I love this time of year, but, oh, is it ever busy! I think things will slow down by Christmas Eve, and until then, I just hope I don't throw myself into labor! :) (Don't worry, I'm not planning on doing too much, just enough!) This week has been crazy with practices for our church's Christmas special, which is being held this weekend. Wednesday afternoon I had a doctor appointment, and everything looks great. The baby is in the head-down position, which I was relieved to hear! Wednesday night the kids got to go caroling with AWANA (I had to miss it because of practice, but I'm sure it was fun!) Yesterday I was finally able to finish putting together treats for all of James' and Eliza's classes, and wrap teacher gifts. I also went through some boxes of baby clothes so that I can hopefully start washing some things for our new baby soon!
Today was a fun day for James' class as they had "Storyland Day". Each grade had decorated their hallway with a Christmas story, and the kids got to wear pajamas and rotate around the school to hear each different story. I walked around with James' class for a little while, then left and headed over to Eliza's school to help out with her Christmas party. It was a fun morning, but exhausting!
Tonight my family is coming over for some chili and just to hang out. Adrienne and Jon are going out of town in the morning, and we won't be able to see the family all together again until after Christmas, since they are all headed to Memphis and we have decided to stay home. (I guess it has something to with being scared I might go into labor while we're there.) So we invited them all over here tonight, and I am supposed to be cooking and cleaning right now, but I'm taking a little break first. They probably won't mind if the house doesn't look exactly perfect!
Jay has been extremely busy finishing up a big project at work this week, so we haven't seen much of him lately. Today is supposed to be his last day of work for a while, so hopefully we will be seeing a lot more of him! He will be working from home some, I'm sure, but he doesn't officially have to go back to work until a few weeks after the baby is born. He could really use the break, and we are looking forward to spending some time with Daddy!
Saturday Eliza has a birthday party to attend, and then we have our Christmas special Saturday night. Sunday morning is church (as usual), then that evening is the second showing of our Christmas special. I will be singing in the choir, and James is also singing a song with the children's choir. We would love to have you come watch if you are in the area! It's at Parkway Place Baptist Church at 6:00PM both nights.
Monday things should slow down a little bit, but we do have a preschool pajama party at the church that night. Tuesday is James' last day of school, and I am planning on helping out with his Christmas party that afternoon. I have another doctor appointment Wednesday morning, and Thursday is Christmas Eve! Somewhere in there, we have to finish shopping (we're almost done!) and wrap presents (I haven't started). We are also trying to get ready for baby, who will be here in just a couple of weeks! I know it will all get done, but it's going to be crazy for a while!