Holidays

Well we are in the middle of the holidays although it doesn't feel like it cause i am back to work. At least I had Christmas off this year. It just goes by way to fast though. All the build up to Christmas and it was over with so quick. I never did feel like I was ready. So much stuff I usually do I didn't get done but I figure it is because Tony's brother was living with us. He wasn't' a problem just everything is different. Next year will be very different with a baby in the house but at least i will be off work so I will have lots of time to get stuff ready. I still love Christmas but I just wish it didn't go by so fast.

I am now back to work and don't want to be here. I only have about 3 months left though so I shouldn't complain. Then I will be off for over a year. I will get my whole year for mat leave but I get all my vacations before that so it won't be too bad. I have a feeling I am not going to want to work after the year is up but I will have too.

I still can't believe that I will have a little baby at home next year. She will be 8 months so she could be crawling around under the tree and everything. She won't know what is going on with Santa and everything but it will still be great.

Now that the new year is starting we are going to be able to decorate the room and buy the furniture. We have decided on a bunch of what we aer getting and we know the colors and everything we just have to do it. I can't wait.

Tagged

Okay I was tagged by Kortney so I think what I am supposed to do is put up a picture from the 5th folder I have and the 5th picture. I hope I get this right. This one works very well it seems. I had my Christmas party for work and made a cake for it. I love making these types of cakes and can't wait to make them for my daughters birthday. This is the first time I did a stand up 3D cake and it turned out really well. The only problem is that no one wants to cut it up to eat it.

I am now going to tag some people for mine but since I don't have many people that blog I will do what I can.

1. Nicole

2. Elise

3. Heather

Unfortunately there isn't anyone else that blogs besides Kortney and she tagged me so I can't tag her back.

Hopefully everyone enjoys the pictures.

SNOW

I LOVE SNOW. I just had to start with that. It is so beautiful outside right now i just wish I wasn't at work knowing I have to drive home after. We are also supposed to get more on Sunday and Christmas Eve. I just wish my baby was here to enjoy her first White Christmas. We don't' get them very often.

I am almost ready for Christmas now. We have my family all bought for and only have his family to do. It shouldn't' be too bad as none of there gifts make us have to go to a mall at least. It is my Brother and Sisters birthday tomorrow so we have their gifts as well. All my baking is done now and all the decorating is done.

I am a little worried about Tony driving home tonight from work but at least he has the truck. He normally drives the car and I take the truck but it has been having some issues lately. He learned after having to come and get me from a good friends house after it wouldn't start that when I have told him it is having problems that I mean he needs to deal with it. He finally came to the conclusion that leaving his pregnant wife to drive it may not be such a good idea. Although it is much safer to drive in this weather when it breaks down it means i am sitting for a long period of time waiting for BCAA. I have to admit taking the car is different for me but it does have automatic start so I can start it from inside work and it is nice and warm for me when I get in and the seat warmers are on so it is great. It also has XM radio and i have it set to HOLLY which is a channel that only plays Christmas music so it makes it so much easier to drive. I have a funny feeling that he will get off work at 4 and I will still beat him home in this weather. If he isn't home by 8 then I will start to worry. Not that i can do anything about it though and i don't want to call his cell phone either cause the last thing I want him doing when he should be concentrating in driving is answering the phone.

I am taking suggestions for girl names. I have a few that it looks like we may use but we are still working on it. Boy names came so much easier cause we were sure it was a boy. Now it is a bit harder. We will be keeping the names secret though till she is born. We do have a boys name that we LOVE and will keep it just in case she turns out to be a he although the pictures are very clear.

I noticed that this is very jumbled with everything all over but that seems to b how my brain is working right now so it makes sense. I am ready for Christmas and I am so excited.

Also this is for you Kathy hehe:

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW

So far

Well I am excited Christmas is getting so close. Although I am not ready at all. usually we are much more ahead than this year but with losing family members lately it seems that everything has been pushed back. We haven't done any shopping and it is driving me crazy. I am finishing the tree today and that is not normal to wait this long. I hope to at least do all my shortbread tomorrow. Then sometime next week I will do my gingerbread cookies.

On another note we did find out the gender of our little one. I knew my MIL couldn't hold out. She wanted to know the night we did. So we got the note from my doctor and opened it at home together. We knew it would be a little boy and had a name and everything picked out. His family has never had a little girl so that's how we knew. Well we opened the paper and were Shocked to see it say GIRL. We are excited although now she doesn't have a name yet. At least we have a few more months to think of one. His mom is so excited. My family didn't really have a preference I don't think they just wanted healthy. I think that Tony secretly wanted a little girl so he is really happy and has already scrap booked her first picture. He did the profile u/s pic and has it all done on pink paper and everything. He started a little book for her although there isn't anything in it yet. Now I just have to hold off and not buy too many things yet. I will wait or at least try and wait till March for all the clothes.

Life has to go on

Well just as I was starting to feel more normal and not burst into tears every time I thought of my uncle I am now back to lots of tears. I knew my grandpa wasn't doing well but I had hoped he would hold on a little longer. He passed away Friday night. The day before my uncles Celebration of Life. My parents had called for me to be there earlier but I didn't go. I wanted to but I knew there would be no way I could drive home after so I waited till Tony got home. Then we had to drive his brother to his parents. I guess I could have not gone in to there place to visit for a bit but we did. They hadn't seen the ultrasound pics so it was only fair they got to see them. I know my grandpa wasn't alone and that was all that was important. I did see him the day before and he was awake and talking a bit to us. Part of me thought that he would be around for a lot longer. I guess I always thought that he would be around for a few more years even until this summer when he started looking more his age and frail. My poor aunt wasn't here for it and I can't imagine what she is going through right now. We then had my uncles Celebration of Life the next day on the island. We were running on only a few hours sleep so that made it hard. The ceremony the firefighters did was great. They had the flag at half mast and they had everyone crowd around it. They then said a few words about my uncle and then during a moment of silence they raised the flag back up to honour him. It was very touching and had a lot of meaning in it. After that we just went into the fire hall and shared great stories and visited with everyone. It wasn't a sad day completely. Although every time I say that Life Sucks, Tony reminds me to rub my belly as life is going on and it is great in there.

Now it is December 1st and I have to leave November behind as it was such an awful month for us. December can only be better. We will have grandpas Celebration of Life but that will be okay. I want to start decorating and baking and getting ready for Christmas as I haven't done any of that yet and I usually have some baking done. I have to get one of my cakes done for Thursday as it is my work Christmas Party. I love Christmas so maybe it will turn out happy. I have my doctors appointment on Thursday and I am so excited about that. I just want to know if I have a boy or girl. We actually have a name picked for a boy now. We won't be sharing our names though, that is something we are sure of. We want that to be a surprise. I guess we are figuring it will be a boy though cause we don't have a girls name at all. It will be a surprise if it is a girl though. A good surprise though.