A Very Merry Christmas

This Christmas was very bitter sweet.  It is weird to think that this is our last Christmas without a child.  Although…you would NEVER know there wasn’t already a baby here!  How can someone who isn’t even here yet get more than we did?!  It was almost comical, and I’m sure a sign of things to come.   

Of course Adam and I couldn’t wait until Christmas to exchange gifts so somewhere around the first week of December we gave each other our gifts.  After 8 long years I finally received….my KITCHENAID MIXER!

We spent Christmas Eve with my family.  Someone in our family definitely wants another Baylor Bear!  It was funny the amount of Baylor stuff considering neither of us graduated from there!

 On Christmas morning we got up early and drove to east Texas to see Adam’s family.  Again we received a ton of baby stuff.  (Don’t get me wrong…I’m not complaining!)  His grandmother even bought our stroller and car seat!  We are so excited!

 Then to top it off we drove home in a wintery wonderland!  It sure made the long drive a lot more beautiful!

 We can’t wait to see what the next Christmas has to hold.

A sign of things to come...

So let me set this straight.  We have bought nothing…I mean NOTHING for this baby yet.  But my mother-in-law bought us a really cute Pack-N-Play on Black Friday.  It’s been sitting in the room that will be our nursery since then, and we decided that maybe we should at least put it together to make sure it had all the parts.  (Our luck we’d wait 6 months and then it would be missing the whole bottom or something!)

Well, let’s just say that if you’re planning on having a child anytime in the next few years you should run out right now, buy your Pack-N-Play and begin putting it together!  Our intention was to put this together quickly (HA!) and then just pack it back up. 

We definitely had fun and laughed a lot, but if this thing was truly meant to be able to pack up and take with you…then it would have to be easier to put together!  First, the directions were in 4 different languages and it took me a good 5 minutes to find English.  Then, they aren’t very clear so nearly everything we did…3 steps later had to be reversed.  (Sammy finally gave up on us and went back to the living room!)  Adam then found the storage thing that clips on the side to hold diapers, wipes, etc and asked, “What’s this, my drink holder?”

Oh, geez!  If this is a sign of things to come, we better get everything else that needs to be put together ASAP!

The final product!

I'm not a crier...

I'm not a crier.  Don't get me wrong...I'm not cold hearted, but when I cry it's because I'm mad.  But since I've been pregnant things have changed!
What have I cried about?

1.  Adam's beautiful, thought-felt card and flowers he brought me the day after I told him he would be a daddy.

2.  Oprah's Favorite Things Military Edition.

3.  Any dog commercial.

4.  Kidd Kraddick and his dang Christmas Wishes.

and last but not least...

5.  Being out of bread.  Yes I know, crazy, but when all you want in the whole-wide world is a sandwich, you're out of bread, and your pregnant...what do you do?  Cry.  Poor Adam had no idea what was happening.  But, like a good great husband he jumped in the car, got a loaf of bread and even brought these home.

I cannot say enough how great Adam has been.  Our child is so lucky to have him as a daddy!

Our little secret...

September 27, 2012…the day that our lives completely changed.  We found out we are having a baby!  (I know…get excited…I’ve got a belly!)  We are excited, thrilled…and scared.  Adam’s reaction when I told him just melted my heart.  He is my best friend and an amazing husband and I cannot wait to watch him be a daddy.

When are we due?  To quote my friend Kara, “Of course Heather has this timed out exactly”…we are due June 8, 2013…the day after school gets out.  The perfect due date for a teacher! 

This will allow our little one to be about 3 months old before I have to go back to work. 

I am so full of emotions right now.  Those of you that know me, know I am a control freak! And this I have NO control over!   My body is doing crazy things, and this is happening whether I have the nursery perfect and everything ready on time or not.

I think God everyday for this miracle.  I know He does not give us anything we cannot handle.  I constantly question…will I be a good mom, where are the instructions, and are we ready?

I’ve spent pretty much every waking moment since we found out on the internet “designing” the nursery, reading about the “peach” in my belly and look for that “parent handbook” (needless to say I haven’t found that)!  So in the time being I will continue to drink insane amounts of water (I miss my Dr. Pepper!), eat healthy and PRAY!

 So stay tuned...