Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful Christmas this year and we had so much fun thinking about what next year will be like.

Christmas Eve, we went to our church's Christmas Eve service, which was wonderful! Then we headed back home to have dinner with Josh's parents, my Mom, Steve, Amy and my Aunt Fern. After dinner our families exchanged gifts and we opened a gift for Reed from Josh's parents (they couldn't wait for the morning)...a Bumbo seat and play tray!

We had a "Mexican Christmas Feast" this year!

Christmas morning we got up early and drove to Sheridan for breakfast at my Mom's. We ate breakfast and then opened gifts together! As always my Mom and Steve came up with some crazy ideas! Josh and I had purchased a video camera so we just asked for money for Christmas to pay for the camera. Instead of just writing a check to us, they decided that taping dollar bills together and putting them in a box rolled up like tissue would be fun!! The box had a slot cut in it and the last bill had a tissue tap to it. The tissue was in the slot, so when we unwrapped the box all we saw was what we thought was tissue in a box. Then they told Josh, my step-brother Aaron and I to pull the tissue at the same time and this is what happen when we did!

We also all got battery powered fly swatters! These fly swatters are a mix between a regular fly swatter and those blue bug sappers you may have had on your front porch when you were younger. When a bug would fly in them they would make a frying noise. These things are pretty funny!

Finally, my Mom got Josh a few outfits for Reed. They are baseball themed, I know Josh can't wait to get him in them!




After breakfast we headed to Josh's parents for dinner and more gifts!! Josh's parents got me a small camera that I can have in my purse at all times when Reed is born and they also got us a pack n' play and of course more clothes for Reed! Josh and his Dad spent most of the night putting the pack n' play together and then taking it apart again so we could take it home.

Friday morning Amy, my Mom and I were up at 5:30 to go shopping. We got lots of great deals of course and had lots of fun. Then Amy and I headed back to Sheridan to meet my Dad at my Grandma's house to visit her and then we drove over to my other Grandma's house to visit with her! Whew....lots of people to see!!

After time with Grandmas I headed hurriedly back to our house to get ready for my Dad and Donna to come over to have dinner and open gifts together. Josh had to work all day so they waited until he was home to come over.

Then finally on Saturday we all drove to Hot Springs to have Christmas with my Aunt Cara's family. Having family close is always nice, but it makes for a very busy holiday season!

Reed Update!!

I had another check up on December 12th. Reed's heartbeat was 140 and everything appeared to be great! The doctor caught me off guard by telling me that after my next appointment on January 14th, I will start going every two weeks. I just can't believe how fast time is going by. At my appointment on the 14th I will also have my glucose test and another ultrasound. My doctor said this will be my last ultrasound and they will use this ultrasound to see if my low lying placenta has moved. If the placenta has not moved I will have to have a c-section. I was shocked that this decision could be made so early, but I will trust the doctor! She did say that 98% of the time the placenta moves, so I am praying that I am not in the 2%. I am sure having a c-section will be fine, just not what I had imagined!

Reed is moving around like crazy now! I feel him pretty much all day long. Josh was even able to feel him on December 12th. Reed always moves around a lot in the morning before I get out of bed. This morning I was being lazy not getting out of bed to get ready for work so I laid Josh's arm across my stomach and Reed jumped like I have never felt before, I guess he wanted to make sure that his Daddy had no doubt that it was him. Josh has felt him a few other times since then, but not to much yet.

Only 15 weeks to go.....so crazy!

This is was taken at 23 weeks and 6 days!! The first picture I have taken! I always thought I would want to take a million pictures, but I just haven't felt like it looks like a baby bump on me! I plan to start trying to take more, now that there is no hiding it!