DH and I went out with friends tonight. We went and had a nice dinner and then went to Target to pick up some white elephant gifts for DH's work Christmas party tomorrow. One of our friends has a degenerative bone disease, so he fractures easily and he fractured his hip last week, so he walks slowly and with a limp. Me being 7.5 months pregnant, I also walk slow due to a huge baby bump and sciatic nerve pain. 

DH talked to SS9 tonight as usual. Everything was good and SS is so excited to see us in 3 weeks. About an hour after the call, BM emails DH requesting a change in the visitation schedule for February 2022 to accomodate SS' basketball schedule, which we received today; we are supposed to have SS for President's weekend every year per the court order. This works out better for us because my due date falls over President's weekend, so if baby came that weekend, SS would have likely been staying with my parents that weekend anyway. 

So DH and I had our baby shower last weekend. MIL graced us with her presence, but never RSVPed because that meant contacting my Mom, who MIL refuses to acknowledge. My Mom made "Grandma," "Grandpa," and "Aunt/Uncle" pins for the shower. MIL wore hers happily until she saw step-MIL (DH's stepmom) also wearing one. She walked right up to step-MIL (DH's stepmom) and said "what makes you think you have the right to wear one?!" Umm step-MIL (DH's stepmom) has been more of a mother figure to DH and more of a grandmother figure to SS than actual MIL ever has.

DH facetimes with SS every Sunday and Thursday. This afternoon, DH texted BM to schedule a time to talk to SS after basketball practice, which began this week. DH asked BM "What time will SS be available AFTER PRACTICE to talk?" BM replied "Does 7:30 p.m. work?" to which DH replied "Yes."