8 months!

We hit the 8 month mark yesterday.


I'm getting bigger every day and I can feel her having less and less room in there. When she moves I feel her pushing out on different sides of me at the same time. I try to imagine what kind of gymnastics are occurring and what her little limbs are doing. I can't wait to actually see her moving after she gets here!

Once again, we had a great time visiting in San Diego. Our "Christmas" with both families was fun, and we enjoyed getting to see everyone. Here we are after our white elephant gift card exchange.


We also got to celebrate our one year anniversary on Sunday. We went out to a nice dinner, and brought with us a piece of our wedding cake that we had been freezing since last December. Believe it or not, Steven was even more exciting to eat THIS cake than the fresh stuff at the wedding! Or maybe not... At dinner they took the cake back to the kitchen and made it look nice for us. And it didn't taste bad at all!


We had been checking the weather all weekend because they had been forecasting snow for us here, and sure enough, this is what we came home to Monday evening...




Stout LOVED it, and Luca was not so sure. Although in most of the backyard, she didn't even weigh enough to step down into it, she just walked on top of it. Stout was rolling around and chasing snowballs like it was the best day of his life.



We were sad to wake up on Wednesday morning to find the rain had melted nearly ALL of it. We have been told not to worry, that it was just a taste of what is to come. We hope so!

We had our last childbirth/parenting class on Wednesday. We made plans for the reunion in March after everyone has had their babies. This is the first thing we have planned for all three of us to attend! How exciting!

So now that "Christmas" is over for us, it's time to concentrate on getting ready for our baby girl's arrival. Although we have a lot ready to go in her room already, there is still much more to do. And the things on our list seem to me like it's too early to start doing, although I keep getting told otherwise. We're wondering if doing things like washing her clothes, packing the hospital bag, and installing the car seat and getting it checked this early is just asking for trouble. Or maybe it's just being prepared?? No more early babies!