Twas the week before Christmas

Here we are a week and a half until Christmas. All of the presents have been purchased...but none of them wrapped. As a matter of fact, most presents have already been given.



My dear, sweet husband is sooo bad about Christmas surprises. Two weeks ago, on Dec 1st, my major Christmas present from him arrived. He was sooo excited about it that he gave it to me within 5 minutes of having it in his possession. It was a beautiful Coach handbag that will hopefully double as a diaper bag!! On Saturday, I went to San Antonio to do my Christmas shopping. When I arrived home later that night, Justin was just beside himself knowing that I had presents for him, hidden in the house somewhere. After little convincing, I decided to give him his presents. He was thrilled with his new kayak seat, hiking backpack and pocket rocket camp stove. On Sunday, when Bailey arrive home from a weekend away with her father, Justin figured it was only fair to give her her main present from us. We hid it in the tree, she hunted around the house not knowing what she was looking for. Finally, I called her new cell phone and she discovered it in the Christmas tree. She was totally excited and for now, we are the best parents in the world.



Yesterday, was a good day for baby Jack. It certainly was his most active to date. Justin and I were lying in bed, and Jack decided it was time to be awake and play. For a good 5 minutes, Justin was able to feel his son kick. It was sooo cute, Justin would poke my belly and Jackson would poke right back.



This morning I went in for my glucose testing. The orange concoction was not nearly as bad as I remembered. After my first blood sample, I was able to leave the hospital with a promise to return an hour later. As I was heading back to the hospital lab, I recieved a call from my doctor's office saying that they had recieved my lab report and that I was anemic. It's now been 3 hours since my glucose blood sample, and I haven't heard from my doctor yet, so I'm assuming I passed that with flying colors!! Yippee!!



I have a huge weight lifted off my shoulders because last Friday I finally decided on and ordered baby Jack's crib bedding. I had long given up on Justin and I mutually loving the same set, so I proceeded on the assumption that he really loved Jack, but he really didn't care what kind of sheets he layed his precious little head on. I am so excited to finally be able to plan a nursery. We have the crib, dresser and changing table that I used when Bailey was a baby, so now all we need to do is paint and decorate!! The picture above is not what our nursery looks like yet, its the picture that I ordered from.


I guess that's all I have to blog about. Next Monday is our 27 week appointment. I will update then.