Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas...our last without a baby in the house! It's strange but exciting to think of it that way. We got to visit with several family members and ate lots of wonderful food.

Last night at Christmas Eve church, the pastor announced we'd be doing something a little different. She divided us all into 5 groups and each group had a clue for a mini scavenger hunt. We had to go find our group's bag and inside the bag were the costumes for our portion of the impromptu Christmas pageant we were going to put on. Our group was purposely given the part of Mary and Joseph, for obvious reasons, and guess who played the parts? Being up in front of people isn't our cup of tea, but how could we say no to something like this, especially when the Pastor picked us to play the parts!? It was definitely something different and a Christmas Eve service that we will never forget. They got me a chair since I'm not supposed to be overdoing it, which was very nice. We went up to the front while the Pastor read the corresponding scripture, then followed the sheperds, angels, wise men and angels. It was definitely something special to be up at the front, surrounded by all those people, listening to the scripture about the Baby Jesus being born, all the while due to give birth to our own special baby any day. It was a great thing to have experienced together.

My brother Terrell will be taking his leave sometime after the holidays and we are excited to see him when he's able to come down and visit. Maybe he will get his leave after the baby is born, or even better, will be here when he's born and get to come to the hospital. That would be really awesome. We'll just see what happens, I guess!

I am enjoying having the luxury of getting to rest during this uncomfortable time, but am definitely having bouts of boredom. Nick is taking me to the bookstore tomorrow so I can stock up on reading material. There is only so much watching tv and surfing the internet that I can do without being bored. I love to read but haven't had alot of time for it in the past few years...now is the time to catch up!

We are very blessed this year and hope that the coming year is wonderful.