Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and enjoyed celebrating with family and friends!

My mom, sister, brother, and sister-in-law visited us this weekend. We truly appreciated them coming to see us, and had a great visit. They even held up the family tradition of a "sword fight" with the empty wrapping paper rolls! Don't worry, I didn't participate - I did catch it all on tape though! ;) YouTube, here we come...

We also enjoyed visits from Dara, Jennifer and Jonathan, Sarah and Matthew, and Dawn, Jason, and Kayden. It was the first time we got to meet Kayden, and he is such a cutie! I quickly discovered that the way to a 17-month old's heart is food...bananas to be specific! It was great to see friends and enjoy time with everyone - especially since I have had to spend so much time resting at the house.

Unfortunately, Keith's family is sick and couldn't visit on Christmas Day as we'd planned. We hope to get to see them really soon, though - and we wish them a speedy recovery! Keith's grandfather (his dad's father) was in the hospital recently and has been moved to a convalescent center for now - he is doing better, but not yet well enough to go home. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Keith was really sweet and made a wonderful Christmas Day breakfast and supper (we were so full from breakfast that we skipped lunch!). We relaxed for most of the day, and took a short walk in the warm weather - it sure wasn't a snowy Christmas this year!

The other news is that we had another appointment with the doctor last week. While nothing else has changed (which is good news!), we did find out that Peanut is "engaged" and has dropped. The doctor said that while it is unusual for 29 weeks, many women can go for weeks once their baby engages. We go back for another appointment in about a week, just to keep a close eye on everything.

Our neighbors across the street had their little baby boy just before Christmas. He is adorable, and we are excited about the thought of our little boys growing up together!

That's all for now - we'll post again after our next appointment. Again, we hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and we are sending you warm wishes for a very Happy New Year!