[IT'S ALMOST CHRiSTMAS]

Since I just realized that I forgot to write about our Christmas tree and everything in my last post that I would just give it its own. We went and got our Christmas tree the Sunday after Thanksgiving from Jack's Creek Tree Farm. It is our tradition! I was glad that we went earlier than we did last year because we had a really good choice of trees. It only took us about 10 minutes to find the perfect tree! I was so glad because it was really cold. So once me and G-Baby decided that it was the perfect one and what we thought was the perfect size Daddy cut it down. I was so excited and I couldn't wait to get home and put it up! Well when we got home we were getting it off of the top of the Explorer and the netting got stuck on my earring somehow so I immediately paniced!! But Daddy very carefully put down his end of the tree and came to my rescue :) So then we managed to get it in the house without knocking my wreath off the front door. The when we went to stand it up there was a little problem...it was to tall!! By about a foot! I guess our measurement of the tree was not very accurate and we didn't figure in for the tree stand. I was pretty upset because there was no way that my Christmas tree was not going to have my star on the top. But Daddy assured me that he could fix it. So after some cutting and shaping it was perfect!! Also our tree is SUPER fat which is why I love it so much. But anyway... after we put up the tree we went and ate dinner with MiMi and P-Paw so we didn't get home until late so we couldn't decorate the tree. In fact we were so busy that we didn't get our tree decorated until this past Sunday... a whole week after we go it! But I must say that it looks great! We even got a special pregnancy ornament that has 2010 on it so we can always remember our "1st" Christmas with G-Baby :) Also over the weekend I got most of my decorations out and got the outside of the house decorated. And I must say that it is very pretty! It has grapevine wreaths with pretty red bows that I made on each of the windows, garland on the front porch rails with bows on the posts, a big red bow on the mailbox, our cute little light up deer in the yard and my awesome Christmas wreath on the front door. I wanted to put up icicle lights on the house but I only have 3 strands that my Nanna and Pape gave us and I haven't had any time to get anymore. So I haven't decided if we are going to go through the trouble of putting them up this year since there is only like 2 weeks until Christmas. We will just see I guess. But other than that all of our Christmas stuff is perfect!! Except there are no presents under the tree yet. I know, I know... I have only bought 1 present and I haven't even wrapped it yet. I guess I better get on the ball with things because Christmas will be here before we know it!!

I will try to remember to put some pictures of the tree and the house on here when I get a chance :)

[G-BABY: 11-16 WEEKS]

I cant believe that I am 16 weeks and 4 days pregnant today! And that I will be starting my 5th month on Monday! It is crazy how fast it is going by. I went to the doctor on November 29 and G-Baby was PERFECT!! MiMi went with me because Chaz had to work and she wanted to hear the heartbeat again. So we got to see it and hear its sweet little heartbeat. I was so excited that we got to see it again! I have had an ultrasound every time I have gone to the doctor and I really hope they keep doing one every time. It is so exciting to see how much it has grown in just 4 weeks! Also my due date was changed from May 26 to May 23. Every time I have had an ultrasound the baby has been measuring 3-4 days ahead of my due date so the doctor decided to change it. The day of my doctor's appointment was also even more exciting because i felt the baby move for the first time!! It was the most amazing feeling ever!! Me and MiMi think that it likes Starbucks because I had just got done drinking a peppermint mocha when it moved. haha. I felt it move 2 times that day and I have felt it a few more times since then. It is so exciting! I cant wait until it really stars kicking and Chaz can feel it too.

My sickness has gotten much better in the past 2 weeks or so but I still have my days and certain things that make me sick. Also last time I went to the doctor I had lost another pound. So all together I have lost 14lbs. and I am still 7 lbs. less than when I got pregnant. I guess that is not really a bad thing because hopefully I wont gain to much weight since I'm almost 5 month and still less then my pre-pregnancy weight. My doctor doesn't seem concerned about it at this point so neither am I. I am getting bigger but I am still not very big, A lot of people cant even really tell that I am pregnant. But I am getting bigger and bigger everyday so hopefully soon I will look pregnant!

Yesterday was an exciting day as well! I was just pushing on my stomach a little just trying to feel the baby move and I felt something hard. When I told MiMi to feel it it was gone and then I felt it in another place! MiMi never felt it because I guess I was pushing it away when I would feel it. But later that day I felt it again! And this time Daddy, MiMi and Uncle Trey got to feel it!! I think it was a little foot because it was something small. And then a few minutes later it was gone again. It was so neat! Now I am feeling my belly all the time trying to feel something. haha.

This week there was a book sale at work so I bought about 10 books for G-Baby and me and Daddy have been reading a book or 2 to G-Baby every night! It is so much fun! I cant wait until it is actually here and we get to read to it.

We now have the nursery almost done! All we need is the changing table which P-Paw is going to make. I LOVE everything that we got! The collection is called Barn Dance. This is not a great picture and it is on the toddler bed but it has different farm animals on it and it is just PERFECT for G-Baby!!

But I must say that it looks much better with our crib :)

But that has pretty much been all that has gone on! I have my next doctors appointment on December 29 and I am getting a detailed ultrasound which I am pretty sure is a 3-D one so we are SUPER excited about that!!