24 Days 'til Christmas!

Now that it is December the countdown to Christmas is on! I am really looking forward to Christmas this year. It will be a very different Christmas from what Daniel and I are use to but it will certainly be one to remember. I am so excited to go home for Christmas and spend time with family and not have to worry about getting time off from work and having a limited amount of time we can be gone. The past few years when I was working full time it was hard to feel like we really got a break since I usually only had a few days off. I am excited for Daniel to be done 1 semester of law school! He has worked so hard the past few months and I am happy that he will have a few weeks off to relax and leave the books alone. And lets not forget about this wonderful baby of ours that we are so excited to meet and enjoy getting to know during Christmas. I feel so blessed that everything has worked out like it has. It will be so nice to be having the baby at the end of Daniel's semester so that we can have the Christmas break to really enjoy and treasure the experience of having our first child, I don't think there is a better gift we could ask for.

Today I am 39 weeks and although I am feeling mentally ready to have this baby I don't think it is going to be happening anytime soon. So in the mean time I have been trying really hard to not focus on that and keep myself busy! I am trying to enjoy these last few days of just me time because that is something that I will never have again, not that I am complaining :)

This past week I have managed to stock our freezer with meals so we should hopefully be well fed once the baby comes without having to spend a lot of time preparing meals. And I started a few more baby projects that I am hoping to finish by tomorrow that I will share with you later!

A couple of weeks ago we woke up to our first snowfall!

Of course it only lasted a day....maybe two but I decided that was a good time to decorate the house and get the tree up because snow always makes me think of Christmas. I put up the decorations on Saturday and Daniel helped me with the tree on Sunday. The last picture of me was at 38 weeks. It feels so nice to have the decorations up and all of presents are wrapped and under the tree. All of our Christmas shopping was done before December! That is a new record for me and I am certain that it will never happen again!

Last month we picked up a rocking chair for the baby. Although I think that we are going to get more enjoyment out of it than the baby will :) It is pretty comfortable! And don't worry we didn't leave it in the middle of the dining room. This was right after we unpacked it.

 

I apologize that these pictures are all out of order but that is how they uploaded and I don't want to rearrange them all! haha. This picture is from a fun date at the beginning of November. When Daniel and I first moved to Moscow we started watching a TV series called LOST. We have been totally addicted to this show! After many many hours we worked our way through all 6 seasons and decided to make a fun date night out of the season finale! I decided to surprise Daniel when he got home from school one day and decorated the living room and prepared lots of snacks for us to eat! All of the food had special DHARMA labels on it which is from the series and I tried to use things that they had either eaten on the show or things that were island themed. I even made some fun little sushi roles out of rice krispies and candy! And yes we did have macaroni and cheese for supper not only because that was one of the staples of the show but we also just really like it!

 This last picture is a few of the couples from our ward and our Bishop and his wife. It was a ward temple trip which was really enjoyable and probably the last time I will be able to attend before the baby comes.

We hope everyone is getting into the spirit of Christmas and hope you are all healthy and safe through the holidays! We love you all and can't wait to see you in a few short weeks!