Catching Up

I apologize that it has been so long since I posted last. You know how it is....Christmas, New Years, etc. Then add to it, of course, the fact that our computer had a "fatal error" two weeks ago and we had to wipe and then reinstall the whole operating system, thus wiping out everything we had on our computer. But excuses aside....here's what's been happening.

The Sunday before Christmas we had a Mobley family dinner with William's family. We were able to reinact the christmas story. My favorite part, though, was that Catherine wanted William to be the donkey.....William says he was "type cast" for the role.

Christmas Eve we went to my parent's house and had a fantastic dinner of Garlic Lover's Chicken. I don't know why, but I've always loved a fancy set table - china, napkins, silverware in the proper place, etc ....and I wasn't disapointed christmas eve. A fine meal always brings out the fun of a holiday. We also reinacted the nativity, each playing the part that my nieces had decided we should play. I had the blessing of being a sheep.....Ewe know how much William laughed about that. William got to be a wise man. Ashtyn and Tayla played Mary and Joseph, and they had to make a "bed" for the baby Jesus and then rock the baby all through the reinactment.
Our christmas was wonderful. We had originally planned to spend the morning at our apartment opening our gifts to each other, then head to Osgood to see both sides of the family. Unfortunatly, our parents were all snowed in, so we had the unique opportunity to spend the entire day alone. I have to admit it was really nice to not have a hectic Christmas and I really enjoyed staying home.

The day after chrismas found my mom and dad, Shanda and Jade, William and I in Rigby, shoveling snow out of our house. We had three to four foot drifts throughout several areas of the house (oh the joy of not having sheeting on our trusses yet!) and at least a foot of snow throughout the rest of it. It took the six of us a combined 16 hours of labor to get all the snow out. The work went by fast, though, and I enjoyed the time spent with family.

That evening we all went to my mom and dad's for our family gift exchange. Shanda and Jade bought Will and I a karaoke machine and the whole family seemed to enjoy sharing their talents. My favorite gift, however, was a minature black dinosaur that my mom sewed for "baby Mobley." Growing up, I had a big black dinosaur named Harvey My Love (mostly just Harvey) whom I slept with every night and even took to college with me. Ok, so I slept with Harvey until I married William....Harvey still hasn't gotten over it yet. I heard somewhere that time heals all wounds, however, so hopefully Harvey will get over it someday. Then we went to William's mom and dad's house for an after christmas party and lots of good visiting.

New Year's Eve found us once again in Osgood, playing games with my family. I laughed so hard, especially during Cranium. I'd have to agree with Jill.....ask Aunt Chris to show you how an Egyptian swims!! I had to try to act out "hormone." Needless to say, my whole team just looked at me.

The holidays were productive for our house, though. We were able to sheet the roof of our house last week, so that should keep the drifts out a little bit better....hopefully, anyway.

I must be looking pregnant this week....i was asked by 4 different people when my baby was due...I haven't had that until this week. The first time was on Sunday, and a nurse and one of my patients asked me...I went home and told Will it must be the scrubs I was wearing. Yesterday, though, I was wearing some of my "loose" scrubs, and I had two more people ask me. I'm hoping to keep it "secret" from my co workers until after next Wednesday, because i think it would be hillarious when they ask to say, "yes, i'm having a _________. (although i'm still thinking it's a girl!) Our ultrasound is next Wednesday.....hope our baby isn't too shy!