Christmas and More...

It has been a while since our last post and I must apologize! This last month of pregnancy has been EXHAUSTING and my nighttime energy is nonexistent. Miguel has been hard at work taking care of the household "honey do" list. Therefore, no blogging, SO SORRY!! However, we are only 2 days away from baby boy's arrival and I thought I better post now before things REALLY get crazy around here!!!


We had a wonderful Christmas holiday! Susanna visited with Santa at the mall and got another GREAT picture! It was such a surprise to us that she did not cry and we were very proud she was such a good girl! We had been talking to her about him and she was very excited to see him in person. It also helped that he tickled her cheek with his beard! Her other favorite character this holiday season was Frosty the Snowman. I think we watched the movie Frosty and Frosty Returns AT LEAST 40 times, she loved it!!! It was hard to explain to Susanna when all the decorations, tree, and blow-up Santa and snowman had to be taken down. Since then we have called Santa and Frosty DAILY at the North Pole and she is slowly accepting the fact they wont be back until next Christmas... good thing she doesnt really understand that is 11 months away!!!



It was amazing experiencing Christmas through Susanna's eyes. Miguel and I loved waking her up on Christmas morning and telling her Santa had come to our house and left presents under the tree. She was soooo excited and we were excited watching her open each present!!! Oh, if you asked her what she wanted from Santa this year her answer was "Stickers to my house"... and she got a whole stocking full!!! Her big presents this year were a play kitchen with play food and grocery cart, baby doll stroller, and play mop, broom, and other cleaning essentials. We really had a wonderful celebration and are already looking forward to Christmas next year with an almost 3 year old and 1 year old.... it just keeps getting better!!!





We have a C-section scheduled for Friday... 2 days away! Susanna is going to be a WONDERFUL big sister and we can't wait to introduce her to her baby brother. Our life as a family of 3 has been more blessed, exciting, and love filled than either Miguel or I ever imagined. Our adventures with Susanna have been the best times of our lives. It is sad to say this chapter of life is closing but we are both VERY excited and anticipating all the new adventures that lie ahead as a family of 4. We will now have both a daughter and a son to experience all the joys of life!