Christmas

We had a great Christmas! It was a little bittersweet not getting to go home to KY and spend time with the whole family but we really enjoyed our first family Christmas. Liam was so excited when he woke up and there were presents under the tree, he was just excited about the boxes he didn't know there were toys inside them. It was really cute to watch him open the gifts and find out. We didn't go crazy and buy him a ton of stuff but he still got pretty spoiled I think :). I cooked my very 1st Christmas dinner, turned out pretty good     but I may have gone a little overboard for the 3 of us...I probably would not do it again while 37 weeks pregnant since I am still recovering from all the work but it was worth it. Liam and Josh spent the whole day playing with all Liam's new toys and watching Christmas movies, it was a really great day. I think the best part was that Josh had a 4 day weekend and got to spend some much needed time with our little man.
Liam has been with us for almost 3 months now. At Christmas last year we had just gotten home from meeting our little guy and were so ready to go pick him up and bring him home..what a long year, but I don't even think about the wait now, sometimes I forget he has only been home for 3 months. He has finally finished his Vitamin D supplements and has to have his blood draw sometime this week to make sure he is back up to where he should be. He is also ready for his 2nd round of shots (oh joy). He is also going to be starting a mother's day out program at one of the local churches one day a week, which I think will be good for both of us, he will get to play and learn with kids his own age and mommy will hopefully get some rest, and some time alone with Raegan. Its going to be another big year of change for him but he has handled everything so well I don't think we will have any issues other than some jealousy.
We are going through our can't let mama out of our sight faze right now, which seems to be getting better. I am not able to pet the dog without Liam crying or pushing the dog away and getting in my lap. He is very upset if we talk about the baby and I touch my belly...yesterday he laid across me so I could not touch the "baby" and would push Josh's hand away if he tried. Its cute now, but hopefully he gets over it pretty quick once the baby is here. I think he will be a really big helper, will love her, and will be a great big brother it just might take some time after being so used to getting all the attention for the past few months. I am very emotional right now anyway but I was trying to explain to him that he would be a big brother the other day and ended up in happy tears instead after thinking only 3 months ago he was an orphan living in a transition home with about 15 other children waiting for their forever families and now he has a mommy, a daddy, and is going to be a big brother! Isn't God Good! We are so blessed that we have had this opportunity, it was a hard decision to make, a long and emotional process, but look at our reward we have such an amazing happy baby boy! He is so full of personality and so full of love. I can't imagine life without him.
4 years ago tomorrow God gave me another amazing man! Josh and I will be celebrating our anniversary, I cannot believe it has been 4 years! There have never been 2 people so totally perfect for each other! I still remember our first few months together as we discussed how we would fold our towels so they would all be the same and the correct way to stack undershirts so they fit together perfectly hahaha true story! I am truly blessed with an amazing man, a man who loves God, loves his family, and loves his country.
Happy New Year!