And A Happy New Year!

Jorden and I had a wonderful Christmas and New Years! We spent our time here in Taber with the Holst's. There was plenty of food, fun and family! Good times had by all!

Christmas day marked me reaching 35 weeks and then New Years day marked me hitting 36 weeks! And now I have reached 37 weeks which is considered full-term! WooHoo! It is crazy to believe how fast everything has gone by. It feels like only yesterday when I found out we were having a baby, and now I only have 3 weeks until my due date! Heck there are only 19 more DAYS! There were moments when time seemed to crawl by, but looking back at it now it has FLOWN by! I have been really lucky too. I have not had anything much to complain about during this pregnancy which is definitely a blessing. I have only just started being uncomfortable and feeling like everything is squeezed in and trying to poke out in all the wrong places. But I am so excited for this next step! Not the whole birthing thing, I really don't know what that is going to be like for me, but I am so excited for the result of finally having our baby in our arms! AND knowing what it is. We have names picked out for either a Boy or a Girl and I am so excited to finally be able to use a name and not just call the baby IT.

Jorden and I share the same Birthday, just a year apart. So this Christmas my In-laws decided to buy us a combined Birthday and Christmas present. They really did spoil us and gave us a new camera! So now we can take decent pictures, that is once we learn how to use it. It almost intimidates me at the moment. I have never been very good at taking pictures even when I have a camera with me sometimes I forget to snap a few photos in those key moments. I guess I have to get practising now! We have the tools and now we need to use them!

Since we did not feel comfortable travelling in my current state this holiday season, we were unable to see my family who all congregated in Kelowna this year. I come from a large family and get together's seem to be getting harder each year, but we are trying! There are 8 children in my family. The oldest 6 have their spouses or partners. Then there are the kids that keep coming at a growing rate. There are currently 9 Grand -kids and 2 more are due to be born this month! (Paige and I are due 5 days apart! So we will have to see which baby decides to come first!) So in total the amount of people in our family is currently 23, soon to be 25! I can only imagine that it will keep growing from here and that number will continue to climb upwards.

This week I will hopefully be able to see one of my sisters and her family. They are coming out to visit their various friends and family. We will finally be able to meet their daughter Kadence who was born back in August. So I am pretty excited for that. Hopefully they will still be around for when we have our baby!  Two birds with one stone... ha maybe not, but it is a thought.

I am still working Monday through Friday. I figured just work up until the baby comes. I would probably drive myself crazy at home anyways. At least at work I have something to do and distract me other than the thoughts of the impending birth. At my appointment this week my doctor told me things are starting to get going and baby is head down so that is a good sign. He also jokingly said, "you could have the baby this weekend, I am on call." That would be nice let me tell you, so if I could make it happen I would but the BABY will come when it is ready. I just have to keep telling myself that, and remind myself that I cannot make it happen when I want it to. Patience is something I seem to have a little less of now. I am just anxious for the whole thing and wanting to know when it will happen and what the baby is! But no one can answer those questions for me unfortunately, I just have to wait... And WAIT I shall.

I will keep all updated on when it actually happens! Don't worry! Until then, I hope you have all had a wonderful holiday season and I wish you all a Happy New Year!