Just Me!

In the picture with me is Kaylee, my cousin's little girl. She is a little sweetheart! We are at the OSU graduation watching my cousin, Troy, get his diploma. It was a fun day!!

This past week was pretty busy for us. We celebrated Pete's Dad's 81st birthday on Thursday with fajitas and cake. It was a great party! In addition, my company Christmas party was on Friday night. We went to a nice restaurant in town, had a great meal and just enjoyed each other's company. Here is a picture of Pete & I at his sister's house before the birthday festivities began (pre haircut):

I am 34 weeks and 4 days pregnant in the picture above. I honestly can't believe that our new little guy will be here in just over a month. I was just telling Pete last night that a pregnancy seems like it would be such a long time, but mine has actually flown by! People keep asking us if we are "ready" for the baby. As Pete says, we will never be fully ready for the adventure upon which we are about to embark. I am sure he is absolutely right. We have no idea what to expect, so how could we possibly be ready?? I know it will be fine and we'll have a great time going through this life change, but I also know that there will be some difficult times. I guess that's what you sign up for when you agree to bring a human being into the world. As my "labor day" rapidly approaches, I find myself being more scared of the acutal child raising than the one day that everyone seems to get all worked up about. Don't get me wrong...am I scared to go through labor - CERTAINLY!!! But, I think that what comes afterwards is way more frightening than that one day! I've read new mother's blog posts and see that they all feel the exact same way I do, so I guess this is all normal. That is comforting, but it still doesn't take away the worry and fear.

It will most likely be after Christmas before I post again. I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and an extremely Happy New Year!!

# posted by Tara : 6:15 AM