Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!  We had a wonderful Christmas.  We stayed here in Phenix City and Harold and Lise came for dinner.  This morning I made us French Toast then we opened gifts from each other.  I got a beautiful scarf, some nice sweaters and an insta-read thermometer which came in handy today for the turkey.  Bryce got a picture of Wrigley Field, a coffee table book about Auburn and a camera.  The camera has already been put to good use ;)  We also got lots of good stuff for the baby too.   We had dinner around 6, then opened gifts with Harold and Lise.  They got us a Dyson which I know will be put to good use with all the puppy hair around here!  I spoke with PopPop and MomMom earlier today, they both seemed to be doing well.  I am sure MomMom was happy to have everyone over and to be home for Christmas.
Koter bug turned 3 years old yesterday.  He has felt the need to spoil himself.  About a week and a half ago he ate a roll of athletic tape (which we had to take him to the vet to get a laxative in order to pass), then while I was gone he helped himself to a blowpop and today he had a milkshake.  I asked the vet when Dakota might stop eating random crap and the vet asked how old he was, when I answered 3, you could have knocked the vet over with a feather.  It doesn't look like the prospect of him stopping that habit is very good.  Oh well!  

End of Semester and Snow!

Friday was the last day of the first semester.  I can't believe the school year is half over.  It also means that baby Ciancio will be here soon, Saturday marked 33 weeks!  Right after school on Friday Lise drove me to Atlanta so I could catch a flight home.  I landed just as the snow started coming down here.  The offical measurement ended up being 20.5 inches, 3 would have been plenty for me!  Yesterday was a pretty lazy day seeing as it was too bad to go out anywhere.  I was able to visit Mom Mom and Pop Pop though.  Mom Mom seemed tired, but considering everything she has gone through she seemed to be doing well.  Other than that Mom and I made some cookies and watched Rudolph.  The snow finally stopped about 10 last night, hopefully we can do something today :)
Between last Sunday and Monday morning the baby definitely dropped.  I woke up Monday morning and felt like I could breath again, which was nice!  Wednesday I went to the doctor and he said I measured at 33 cm, which is right on target.  They said I should measure the same in centimeters as I am weeks.  We finally got to meet the two new babies in small group.  They are both super precious!  I know it makes Bryce all the more excited to meet Kaylea/Jack.  Monday night we had our second child birthing class.  We went to the hospital to visit the maternity ward so we would know what to expect.  Fortunately every room is private.  We got to see the labor and delivery rooms and then the recovery rooms.  After looking at the rooms, they took us by the nursery.  There was a nurse swaddling a newborn, he couldn't have been more than a few hours old.  After she swaddled him and got his knit hat on, she put him in a stocking to take his picture.  It was too cute!  I don't know that the child birthing classes have made me feel anymore ready to give birth, but people do extraordinary things when they have to, so I figure hormones will take over and I will be ok.