Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! We did with our family coming to visit. Grandparents Creans and Uncle John drove up from San Diego for several days. Papa Tuck, Nonna and Uncle Ryan joined us for turkey day. We had a lot of fun eating, talking and playing games.

I started to feel the baby this week. Last Christmas, Grandparents Crean bought us a heart beat listening device. I tried it out this week and I couldn’t hear the baby’s heartbeat over mine. The instructions say between weeks 20-28 will be the best for listening. While I have the device strapped to me, the baby will poke at it. It’s so much fun! I’ve also felt BT push when I’ve tried to lay on my stomach. I guess I won’t be doing that much longer. Unfortunately Mike can’t quite join in the fun yet, soon though!

We leave Monday for Tennessee and Indiana, to return on December 2nd. Our appointment to see BT again is on the morning of the 3rd.

We just found out today that Alex and John will be having a boy! Joseph Anthony Conti is due to arrive April 28th, 2008!

So I admit to being the worst blogger around! It’s been months and months since anyone updated any posts. Last we saw, Mike had a tremendous day at the Ca Delta back in March. Well he didn’t win that tournament having finished in 37th place and netting a nice check. From there he went to Clearlake in late April where he finished 2nd, barely missed first by OUNCES! It was a real bummer. Then back to the Ca Delta where he finished in 80th place. He was getting pretty burned out by then having fished 15 tournaments by that time. There were a couple small tournaments in the summer before he went up to the Columbia River in Wa for the FLW National Guard Series event. He did very well there considering this was the first time he fished this waterway. He finished in 17th place. It was a great way to start off the fall tournaments. He went back to Clearlake in mid-October and didn’t do as well as it wasn’t the spring bite he so famous for netting. He came home for 24 hours before he embarked on a cross country journey to Mobile, Al. for the FLW Stren Championship. He had a decent pre-fish, even catching a 6 foot alligator!! But then the cold front moved in right before the tournament and changed his bite so he didn’t get a check. On his way home he stopped in Tx at Lake Amistad to practice a bit as he has the FLW National Guard Championship in early February. This lake is fascinating as it shares the US border with Mexico. Yep there is a Mexico side of the lake and a US side of the lake. Kind of creepy if you ask me!

Mike will be home for a few weeks to enjoy the holidays with family before it all starts again in January. He’ll be up at Lake Shasta for our 30th birthdays. I’m still trying to decide if I really want to celebrate my 30th birthday in Redding or not. It’s not like I can party it up anyway as I am pregnant again! We’re 4 months along and due near the end of April. Check out the baby website. The first trimester was rough but now I’m feeling like my old self again. I’m off work for a month due to stress. It was getting pretty difficult there for a while.

Looking forward to my family coming up from San Diego for Thanksgiving. Mike Sr, Carol and Ryan will be joining us for turkey day as well. It’s been too long since we hosted Thanksgiving. We just found out that my brother Mike, his wife Gaile and their adorable daughter, Keira will be joining us for Christmas. It’s going to be a great holiday season!

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Things are progressing nicely so far as we hit the 4th month mark this week. I definitely look pregnant now! Mike has been gone since 10/25 and will be returning 11/16. I’m sure he’ll be taken aback by the growth of baby in me. Grandma Pat, Grandpa Mike and Uncle John are coming up from San Diego to celebrate Thanksgiving with us. Papa and Nonna and Uncle Ryan will be coming from Windsor to share the turkey with us as well. We really excited about family coming to see us!