Well, Christmas is over and I am still with child! :) I don't really know why I was thinking I would have this baby before the due date, but we'll see, eh? Hahaha! I've almost reached the due date, though. I have to say, as much as I wanted to have the baby before Christmas, I am thankful for the time I was able to have to make a bunch of gifts that I would not have been able to fit in with a newborn schedule! I made at least one crocheted gift for almost every family member! :) I'm very proud of the work! I found a pattern for a cute crocheted doll 2 days before Christmas, so I was working on them through those 2 days!!! It made me crazy too, since we decided that Christmas with my family would be at our house on Christmas day, with u being so close to the due date! It was so fun, but I stressed myself out by adding these 2 little dolls to the gift list, making them a high priority to finish before Christmas day!!! It ended up being fine and everything was cleaned and then re-cleaned (after the Christmas morning mess)! Hehe! I managed to make the dolls for the girls, a ball for Asher, scarves and mittens for all three kids, a scarf for Lee, and scarves for several other family members.
By Christmas morning (after my 2 day crochet-a-thon on the dolls where I stayed up until 3am 2 nights in a row) my fingers felt weird and kind of numb, and I actually had trouble ripping the paper! Haha! I was very glad when Lee agreed that the paper we picked for our gifts was a little harder to rip! :) At least I knew it wasn't REAL damage! Hehe! Just kidding! I was soooo tired, though! I really think that my hands were just still asleep, because later I was fine. :) I was able to do dishes, cook, clean and do all the things to prepare for the family to come over that night! :) We had soooo much fun!!! It proved to be uneventful, at least in the way of the baby coming! :) I have decided that I am going to just relax and take advantage of my "free time" before the baby comes and try not to get so bogged down on having him/her as much as I have been. It's a little hard not to get like that, only because of how uncomfortable it is at the end, but it's very neat to be pregnant and feel the baby moving. I'm going to just try and enjoy this time! :) So, my birthday down, Christmas down... now we wait for the baby's arrival and Zoe's 5th birthday on January 2nd!!! Which will come first?
