Waiting for Baby

For as long as Ben and I have been married (6 years), plus the year before, we have traveled somewhere for Christmas: Montana, London/Grenoble/Heidelberg, Montana, North Carolina, Montana, Switzerland/Kandern, California. This was the first year we stayed put. I even worked on Christmas. Although we missed being with family and spending the holiday in a beautiful place, we have to admit it was really nice to not worry about traveling and to just relax at home. Ben did some cooking, I got to bake a little. Watched some movies. It was great. We even got quite a bit of snow.

Ben requested cinnamon rolls for Christmas Eve breakfast. I tried a new recipe this time and I'd definitely say it's a keeper. 

My kitchen helper

Christmas Eve breakfast. Don't worry, it was a grown man playing basketball that scratched Ben's forehead. Not a cat.

 Lots of Christmas snuggles

Posing in front of their new self-portrait pillow

Lots of walks in this place. The tree has almost completely swallowed the sign. 

Christmas Dinner 

Ben made pot roast in the slow cooker while I was at work. The smell I walked into at the end of a long day was wondrous. He's basically amazing.

Our cozy Christmas family room

Checking out the white stuff covering our block

New Years was much the same: I worked, we stayed at home, the clock struck midnight without us realizing…but unlike Christmas, we got to spend New Years with my lovely mom which was very special for me. Had our traditional New Years fondue and worked on a puzzle. Exactly what this tired pregnant lady needed!

My due date came and went yesterday. The last month has been surreal as I feel as though 38 weeks completely snuck up on me. It was shocking to me that all of a sudden, she could come any day and be considered full-term. But now after having lived through a few of those weeks, and no baby, the shock has faded to impatience. We would really love for her to come soon. Today would be perfect in fact. 

In the meantime, just trying to exercise patience and relaxation, and go for lots of walks. It feels like the love we have for this baby before we've even met her grows heavier with each day she makes us wait. It's nice to know that, unlike other details of our upcoming year, this baby is surely coming. As hard as it is to wait, and to not know exactly when the waiting will be done, we know with certainty the waiting will end soon. That gives me patience enough for today.