This time of year holds some of my favorite days! I love the holidays and look forward to them each year. Even though Guy and I spent Thanksgiving alone and will do the same for Christmas...I couldn't be happier. We have so much to be thankful for this year and have had so many changes in our lives that spending the holidays alone haven't been so bad. This time next year we will have an almost one-year old....that sounds crazy!...and will definitely spend the holidays with our families. In the past it has been easy as we have traded off holidays ever other year, but with the baby, that may not be as easy as both sides will want to spend time with her (maybe not so much us! :) ) We did do Facetime with Guy's family on Thanksgiving as Guy's mom and I both have iPads....that was really nice. I went around the house and was able to show them our house. I think we are going to do that again at Christmas and my family may try doing that, or Skype, as well. Our mom's will be staying with us for awhile once the baby comes. The extra pair of hands for me will be a blessing and Guy is looking forward to having mom and mother-in-law take care of him....or so he seems to think that's how it's going to work. (I think they might want to spend time with their granddaughter more than him though! :) )
Speaking of being blessed....the weather so far has been very mild; something the locals tell us is not normal and to watch out when winter really hits. We are supposed to have a VERY cold winter with lots of snow. If you don't know this about the two of us, well.....neither one of us like winter. Haha! So far we have had a couple of really cold days, but they didn't feel near as cold as they would have been in IL because it's a dry cold here. I'd say total accumulation of snow so far has been about an inch...this time last year they had like 20 inches on the ground! We've had a couple of gorgeous days where the temperatures were near 50+ so any snow we've had is gone or close to it. Since Guy's used to working outside he's good about putting on lots of layers....I will need to make sure I do the same.
We are pretty much settled in our new home and won't do hardly anything else around here until spring/summer as the garage is the area that needs to be tackled. All I can say is....at least I can park my car in there! :) The yard will also be an area that I hope gets done this summer; but as long as we have grass, it might be good enough. I'll just see how much I can get accomplished doing flowerbeds and such with a little one. Hopefully she'll let me get some things done while Guy is working and then the rest will have to happen on the weekends, or other times, when Guy is actually home. (He works a ton and is hardly ever here it seems like!) Currently the builder of our home has begun construction on two more houses next to us. They are scheduled to be completed in the early spring....walls have started going up so things are moving along.
Baby and I seem to be doing great! She is very active these days, but is running out of room to move around. I am starting to get more uncomfortable each day, but she'll be worth it all in the end! If I don't drink enough water, or have to much salt in my diet that day, I can definitely tell a difference in the way I feel and based on the fact I start swelling up. I will be headed to the doctor for check-ups every week now....so crazy we're 6 weeks from my due date. She is measuring right on schedule, too.
I still need to work on posting some pictures on here....maybe after the new year I'll get around to playing around with that function.
Guy and I wish you all a wonderful holiday season!
