Scott and I got some Christmas money from our families and decided to go ahead and order some of our baby stuff since he will be here in about 13 weeks! We want to go ahead and paint the nursery and get his bed ready. We already have the crib and the changing table, and we wanted to wait until the bedding arrived to paint. I think we are going to paint the room a light green with maybe some brown somewhere...I'm glad my mom is good at stuff like this.

Here is a picture of the bedding we picked out. Scott didn't like any of the plain polka-dotted or striped bedding sets I picked out. He wanted it to have something else on it like animals or tractors or planes or something. We both liked this one. I think the little animals are cute.

Here is our stroller.

And the carseat.

Christmas

Christmas this year was a lot of fun for both Scott and me. We did Christmas with his parents and then with his Nanny on Christmas Eve. Then Christmas day we went to my Nanny's and had Christmas with my family. This was our first Christmas as a married couple, and it was the last Christmas with just the two of us. Next year will be a lot of fun, but very different.

Today I went shopping with my Mother-in-law and her friend and daughter. It was a lot of fun, but we were on our feet all morning and afternoon. When I got home, I took my shoes off and laid on the couch and realized my ankles and lower legs were SO swollen! I kinda freaked out a little. I had always heard you swell when you are pregnant, but I guess I just thought that would never happen to me! Ugh!

Scott's mom got our dogs little Christmas outfits to wear! They are so cute, but our dogs hated them! We finally got the things on them and managed to take some pictures...but they were not happy about it!

Scott's Family

I really like this picture of us by the tree.

...and the mantle

Well I went to the Dr. this morning and everything looked good. I had to do the glucose screening test today...ugh. They make you drink this HORRIBLE orange sugar drink, then they test your blood to make sure your body compensates for the extra sugar. I don't think I would have made it if they told me I couldn't have sugar for the rest of the pregnancy, I prolly would have just died right there. I love sugar!

So we found out a few days ago that my brother, Harrison, will not be able to come home for Christmas. He joined the army in January and is stationed in Italy right now. This will be the first Christmas he hasn't spent with family and it will be tough for him and us. Pray for him.

Here are some updated pictures of me. I feel like I am HUGE, but I know I am nothing compared to what I will be closer to the end. I can't believe I am already 25 weeks!

Trying to take a picture with Maddie, our dog, but she was not cooperating.
Finally she decided to stop squirming.

PeePee Teepee

Ok so Scott and I were shopping online trying to figure out what we wanted for Christmas. I was looking at the Gap maternity page and wandered onto the BabyGap website. That is when I ran into the PeePee Teepee...I was like what in the world! Apparently if you have a little boy, you can put this over him while you are changing his diaper. I have never laughed so hard. The name and the concept is just hilarious to me--thought I would share. =)

You look Pregnant!

So I was cooking meatballs last night for our spaghetti, and I was standing sideways. Scott was sitting at the bar playing on Flickr(as usual), and he looked up and said, "Oh my gosh you look pregnant!" I thought it was hilarious that he was just now noticing, but over the last week or so I really have started to show. I noticed it also when I put on a sweater and it almost didn't cover my belly! It is kind of annoying because I can no longer wear any of my regular T-shirts--which is what I ALWAYS wear! But I have to admit, maternity jeans are pretty awesome. I will probably have a hard time going back to regular jeans, when the stretchy ones are so comfy.

Ok so Scott and I have been talking about how we should start a blog. Today I finally set one up. I don't know exactly what we will blog about, but mostly likely it will be updates on our pregnancy and random thoughts that we may have. Who knows if anyone will actually even read this =)

So recently Scott has been obsessed with Flickr, the photo website. He is uploading all of our pictures on the site so we will never lose them and so we can share them with family and friends. He uploaded the pictures that we showed at our rehearsal dinner:

Was he not the cutest kid?

And here is a picture of me with my wild and crazy hair.

Looking at these pictures it makes me wonder what our little one will look like. I can't believe he will be here in about 4 months. It seems like just yesterday we were hit with the biggest surprise of our lives...that we were going to be parents way before we were planning on becoming parents. We have learned over the past few months that the Lord's plan is so much greater than any plan we had or thought we had. We are excited that he has chosen us to be the parents of this little boy, and we know that the next 18 years or so will be humbling ones, but we are up for the challenge.