Thanksgiving Break

John and I had an entire week off last week, can you believe it?! Other than maternity leave (which doesn't count as vacation) we haven't had an entire week off since April 2008! My Aunt Beth and Uncle Xavier graciously offered us their cabin for a few nights up in Ellijay, GA. We left after work Friday (the 19th) for Waldo where we dropped off the dogs. Saturday morning we started our excursion to Georgia! We first stopped in Dixie, GA to visit with Beth, Xavier and the rest of the DeSantiago clan. From Dixie we went on to Atlanta where we got to stay the night with my friends Tracy and Rob. Sunday before making the final hurdle of our trip we stopped and visited John's Aunt Tori, Uncle John and their daughter Tyler who live in Atlanta as well.

So we finally made it to Ellijay around mid-day Sunday. It was beautiful, but not as cold as we had anticipated (or wanted) it to be. Leave it to John and I to drive 9 hours north for 70 degree weather in mid-November :p We had a great time, did a little bit of hiking, played in the leaves and otherwise relaxed during our stint there. We had planned on heading back to Gainesville for Thanksgiving sometime Wednesday but the more we thought about it, the more we dreaded the holiday traffic we thought we would endure. So we decided to leave Ellijay at 4 am Wednesday. We managed to get back to Gainesville by noon and avoided ALL traffic. We only stopped 1 time for breakfast! Hard to believe, isn't it? Connor did fantastic in the car. He was preoccupied with Elmo most of the time (thank goodness for DVD players!) :)

Once back in Gainesville we continued on with our rounds. We got to visit Dedi, then Grandma and my Uncle Dominique. Then is was turkey time at my parents house with my brother Chris and Uncle Steve. Friday we got to spend time with my Uncle Rick and Aunt Alison. Saturday we hung out with my friends Jessica and Barry and watched the FL/FSU game. Boo.

Overall we had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break. It was hard to return to work today but nice knowing we have another week off next month :)

We took a million pictures over the week - I narrowed it down just a tad for you to enjoy: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8EcOGzJm3cN4w

Happy Halloween!

We were in Tampa over the weekend to watch the FL/GA game and to celebrate Halloween. We watched the game over at Jen and Jonathan's new house. Connor got to play with their daughter, Courtney, along with Chelsea and Kaylee. They had so much fun together, especially in the wagon! Florida (barely) pulled off a win, but it was a win nonetheless so we were all happy.

We love staying with Marti at her sister's house in Hyde Park. Not only is it a beautiful neighborhood but we can walk to many nearby restaurants. Sunday morning we walked to breakfast at Daily Eats. It was the best breakfast I've had in awhile...mmm mmm good! Connor did a great job out and thoroughly enjoyed his breakfast too :)

Marti and Chris have a Halloween tradition to carve pumpkins and eat Chili so we did just that. Connor was content playing with all of Kaylee and Chelsea's toys. After we enjoyed our chili that Chris made we got the kids ready for trick-or-treating. Connor seemed to enjoy his Bam Bam costume, he didn't try to rip if off anyways. Kalyee was Thumbalina and Chelsea was a bumble bee. They were adorable! Connor picked right up on the idea and by the end of the night he was a pro. The candy may have been a good motivator ;)

Mommy's pumpkin masterpiece :)

Bam Bam

Time to go!

Trick-or-Treat!

Please enjoy many more pictures from our fun-filled Halloween weekend: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8EcOGzJm3cN4S

It's a GIRL!!!!

We had our ultrasound on Friday and found out we are having a girl!!! We are so excited!!!

The ultrasound was a level II scan so they could check the baby's heart in better detail. Not sure if that is why but the pictures we got are kind of scary looking. They show more bone detail than I cared to see, particularly of the face, so I'm going to spare you of those. All that matters is everything looked good, measured good and the baby is growing as she should be :)