NOVEMBER SOOOOO FAR. . .

How far along? Almost 31 weeks.
Maternity Clothes? Some yes and some no.
Best moment this week? MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT. And my buck I got.
Not so good moment this week? Ah being sick and not sleeping.
Movement: Yes. Loves to kick Jarrod in the back now too. . .
Gender: Still not finding out. . . But we are super hoping for a boy.
Food Cravings: Egg nog. Apple fritters.
Anything make you sick or queasy: Raw meat. And boiling deer head with Dawn soap.
Symptoms: Legs HURT and headaches like mad. The heartburn is still there too. And I am still puking. So thankful for Diclectin.
Emotions: One word. ROLLERCOASTER.
Looking forward to: Getting Christmas presents to wrap!!!

So I am tagged out for deer season. I shot a whitetail doe which has been great eating, a small two point mule deer buck and a 4 point mule deer buck. We have been giving most of the meat away as our freezer is pretty full and I have been getting used to butchering deer in my kitchen.  Jarrod boiled out my deer skull and it is now hanging on the wall behind the TV and looking mighty fine I must say.  My mule deer buck was probably the hardest thing I have had to shoot so far. 

Here is the story. Jarrod saw him from afar and we drove up closer across the field, Jarrod got him in the binos and said, "You are gonna shoot that deer babe." Great. OK. My gun wasn't sighted in yet so up went the 300  and I was using the truck open window and open door as a rest. I had the cross hairs on him but he was bedded down not far away and the only clear shots I could get were either his head or his butt. So Jarrod starts calling at it to make it get up and hopefully broadside. Buttt it gets up and starts running away. So we hop back in the truck and drive up farther till we are no longer behind it but more beside it. And it's also getting further away. Awesome. So I jump out and Jarrod says use the hood as the rest. Well I am over 7 months pregnant and the truck has a Buckstop and a lift. And the deer is still getting further away. We adjusted the scope for a further shot and I tried to line up and shot. Missed. Clean miss. And the gun wasn't anchored right cause I couldn't get high enough so I FELT that recoil hard. So I got a little bit frustrated and lined up again. He was quartered with his head a bit further ahead and was around 350-400 yards away. I lined up and shot. Well that time he got hit and ran into some bush. So we jumped back in the truck and took off towards the bush line. We got there and Jarrod found him right away but wanted to make sure he was done so shot twice. As we approached him, it looked like I gut shot him. I was basically horrified at my shot but he needed loaded so we loaded him up as it was getting dark. When we were coming back through, the gates were shut. That was a bit confusing as they had been open for a couple weeks but we opened them and closed them after us. As we went through the second one, we looked ahead and the landowner had the road completely blocked. So we pulled up and jumped out. And he looks at us and says, "Oh it's you guys. I'll move out of your way!" He got on his phone right away too. Pretty sure we got the CO called on us by mistake haha. We took him home and Jarrod skinned him. Turned out he wasn't gut shot. Whew. I hit him right at the back of the diaphragm and it came out the shoulder. Good shot.

Jarrod's uncle passed away this just over a week ago. Too young and too soon but we don't make those calls I guess. It was so unexpected and we wish it hadn't of happened. It's put a damper on things and made us all rethink how we value our time together lately. We have been spending alot of time with family and trying to support each other. We were actually supposed to have them over for dinner on Saturday night and thats all I could think about when I first heard. We were able to pool together though and send his wife and two sons to Mexico this weekend since him and his wife were going for their anniversary which happens to be today. It's amazing and tragic how fast life can suddenly change. I am grateful for the things I know for sure. We all miss him. Jarrod especially as they were pretty close. We have asked the family if we can name our son after him if the baby is a boy and they are honoured with the idea so we are kind of more hoping for a boy now.

We laid our new living room flooring and it has transformed our house to some extent. It looks so much better! And cleaner even when it's dirty! You would have never guessed it would make that much of a difference. But it did! I also started to make Christmas decorations yesterday! I made a tree topper and 3 different kinds of ornaments. Only two different kinds left to make! :) KJ gave me some pinecones and I have some bells so I am gonna make up something with those! I also made a mini tree and a wreath with some "greenery" I bought. 

Soon I will be in full force baby stuff making mode. I want to so bad but I am making myself finish some other things first! Other then the cold plague hitting the household, not much else is happening! Jarrod has to go out and shoot some deer I guess! ;)