Merry Christmas

James and I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas. We started our holiday celebration when Mary and Jimmy visited last Thursday. They stayed until Saturday morning. We all woke up early on Saturday morning to start our next journeys. Mary and Jimmy drove up to New Jersey to spend Christmas with Courtney and Clay and will visit Gram and Pa in Savannah on their way back home to Texas. James, Daisy, Disney and I packed ourselves up and headed up to Azle. We celebrated Christmas and I was able to meet baby Austin Swientek!

James had to work this morning and I am 'working' now. I have a few work projects I need completed before I go on maternity leave (I plan on working up until I go into labor, so I can have as much time at home as possible). I have a few projects at the house that are going to take some time as well. Emmy's room was the temporary Christmas center. Now it is time to focus on preparing for her arrival. My mom is coming to paint the nursery this weekend. Since I can't be around all the fumes I will work on washing all the cute clothes, blankets, sheets, towels, etc. she has received (and the one's that I couldn't resist buying!)! We have most of the essentials such as car seat, furniture, inital stock of diapers, etc. There are still a few things related to feeding, comfort and entertainment that James may be running to Target or Babies 'R Us for if she decides to come early!

What is going on with the baby? I have a little less than 6 weeks to go until her due date. She is getting really big and strong. She loves music! On several occasions, she has REALLY started moving around when hearing music. Last night she was putting on a dance recital for her Daddy - I was playing her Mozart! She also loves the sound of her Uncle Matt's voice. This weekend when he was really into a story she was really kicking and responding. I have a Dr. appt. tomorrow morning. They have to run a 'strep' test - if it is positive I will get an antibiotic during labor. They are also going to make sure she is not breech (maybe this is 36 weeks). I am pretty sure she is kicking into my diaphragm (or she has really strong arms). I will have another appt. in two weeks - early January - and then I start my 1 week appointments.

It is hard to believe that the time has gone by so fast! It seems like yesterday we were at Courtney's wedding and telling the Dubuisson's OR leaving out of DFW for Hawaii and telling the Wilson's. James commented last night that we have been going non-stop. Which is pretty much true. In the last nine months we have really only had about 4 weekends to do things around the house since the summer. I just hope she gives us some time to get everything in order so we can follow the advice of our birthing teacher, books and friends - which is sleep with the baby when she is sleeping!

I have plenty of pictures to post, but they will come later. I need to get back to my 'work' projects!