Well, it seems my last post was in June. That is probably because life got a little (a LOT) crazy starting in July. We found out in early August that we were expecting an addition to the family!!!
So I was feeling pretty lousy for July, August and September. We did manage to go on a family vacation to Melbourne, FL in August - morning sickness and all! Brian and I also celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary by renewing our vows and I turned 40!!! Hopefully, I will be posting a few pictures from these events eventually.
So we started the fall with a great anticipation of finding out about our new little "person" as Ethan calls the baby. On October 29, I had an ultrasound and we found out. IT'S A GIRL!!!
So I have started another blog "That Girl" for the pregnancy photos and the Lord willing, our new daughter's photos. So if I am "missing in action" on this blog again, check That Girl. I am going to TRY to update that one more faithfully.
We are so thankful that we had a wonderful Merry Christmas with our family. Since we are expecting a new little girl in our family this year, we had a few changes to our usual traditions. I(Christine) have been put on bed/couch rest, so Brian was the hero of the day - cooking, hosting the family and doing all the other things I couldn't do. We were blessed to have my parents and Gram with us to celebrate our Savior's birth . We missed our other family members A TON of course, but we are giving thanks for our MANY blessings!
Since the weather seemed to be holding out, Ethan and Allie and I went to see the Live Nativity at our church. It is our third year going and it was fun as always. There was a little misty rain but thankfully it was in the high 50s - not too cold. Our church choir sang several beautiful Christmas songs and the night of baby Jesus' birth was portrayed. The live animals and tons of hay made it feel more real. Since I have the privilege of carrying our precious new daughter this year, I have been struck with how Mary must have felt that Christmas night - that made me think of a song that is sung by Faith Hill called "A Baby Changes Everything". Oh how we praise HIM for coming and changing our world!
Today was a fun summer Saturday. It was in the high 90s here in GA so Ethan, Allie and I headed to our fun little local theater where we bought 3 movie tickets, 3 popcorns and 3 sodas for the grand total of $21.00. I know people, that is crazy. There are definitely some advantages to small town life:)
