Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas "morning" here and we are enjoying our quiet little Christmas, but also missing our families. The idea of a quiet, intimate, relaxing Christmas sounded so appealing back in October, but I am finding  that it doesn't feel like Christmas without that holiday hectic-ness. Maybe next year we will be with family, but who knows with a 3-month old running (okay, laying) around?

Jacob got me "Despicable Me" for Christmas on Blu-Ray so we're going to snuggle up with the kitties, eat some sugar cookies, and watch that. All the while a delicious, beautifully marbled roast will be roasting in our slow cooker.

When we got up Jacob said, "I hope the Grinch didn't steal our Christmas" and I said, "Well there's one gift, the most special gift that he couldn't have taken!" It is so surreal to think that we are going to be parents. That this quiet is going to be over, very soon! I was petting our cat, Courage, earlier, nuzzling him and calling him "Da Baby," and I realized that he won't be "Da Baby" anymore and we will have a real live baby soon! So, we're going to put a lot of effort into spoiling our poor kitties the next few months. They are excited to have a younger sibling (or so they tell me), but we'll see when the time actually comes!!

Merry Christmas from the Christians! -Jacob, Jess, Cricket, Courage, and the Poppy Seed in my uterus