Merry CHRISTmas!

Merry Christmas! We've decided to take it easy this year for Christmas. I never understood people who talked about struggling with sadness around the holidays after they lost someone that they love. I always thought that, if nothing else, Christmas time would cheer them up and distract them for just a little while. I think that was insensitive of me, or at the very least naive. I think that next year, with our new baby in our arms, Christmas will start to hold joy again. We'll be able to share our love and God's love with a new little person. But for this year, Christmas just holds memories, and sometimes the fact that things are just "memories" now, a past that is gone, is sad. However, I do know that my dad is having the Christmas of his life! He's celebrating in heaven with the One who came to earth to save us. How much better could it get?!

In other news, we found out that we're having a baby boy! We're so excited! It really feels "real" now, and we're starting to get busy making things ready for this baby. I can't believe that I'm almost in my third trimester. I'm starting to look a little bit more pregnant now and can't wait until I fill out even more (to the point where there would be no confusion on other people's part as to whether I'm pregnant or just gobbling a few too many Christmas cookies!). I also can't wait to start making things for this baby, but first we have to clean out his nursery and move all my sewing stuff downstairs. What I really need to do is to go through all the craft stuff I have and eliminate about half of it and that sounds like a major pain! Actually maybe I'll get started on that today, what a perfect Christmas present to myself, not to mention Bill, to get that out of the way! We'll have to take pictures of our progress as we work on the room!

Have a very Merry Christmas and may God bless you in this coming year!