a few hours. Yay!

Here are some pictures from the ultrasound they did at my last appointment.

He had his foot up on his forehead...what a silly boy!


Look at his cute face! Ryan thinks I'm crazy (along with everyone else who's seen this picture) because I think you can see his face really well.

I also went in for a fetal MRI last week so they could get a better look at the baby's brain and it was not a pleasant experience for the baby or me. I had to be on my back for at least 20 minutes (that's how long they said it would be, but I think it was actually longer), which isn't comfortable at all. It was noisy but I wasn't bothered by that; the baby didn't seem to like it too much though because he'd start moving around whenever the sound came on. The worse part was that it just kept getting hotter and hotter in that tube. By the time I was finally able to get out I was sweating and feeling pretty gross. Hopefully they got what they needed because the baby and I don't want to do that again!

Say Trees!

It's Christmas time! A couple weeks ago we received an artificial tree from an old family friend and quickly set it up Thanksgiving weekend, complete with lights, garland, and all our childhood ornaments.

Me putting the pieces together and evening out the branches.


Pretty!


We love having a Christmas tree!

Back on Bed Rest

I returned to work last week Monday, but Wednesday afternoon I was having contractions every five minutes and had to go back to the hospital. They gave me a pill to stop the contractions and sent me home on bed rest a few hours later. I saw my doctor on Friday and she told me I needed to stay on bed rest and she transferred me to a new doctor who deals with high risk pregnancies. This is actually the same doctor I saw for my follow up ultrasound, so at least I already know her and like her. I'll be seeing her tomorrow and hopefully she'll have a better idea of why I keep having these contractions. The baby is still doing well; we just hope he stays in there for a while longer!