December 2008

Well life really was still waiting for us after Emma was born -but we had no idea how busy it would really be!

Emma Louise Deenik arrived into our lives on August 16, 2008 @ 12:43 p.m. weighing 9 lbs., 9 oz. and measuring 22" long! She was a biggun!

I ended up taking a full 3 mos. off from work due to postpartum depression. It wasn't a surprise to struggle with it considering my past bouts with depression, but I had no idea how bad it could be. Thank goodness for a loving and supportive husband!

It is now x-mas break. We just celebrated my Mom's 60th birthday yesterday. Quite a miracle considering her heart attack earlier this year. We are all very glad she stuck around and are taking bets as to how much longer we have with her. I made her promise to make it 15 more years and then we'd talk again!

Evan discovered the truth of Santa this year, so Christmas will be pretty easy considering Emma won't know any different. Each child will get a few things and we'll just enjoy the nice quiet day together - having Dad with us for the first time in 5 years!

Nikki is coming to visit today (x-mas eve) and we are very excited to see her! Tomorrow will be relaxing and Friday will be the Jacobs' family x-mas, Emma's next photo session, and I may be babysitting JR and Jacob. So we're in for a busy end to the week! Merry Christmas!

Waiting...

Here I sit only days (or possibly even hours) away from giving birth...waiting. It's odd that we've waited 8 years for this little miracle and now these last few days feel like FOREVER although the 8 years now appear to have flown by. I think I've done enough laundry and cleaning for a lifetime this past month and yet I'm staring at the carpets thinking they should get vacuumed again and I'm noticing the spot on the wood floors that I forgot to mop and I just realized I have two more outifts of Emma's that I wanted to wash. And then there's school - I've been desperately avoiding doing anything to get my classroom ready for a sub and yet somehow I know that I need to get it done before I'm too exhausted to think. Although that may be where I really am right now - just too exhausted to think anymore. I'm ready. I can figure out all the other things after she comes because life will still be here waiting for me, just like I am waiting for her. Oh little one, I do wish you would come soon!