Christmas 2008

Time is going by fast! 2008 is almost over! We have enjoyed the holidays with family and friends. We were blessed to be the Maximized Living Makeover winners this year. We entered a contest with our chiropractic group and won the essay contest! Since I well into the pregnancy we didn't really want to travel to Disney (the prize), so they gave us a check for what it would have cost to fly and stay at Disney a few days! The money has been a great help getting ready for the baby. Our chiropractor and his staff took us out to dinner Nov. 24. We enjoyed the time together and great food! They also gave us lots of great baby gifts in a basket that night, so it was like a "mini baby shower" just from them.



Trevor and I both worked Thanksgiving Day, but it wasn't too bad. Plus, we both had lots of food at our work! Everyone made food to bring. Friday, Nov. 28th we drove to Sampson Co. for the night. We stayed at grandmother Warren's home with my parents. Saturday, Nov. 29th, the Faircloth Family gave us a "Double Baby Shower"-shower for us and Martha and Ashley. We both are expecting babies about a month apart! It was a great shower, and we really appreciated everyone who came and all the nice gifts! Our family had decorated the building so cute for the shower, too!



Dec. 1 was my husband's 34th birthday! We had dinner with family here in MB...enjoyed a chili dish we all like and cake I had made for him. Dec. 7th, a Sun. at work I was able to get a couple labs completed that I had to do during the pregnancy: glucose tolerance test and antibody blood work since I am O neg blood type. I passed the glucose screening...yeah! The cold orange flavored glucose drink wasn't too bad. After drinking it you get your blood drawn in one hr to see if the blood glucose level is back in normal range. Dec. 9th we had an OB appointment and we were about 29 weeks then. I got the RhoGAM shot since I have O neg. blood type. I was nervous about the shot b/c being a nurse I know the risks with an IM injection in the hip...don't want the sciatic nerve to be hit! Thankfully the shot went well. We'll see what blood type our baby has and if they are Rh + I'll have to get one more RhoGAM shot.



Dec. 12-14, we went to be with my family in Greenville and Murfreesboro, N.C. We spend the nights at Martha & Ashley's home and enjoyed the "Warren Christmas". Ashley had to work days that weekend, so he wasn't able to go with us to dad's church, but the rest of us drove up to surprise mom and dad that Sunday AM! Great weekend with family!



We've enjoyed many meals at Dennis and Jeanne's. It's a great time of year with all the decorations, trees, lights and candles to make us feel so festive! Most of all, it's wonderful to celebrate our Savior's birth! We did go out for pizza and a movie with them one night also. I used my 2 free movie tickets for this year from my work. We went to Mellow Mushroom Pizza and saw Four Christmases.



I was able to attend a Christmas Eve church service with Dennis and Jeanne at their Church, Risen Christ Lutheran. Christmas Day, Trevor had to work, but I got a surprise and was put "on call" and never had to go in to work. I was able to attend church with family and see our niece, Lyla Setzer, baptized. so, that was very special! My parents and Noelle came to spend the weekend with us and arrived about 10:30 pm Christmas night.



We had all the family over for a brunch Friday AM. We found some new recipes to try from one of Jeanne's magazines...enjoyed cheese grits, breakfast enchiladas, breakfast punch and orange rolls! Yummy!! We had another OB appointment that afternoon, so my parents went with us and got to hear the baby's heartbeat.

Sat., Dec. 27, the Setzer family gave us a baby shower. We had a few friends come also, and it was a really nice time. The Setzer kids made us a "baby shower" banner and had lots of balloons for the party. And of course all the food was yummy with the punch. The punch was the same punch Trevor and I had at our wedding reception, and we've enjoyed having it at other parties since.

Sun, Dec. 28th, we went to church at our church...which with our work schedule and all the special events that come up it was nice to be able to get back to our SS class and worship at First UMC. Mom and Dad surprised us by being able to stay until Sunday since someone was filling in for dad. A nice treat!

Mon, Dec. 29th, our 3rd wedding anniversary!! We both worked, but I guess we can't have off work all the time! =) I got to sleep in today, Dec. 30th, and it was great to rest! We are over at Dennis & Jeanne's with all the Setzer family now. We'll get to spend New Year's Eve and Day with them. It has been a lot of fun seeing all the Setzer cousins together playing. Everyone is enjoying different things...watching sports, movies, games, Wii games, melty beads, talking, eating and more eating...the holidays are all about being with family for us. I am thankful our baby will be welcome in to such close families-on both sides! We are about 32 weeks in the pregnancy now...not much longer until we get to hold our baby!! Trevor finished the nursery, and it's beautiful!! He painted the top half of the walls green, added white crown molding, wainscot and chair railing. He also put in dark wood floors. We have the crib, a rocker and dresser in the room. The changing table should be here soon. We are excited to meet either Olivia Dale or Trevor "Kolby", Jr!!!