White Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Last night at the Christmas Eve service, the baby was so excited about Jesus being born that he was somersaulting. It was completely distracting to both me and Sara. Sorry, Dr. Prince. I don't have a clue what your meditation was about. :-)

We were brainstorming with the youth last week about what lessons we learn from the Christmas story. Want to know the lesson I have learned this Christmas?: If you are about to have a baby, don't leave town without your mother. I mean, how terrible must that have been for poor Mary? I'm sure in a city as crowded as Bethlehem was, she had a woman or two around to help her, but not her mommy. It just wouldn't be ok with me. My mom would have been coming with us. :-D

I am at my parents today. Josh and I traditionally spend Christmas Eve and early morning with my family and then head to his family's house for Christmas evening. This year Josh had to work a 12-hour shift today (yuck!). He managed to make it out before it started pouring snow and got to work safely, but at 4:15, there is 6 inches of snow on the ground, and it is still coming! It is beautiful, but a little stressful. Hopefully I will make it to the Fleenor's and Josh will make it home from work. Prayers would be appreciated.


The snow really is beautiful, and there is something fun about being snowed in. Mom and Dad stayed with us last night, and despite their plans to go to Charlotte today, Mommy has made it clear she will lie down behind their car before they will leave today. So we have had a nice lazy Christmas morning.

One of my big Christmas presents was a new camera, the better to update the blog with! So I tried it out on the snow and the family:


Mommy and Mom have been watching old home movies. I think they are pretty happy. :)


Dad is watching Fox/sleeping.


Daddy and the girls took the dogs on a walk in the snow.


As my mother requested, a picture of her gorgeous Christmas present from Sara. Sara has been working on this ostrich egg for months and the work has been worth it. It is stunning, and huge, and took an insane amount of work. Lucky Mommy. :-D

Great Christmas, all around. Hoping for safe travel and to get to see my honey again this Christmas. Pray for safe travel!

Sick?

So I got to school today and was feeling fine. By 7:50, I was beginning to wonder if I needed to drink more water or something. I was really light headed and hot (which, if you know me at all, is not like me) and I decided to lie down in the Social Skills room, the bonus classroom next to ours that my mental health staff use for their therapy, office, etc. It is conveniently equipped with a couch. After 20 minutes or so, I was feeling better, so I headed back to class. By the time I sat down in my room, I was hot and dizzy again. On the way back to the couch, I called Mommy, who wisely insisted that we go to the doctor. Because I was feeling so lightheaded and nauseous, she came to pick me up. My fabulous staff called a sub and ran the class all day without me. They are the best.

Mommy and I went to the doctor and my blood pressure was fine, my temperature was fine, and my sweet baby's heartbeat was normal. Their best guess was that I have a stomach bug, and suggested I sleep and try to drink a lot of fluids. Mommy was wonderful and took the day off to take me home and take care of me. It's been years since she picked me up at school to take me to the doctor. :-) Lots of ginger ale and a nap later, and I feel mostly better, just totally exhausted. I never did actually throw up, so it doesn't seem like a stomach bug after all. Who knows?

Happy to be mostly healthy again, and sooooo thankful that the baby doesn't seem to be affected at all. He kept nudging and flipping through the whole thing. Little trooper. :-D

34 weeks

Only 6 weeks to go! We have made some major strides towards getting ready for this little guy. We have strapped the car seat in the car, so we are ready if he gets here really early. Also, we are training Leela, our dog, not to jump in the car seat.

I had a GREAT shower at school. Everyone was so generous! Among the loot was the baby monitor we wanted that monitors the baby's breathing and the high chair we registered for. It was amazing. I work with such great people.

We have taken a step back in trying to name the baby. We had sort of settled on a name a month or two ago, but last week I started getting cold feet about it, so we went back to the name book. We have a short list now, but I still can't settle on anything in particular. I keep having dreams about the social security people coming to the hospital room and pressuring us to name him. I guess I need to see him.

Only a few days to Christmas break, and then only a few weeks of school until we get to the date! Woohoo! Can't wait to meet this kid!