Last Christmas

When I was at my 20 week check-up earlier this week, my Nurse Practitioner said something that I hadn't thought about until the moment it came out of her mouth. " Have a good holiday and enjoy the last one you'll have with just yourselves. Next year you will be standing in line at the toy store because the baby will be here next Christmas." Yup- I hadn't even thought bout how this is our last Christmas "just us".

I remember the first Christmas we were together- nearly 11 years ago. I had been living in San Francisco and Greg was here in Sacramento. Trading weekends when we could just to spend time together. First gift from Greg? A space heater because my room was so cold. What a practical gift, right? We still have that space heater- a little old but still works!

I remember the Christmas before we got engaged- 5 years ago. We were exchanging gifts before our whirlwind trip to Madera and then Concord. He handed me a small box and I was a little nervous to open it. I shouldn't have been because it was an iPod! It makes me giggle now because little did I know he was planning on proposing to me a few weeks later while we were in Tahoe! After the proposal, I asked him if he wanted the iPod back!

And now we are in 2011. This is our first Christmas pregnant but our last as "just us". I am so happy to share this Christmas as "just us" with Greg. As long as I can remember, I have always wanted my life- the loving hubby who gets along with my amazing Mama Smith, living in a home that is not fancy but practical and a baby. I think Santa and God has gotten my wish list spot on for this year.

It's a....

After all the anticipation, the waiting and the suspense- we finally found out what we are having...a BOY! We are so excited about knowing what is growing inside of me! We both had said that it didn't matter to us whether our baby was a boy or a girl, but we just wanted to know.

Before we found out, I had bought a handful of really cheap toddler clothing in boy and girl styles in anticipation of the day we would have a baby of our own. I had collected a few things and last week came to the realization that pink was not going to be an option ( at least not yet- and if our boy wants to wear pinks and purples later on I will gladly let him do that!) . Which lead the wheels to start turning in my head- are we going to go the traditional route and go blue and green? And what about tractors and lizards and dragons? And then will his room have to be "masculine"? And then I stopped to just enjoy the fact that we are having a little boy. And we can think about all the little things later!

We are so excited and looking forward to many more milestones during the next months.