So it’s 5 days after Christmas, and boy did we have fun experiences.  Families flew in from Arkansas to stay 8 days with us – and even in the long stay, a few upsets here & there, our Holiday was overall so much fun.  I always enjoy when my mom flies in – we have such a great time together, she helps so much around the house whether its cooking, cleaning, reorganizing Tatum’s closet – our minds are very similiar (this is a good & scary thing at times), so we mesh well.  Our company left & we still have a very clean house, almost all food has been eaten, kitchen is reorganized, Tatum’s closet is reorganized, and we have all that we could ever need or want.  Chris and I are very blessed to have the family that we do. 

I do have to admit, however, that I am very excited that I have my husband and my daughter ALL to myself until January 4th.  I love when Chris is at home & not working late at night - although I’m jealous of his extended vacation.  So tonight, when I pull up into my driveway, I’ll have my sweet daughter running to the door saying MOMMY”S HOME and Chris greeting me with a kiss.  Hurry up 5:00 pm!  I just want to cuddle with my loves tonight. Nothing less, nothing more.

In all of the exciting Holiday Cheer, I have had unusual sleeping patterns, waking up in the middle of the night wide awake – not due to being uncomfortable, but just awake.  Some nights I logged onto to HuLu & watch Housewives of Orange County to get up on my BRAVO.  Last night for instance, I was wide awake at 3:30 am — so I stole my mom’s new book “Dear John” and read the entire thing until 6:30 am, just in time to shower & get ready for work.  I am however, exhausted, at this very moment.  But it was a good read!  The Netty Pot, Tylenol, and Sudafed have been my BF’s since last Tuesday.  I’m contemplating calling the doctor for sinus relief!  I think 7 days is plenty to deal with all of this right?

Monday, we got a sneak peak at Levi McCool!  We are at 30.5 weeks along and wowzers, we are flying along.  I am enormous and wonder how big Levi is going to be.  We are not nearly as prepared as we were with Tatum — I hear that happens your 2nd time around.  End of February/Beginning of March will be here before we know it.  Much still to do.

January will be an exciting month with baby showers (so blessed with my friends), scheduling a much need pregnancy massage, having our carpets cleaned (yes this is an exciting thing!), and working on Levi’s room.