November Update

John started off the month with a Boy's Trip to Chicago. Two of John's very good friends from his deployments to Iraq got together in Chicago. They did a little sightseeing, but mostly just a lot of catching up. John had a great time and it was a nice break from school!

I stayed home for a girls weekend with the dogs. I am quite certain John had more fun than me...especially since I live on the third floor. A pregnant lady waddling down three flights of stairs with two dogs...not attractive!


John, Beau and Nick on Lake Michigan

We started the month of November with some big news. On the 9th, we closed on our new home in the Phoenix area. The owners leased it back for a month so we were not able to move in yet, but it was really nice to have all the paperwork done. We went straight from our closing to the ultrasound to find out we were having a Baby Boy. The Ultrasound Tech told us she was 100% confident so we can start prepping!


Baby Boy Clem

My company had a furlough the week of Thanksgiving so I flew to Albuquerque to stay with John since he still had school. Since John is in Temporary Housing as well, we had fun prepping our Thanksgiving meal with limited kitchen supplies.

John carving our Turkey with a not so sharp knife!

No casserole dishes in the Apartment so we resorted to Stove Top.

Our Elegant Thanksgiving Table



The dogs enjoyed a special feast as well!

The weekend after Thanksgiving one of my co-workers in Albuquerque was married. Amy has worked for MDA about 2 years and her new husband volunteered at a lot of MDA events with John so it was fun for us to see them tie the knot!



Us with Amy and Aaron--the newlyweds

That's about all we could fit in for November!