The Adventures of Baby Thornton: Long overdue post

This is a long over due post! Sorry for the lack of updates. Starting a new job, traveling and the holidays have been keeping us very busy. We have had so many wonderful things happen over the past few weeks. Things are going very well with the pregnancy and Baby Girl Thornton. She continues to be her active self and I can feel her hiccups much more often now. Today I felt them on two separate occasions!

The first weekend in December I had a baby shower in Syracuse hosted by Ellen, Sarah and two of Ellen's closest friends, Judy and Julie. It was a beautiful night with great food, beautiful Christmas decorations and great friends. It was such an overwhelming feeling to see everyone come out to support us and our baby and we got incredible things for her. It was a night filled with love and I am so glad my Mom could make the trip out to be there with the Syracuse ladies.

Just over a week before Christmas we headed to Kiawah for a wonderful vacation with some of the Sonneborns. We were there with my Mom, Jeff, Kat (+Baby Boy Sonny) and Brian. We did some biking, lounging by the pool at the Sanctuary, walks on the beach and lots of relaxing, reading and playing games. Kat, my mom and I did water aerobics one morning and it was great, both babies seemed to LOVE it as well. It was a great week and we look forward to our next visit to Kiawah (with Baby Girl of course!).
We flew from South Carolina to Syracuse to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas with The Thorntons and Solomons. It was wonderful to be there and spend time with family, as well as catch up with friends in the area. It was a fun and memorable Christmas.

The day we drove back from Syracuse we had an appointment and ultrasound to check up on Baby Girl Thornton. She looked perfect on ultrasound and the tech even pointed her hair to us! She weighed (approximately) 1424 grams, or three pounds two ounces. It is so hard to believe how big she is, she is triple the size of some of the preemies I take care of. We love watching her grow and hope she continues to grow and thrive for the next two months. We look forward to seeing her again on ultrasound in three weeks.
Here are some pictures from the past month. I will post pictures from the Syracuse shower when I get them from others. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and has a very Happy New Year!