Just a cute story for the baby book...

Tonight while we were eating dinner, Hannah pointed to Mark's knife and said "Mommy, is that shark? Is that dangerous?" I couldn't help but laugh that she said "shark" instead of "sharp." I just love that little girl!

Do I really have to go back to work tomorrow?

I struggle with going back to work every time I take a vacation. I took last week off for Christmas and it was just wonderful to be with my family for a whole week. The hardest part about going back to work is feeling guilty about sending Hannah back to daycare. She loves daycare and has the best teachers. I just can't help but feel guilty. She has been such a sweetheart lately and I can see how much she loves her time with me. I always wonder if I am making the right choice to continue working. I know being a stay-at-home-mom would be harder than any other job I could take on, but I'm sure it would be the most rewarding job. I hope that I don't regret the decision to keep working and I hope Hannah won't feel that I deprived her in any way. She deserves the very best and I'm just not sure I'm giving that to her.

O Christmas Tree!

This is how Hannah wanted to decorate Nana & Granddaddy's Christmas tree! Don't worry...they are clean :)

Santa did well :)

Here is what Santa Mark brought me for Christmas! Lucky me! I just adore this jewelry by John Medieros (www.johnmedeiros.com/). More Christmas posts to come...

25 weeks, 3 days

Here are my most recent belly pics.

I had a checkup at the doctor last week and everything is still going well. I've gained a total of 10 pounds now. My blood pressure is still under control and I passed my glucose test! The baby's heartbeat is strong, as well as his/her constant kicks and movement. I'm still measuring 3 weeks ahead so either this is a big baby or I have some extra amniotic fluid. I continue to have a lot of contractions, which we will keep monitoring over the next few weeks. Next month I will get to schedule my c-section and set the date for Baby Malueg's arrival!!!

Arrrgh!

Oh my...

When asked by her teachers "What does Christmas mean to you?" Hannah answered "Toys!" I guess I haven't done a very good job teaching her what Christmas is really about. We have something to work on over the next couple days!

My little star

Today was one of the proud mommy moments that I'll always remember! Hannah's preschool had their Christmas program for the parents. Hannah can be so incredibly shy around crowds and strangers so I was expecting her to run to us as soon as she spotted us in the crowd...

Uh-oh...she found us!

As a side note, can you believe the kid next to her is practically the same age! As I was looking at the two year olds, I realized that she was the shortest one. She's less than 4 months away from her third birthday and she is tiny in comparison to the 3 year olds. At some point she'll hit a growth spurt, right?

But, as Hannah seems to always do, she surprised me by standing up there with the kids and (attempted) to sing the songs along with the hand motions! She stayed so focused the whole time and followed the teachers directions. She seemed so grown up today! I don't know whether it was the pregnancy hormones, but as soon as the kids got up to sing I immediately started crying. I'm a mess! Maybe I was also crying because my little girl surprised me so much.

Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you Hannah...our little star!

Santa is a no-go...again!

I thought maybe this year Hannah would be okay with Santa, but no such luck. Here is a picture of her and Grammy on the Christmas Train when Santa visited. She clapped and cheered when Santa moved to the next car. MAYBE next year :)

She's a traveling girl!

Hannah leaves tomorrow for her first big trip away from Mommy & Daddy. Her Grammy and Pappy are taking her camping in their fifth wheel in South GA and they are riding the Christmas Train in Plains, GA. She LOVES trains and is beyond excited to go camping. Although, I don't think she really has any idea what camping is! I know she will have a blast and I can't wait to see pictures!

Mark and I aren't really sure what to do with ourselves for the next 4 days. I think the strangest part will be sleeping in on Saturday morning and not waking up to "Mommy, I'm awake now!" at 6am.

Then and Now

What a difference a year makes!

In looking back at these pictures again, I just had to add that Hannah's eyes are clearly still BLUE!!! I never would have thought that Mark and I would make a child with blue eyes :)

Tree Hunting

We cut our Christmas tree this past weekend at a local tree farm. Hannah had a great time hunting for the perfect tree. Although, she thought all the trees were perfect!

"Ta-Da!! I like this one Mommy!"

Mark's parents also joined us for the annual tree cutting!