Eleven random thoughts to brighten your day!
1. Today's special. Eleven has been my lucky number for ages. It was my number in school sports and always my go-to number for "pick a number between..." There was 11 people in my family growing up. And if it wasn't so gosh-darn-many, I would have 11 kids. I'm happy to be alive today to experience an 11-11-11.
2. Just a word of advice- It's a BAD idea to look through old high school pictures when you're 9 months pregnant. Not only do I miss being agile and able to play this sport, I miss being able to fit into a normal t-shirt. And I miss having a proportional figure. And I miss having fingers that didn't resemble hot dogs. I should have looked up People of Walmart instead.
3. Speaking of being pregnant, I had a doc appointment yesterday. I'm so done with this pregnancy thing. Let it end. I decided I should write a book called "What NOT to say to a Pregnant Woman". It would include phrases like, "my, you are a puffy one!", "You STILL have 4 weeks left?!", "Wow, you're HUGE!"
4. It's Veteran's Day. We don't have any stellar Veteran's Day traditions. I'll have to work on that. Regardless of our lack of festivities, I'm grateful to Veterans. I admire them and their families. What a selfless service they perform!
5. Mr. H has been way into imaginative play lately. One favorite game is to pretend to be a tiger. I abhor this game. It involves a lot of pouncing and growling and clawing. If he's not a tiger, then it's some sort of sharp-toothed dino. Equally rough. Boys will be boys.
6. My sweet Great Aunt Geneva passed away about a week ago, and we've been celebrating her life this week with the funeral services. She was the most beautiful woman, as was evident by the huge numbers of people who swarmed her viewing and funeral. Even though we only saw her on occasion, she was the type of person who made an impact on you in the few seconds you had with her.
7. It also was my grandma's birthday, and because of the funeral services we were able to spend her special day with her! I love this woman. She makes all the difference in our family. 
8. Today is the last day we can jump on our trampoline for the season. When Riley gets home from work, he's determined to take it down. Sad, sad day. We depended on that tramp as a quick way to get H's energy out. Any ideas?
9. My dad came down to Eastern Idaho for the funeral and we spent most of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with him. Hinder loves his Papa, and so do I. Daddy's always up for a good time, and we took advantage of his stay with lots of yummy food, cards games, laughing, and good conversation. It's always sad to see him go.
10. We had our first big dump of
snow last weekend. Luckily, most of this week was temperate and a lot of the snow melted, but I think we're going to get round two starting tomorrow. And I bet this time it's here to stay. Welcome again, winter!
11. Along with winter, tomorrow brings much needed girl time at my open-house baby shower. So excited to hang with adults, and so grateful for a few good friends who threw this together. I'm excited!
One step closer to welcoming Baby #2.
