This week was a busy one. Michael, Akuna, and I spent most of the week at my mom and dad’s house since Aaron was working long, crazy hours (16 hours, 14 hours, 12 hours, etc) throughout the day and throughout some nights.
At the end of the week was Aaron’s birthday. So, I took the day off to celebrate with him
(after he woke up from his nap since he worked the night before). For his special birthday dinner, we drove
down to a pizza place owned by one of his co-workers. We both ordered some wings for a
starter. I ordered lemon pepper flavored
wings, and they were so good! They were
massive wings, and I felt like Henry VIII chomping on a turkey leg. J For my dinner, I ordered a Buffalo Chicken
personal pan pizza. It was
wonderful! I know we will be heading
back to this restaurant for future date nights although it is a 45 minute
drive. After we ate, we headed to a
frozen yogurt place in Prattville. It’s
one of those places where you fill up your cup with as many flavors of frozen
yogurt as you’d like (they have about 12 flavors), and then you put as many
toppings on as you’d like, and then the cup is weighed and that determines the
price. This doesn’t have to be an
expensive date if you monitor the amount of frozen yogurt you swirl into your
cup. I got three flavors of yogurt: peanut butter, cheesecake, and Nutella. I topped it with Reese’s, chocolate chips and
rainbow sprinkles. Yum.
This week, I’ve had some interesting cravings:
·
“Homey food” like chicken & rice, chili
& cornbread, hashbrown casserole.
·
Salty things
·
Peanut butter spoon (my breakfast of choice for
the past couple days)
·
Coffee (Folgers makes a Hazelnut Decaf. Along with the French Vanilla decaf my mom got
for me, I am feeling pretty set. One cup
of decaf with a little fat free milk and poured over ice makes a great
breakfast drink!)
·
Broccoli
And I don’t think I have announced the gender of our new
sweet, baby-to-be. We are very excited
to announce that we are having another boy!
His name will be Noah Scott Petersen.
The story of Noah in the Bible has always been one of my favorites. Noah is mentioned again in the New Testament as
an example of one of the most faithful men of God. Faithfulness
is very important to me. When we were
thinking of baby names, the name Noah popped into my mind for this reason. I pray that our little Noah grows up to be a faithful
man of God. Aaron chose Noah’s middle
name to reflect his own. Since Michael
is named after his grandfathers, we thought it was important for Noah to carry
his father’s middle name. So, come January, little Noah will arrive on
the scene and add to the number of boys in our household. I am feeling quite out-numbered. J
This week, Noah is the size of a cantaloupe!
(Source: serenityacresnow.com)
And I think my belly reflects that size quite well!
We are always thankful for your prayers as we continue in this pregnancy journey!
Much love, Reba
