I honestly have been trying to keep up on my blogging but my day always seems to consume me and when I lay down at night... I think of the things that I should blog about but for some reason... those thought have not made it to the computer. After my family was here for Thanksgiving, my mother-in-law, had a baby shower for us and we were blessed with tons of groovy baby things for Will. When we returned home, Corey and I were blessed with the flu which then turned into a cold for the next two weeks... only to get better two days before Christmas.... being pregnant and sick is no fun! My dr. did give me cough syrup with codeine in it and let me tell ya.... I have never slept better! We went to three of Corey's families parties for Christmas.... it was a ton of fun and we got to have three Christmas meals and pretty much three Christmas'... the only bummer was that my stomach is currently being smashed by Will and I could only eat a little of everything... but it was yummy. I was bummed though, that it was not a white Christmas... I still have yet to have one but Corey happily informed me that it was my first green Christmas.... hahahahaha He thinks he is so funny! I must admit that I did miss my family on Christmas... this was my first Christmas in all 29 years of my life that I was not with at least my mom and dad.... I thought I was doing fine till I spoke with my mom on the phone and she wished me a Merry Christmas.... I miss all the little traditions my parents kept though out the years with us girls. When we got home from our three Christmas' in Ohio... we were so tired but excited because we both had the rest of the week off... we pretty much did nothing.... we watched some Lost, went out to eat every day, went to the movies twice, went shopping, went walking with Malcolm, took Malcolm to the doggie park, worked on a puzzle... and then we left for three days and went to the Smoky Mountains in TN! Did we ever have fun! We celebrated our 2nd Anniversary and it was fun because that is where we went for our honeymoon and we never would of thought that we would be there again in two years, Living within driving distance, let alone... pregnant!!! We went shopping, walking, played hill billy golf, went to a Christmas dinner show, slept in, ate at our favorite restaurants, enjoyed having cable TV, and went for adventures through the smoky mtn's.... Here are a few pictures of everything... 
The Wade Christmas with our nephew and nieces opening Christmas presents 
The Mortimer Christmas.... Corey's dad, Stan, his wife Maggie, their daughter Rebecca, Corey's sister Summer, her husband Mike, and their kids, Makayla and Dylan, and Corey and I 
Corey and I in Gaitlinburg, TN playing Hill Billy Golf 
The Great Smoky Mountains 
The Pigeon River 
I must admit that I have been feeling overwhelmed with being pregnant and that my due date is only a month away.... my mind is consumed with all the "what if's".... things I have no control over like... when is my water going to break, am I going to be able to handle birth, will my mom make it in time to see the birth, how is breast feeding going to go, how much is Will going to weigh, can I handling being a mom, how am I going to function without sleep, how am I going to handling working and being a mom?!?!?! But while being out in God's creation, He reminded me that worry is sin, that all of those what if's had "I" in them instead of being focussed on Him... He reminded me that He is faithful and that this is all a blessing from Him and He promises not to give me more than I can bear..... it was a good time with the Lord and a renewing of my mind. I look forward to this month because we only have something planned for this coming weekend and we plan on doing nothing for the next few weeks but relax and spend time together before our little blessing arrives. "the Lord your God is with you He is mighty to save He will take great delight in you He will quiet you with His love He will rejoice over you with singing" Zephaniah 3:17 | 
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