October and November!

Hey everyone! So it's been a few months since I posted anything. October started off with a very sweet and fun baby shower for our little Noah Paul, hosted by both my mom and my sweet friend Kristin Lebon. I have such sweet friends and family that celebrated with me and got some great baby gifts! About a week or so later, we met with our friends Ana and Jason for brunch at La Madeleine after Sunday morning Mass. She was also pregnant at the time, expecting a little boy too! The following weekend one of my best friends and cousin Jacque came to visit with her husband Phillip! It was great to see them, Jacque also took our cute family fall pictures for us! Fun fun . : )  Towards the very end of this month, I thought I was going into early labor, so I was rushed to the hospital. Weird thing was all the pain was in my side. My contractions eventually stopped but I still had a lot of pain in my side and was put on bed rest and medications.

At first they thought it may have been a kidney stone, but turns out it was just some kidney pressure and sore muscle from doing too much. I just had extra pain with it because of my pregnancy, so it felt a lot worse. Once the word got out, we had some very sweet friends, including my moms group and Nathan's co-workers and their wives, bringing us meals, driving me to my appointments, and other generous ways of helping! We were very blessed. Genevieve had her first Halloween trick or treating! She was a very cute Belle princess and had tons of fun. : ) here comes November! November 5th, I had my hair done, then just 2 days later little Noah Paul arrived!

It was a super fast labor,  just felt contractions a few hours at home and on the way to the hospital. By the time they got me in the hospital bed, I had the epidural within 15-20 minutes, then pushed for literally 2 mins and our little boy made his appearance. Crazy but glad it was fast and didn't have to feel pain for too long. He was born 2 weeks early on Nov. 7, 7 lbs 14 oz, 19.49 inches. Noah is a cutie and so far very sweet, just sleeps and eats. Then of course just a few weeks later was Thanksgiving. We spent here at our house with my family. My parents, George, Sam, and Chelsea were here. It was a lot of fun and great to see everyone! We missed Abe, but we will see him Christmas. : )

Guess that's really it until I post the December blog! Hope everyone has a wonderful day and is enjoying the Christmas season! Happy Advent. : )

-The Entsmingers-