Christmas Time!

These past few days have been extremely hectic in the Spikes Household!! It is always hard to visit all family, it always happens that one event gets left out :( There just isn't enough time to do everything. I thought it was hard every year, but this year being 7 months pregnant was by far the hardest! I was completely exhausted by the end of each day!

On Wednesday, December 23rd we had a doctors appointment and ultrasound (Pictures to follow...) Everything went well! Mom, Amber, Meredith and Cooper got to come along! It was fun, except we used the doctor's machine and the quality was low! But, Dr. Andrew's assured me it was still a GIRL! Over the past few weeks, I have been worried about that. I also had a glucose test, YUCK! The actual drink was not that bad, I actually drink it in about 2 minutes... but then the dreaded blood work had to come. I did really well and didn't even shed a tear. For those who know, I am terribly afraid of needles and this was the very first time I didn't cry. The night before I could barely sleep, because I couldn't stop thinking about it. HA! I was very proud of myself. All in all it was a good appointment. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I gained 4 pounds, WHOA!! No worries, he said I was right on track. My appointments are every two weeks now...

That day we also visited Ryan's Dad and MawMaw in Defuniak. Whew... we had a long day!

Christmas Eve we spent with Ryan's family. Everyone came in from Missouri and Melbourne. We finally got to meet Baby Ava and she is a doll! It just makes me want Presley here even more!

Christmas was a lot of fun! Santa was very good to me. I got a new pocket video camera and Coach Purse from Ryan. I love them both and I have already uploaded a video of Cooper onto YouTube.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1uHD-1PXE) He was cute this year playing with his new toys. Presley got him a Baby Einstein Piano that he really liked. Next year Cooper will be a year and 1/2 and Pres will be 9 months, it is going to be so fun at Mom's!

We also spent time at Lee and Cindy's- it is always so fun over there with everyone laughing! They got Presley some cute outfits, and Mawmaw made her the most beautiful things. I absolutely love them. I am pretty sure I have showed everyone that I have came in contact with. They are so gorgeous, I think she will take her newborn pictures in them. I just need a coordinating outfit!! Man I can't wait!!

In other news, we finally got the paint for the nursery! Now we just have to start. We are going to pick up the crib on Saturday! YAY, then it will finally all come together! I cannot wait...

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Looking forward to 2010 and all the wonderful things our God has in store for us. I know he creates tough times so we can appreciate the good times... I guess now we will just sit back and wait to see what he has in store.

Update!

WOW- It has been a long time since I posted, almost a month to be exact! A lot of things to catch up on!

I left off last month saying that we would be moving into our new house, and we did! What an adventure is all I can say! I told Ryan we will DIE in this house- I AM NEVER MOVING AGAIN! I am so glad to have all that over with. It only took us 3 weeks, and we still have some things in the garage to put away, but overall we are finished and most things are decorated. We love the new house, it is so much more roomy than our old house, I have tons of space to fill up, which is a good thing since I plan on living there for the rest of my life *wink! Our next house project is the nursery! I am so anxious to get this going, I feel like I am running out of time...

I had a doctor's appointment on December 8th. I had to move it up because I wasn't feeling good at all. Come to find out I had a lingering virus. After a lot of sleep and two days, I was feeling much better. Then the next week, I got another virus and threw up for 24 hours... I have had plenty of viruses over my life, but let me tell you having a virus and being 6 1/2 months pregnant is NO fun!! It was interesting to balance eating... I will just leave it at that.

In between of moving, getting sick, work and going to the doctor we did have some fun :) We have been to one Christmas Party and I had a craft party at my house (Call me crazy, I know!) It is always fun to be around friends and family during this time of year!! Even though it doesn't seem like Christmas to me- Ryan and I don't even have a Christmas tree this year. I figured this is our last year to have a low key holiday season, for the rest of our lives Christmas will be so different and be a production!

My next appointment in December 23rd- this will be a fun and not-so-fun appointment. I have to be tested for diabetes (standard), but we will get to see Presley on a ultrasound! What a wonderful Christmas present.

As the days go by, I am getting more and more excited to meet Presley! It is going to be the best day of our lives and it can't come soon enough! I run around all the time trying to figure out how I am going to get everything done and even what I need to get done that I sometimes forget what the real reason for me doing this is , and it is something greater than I can ever imagine. I am so blessed to even have this experience some long for years or even forever to be in my position and I am determined to enjoy every single second of it regardless of the hard times.

Well, I will leave you all with a picture of my belly... It is starting to poke out there. It is funny when I look at this picture because I don't feel this big at all!
Craft Party Fun-

The girls hard at work!

My unfinished wreath! =)

Lindsey, Kara & Mallory's

Me and Lindsey!

That's all for today! Merry Christmas =)