Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Lots of things have happened this year. We lost Papa and Mama, we had Allen and Cameron join our family, Kris and I took on new positions at work, and we found out our life would change forever with the news of Adyson.
(Speaking of Adyson: This is day number 233 and we are 33 weeks pregnant! We have 47 days or 7 weeks left, and are 82.5% of the way there. Those numbers are a little scary!)
Looking into the new year there are a lot of changes to come. We are going to be parents, we are going to be an aunt and uncle, and going to welcome a new little cousin into the world. Who knows what else the new year will bring! We hope that your next year will be as wonderful as ours will be!

Her room

We finished Adyson's furniture and put it in her room. We also bought a matress this weekend at Once Upon a child at their midnight madness sale. We put all her clothes and blankies away in the drawers. It actually looks like a baby's room.

Full term is considered 37 wks. According to that we have 7-10 wks before she could arrive. It is a little scary when you get to those single digits.

It is rather chilly in our house right now, around 58, our furnace has went out. We just replaced an expensive part and it works but now something else went out. We talked to the heating guy and he said that we need a new furnace. My stepdad, who is a heating and air specialist agreed but can't work on ours b/c he does not have this license that you have to have to work in Marion County, b/c we are in the city there are special regulations, silly I think. So we are trying to figure out how to pay for that, so please pray for us about that. We have some space heaters for now, I just carry them around into the rooms that we are in. It could always be worse right?

My grandmother

My grandmother passed away two days after her birthday this week. It is so wierd to think of this world without my grandparents. They shaped who I am and taught me so much about this world and about God. I laughed when Papa told me not to believe everything that a pastor said. I thought that was funny b/c he was my pastor at the time. He went on to explain that I needed to get into the word and find things out for myself and not always believe what people said but to find out the truth for myself. When I was little Mama told me that one day everyone has to find God for themselves, not thier parents God. That didn't make sense until I was in my senior year of high school and found myself at the altar with papa during the end of a service. He looked so confused at me crying for awhile and finally said Chrissy are you saved. He lead me through a prayer that made God my personal God, not the God my parents told me about. I could tell a million stories, what a mark they made in my life and not just me, they made a billion marks in so many lives. They were true, what you saw is what you got, nothing hiding, no pretense, just people in love with God and loving on you b/c that's what they were meant to do.

Kris and I were talking about how we can let our kids get to know my dad and grandparents without them phyically being here. My grandfather made me a shelf back in 89 and we are hanging it up in Adyson's room. She is also getting the doll bed that he made me. I am going to tell her stories and show her pictures, but most of all I want to show her God's love. It is everywhere, in nature and in people. I want her to see the world like that like they taught me too.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was good. It was a quiet affair at our house with Sue, Al, Allen, Chanda, and Cam.
I want to decorate for Christmas but in the same sense I don't. Right now it seems like a lot of work for taking it down in a month. Sounds crazy for me to say b/c Christmas is my favorite holiday and I love to decorate for it. I think it is because we won't be here and I can't drag all the decorations out of the attic and feel bad Kris has to do all of it by himself. But we will decorate I'm sure. I can't wait to spend Christmas with my family, I haven't been at my grandma's since four years ago before we got married and Kris has never been to my family for Christmas. We are going to spend the night with Caitlyn and Liz, then my mom, and then pop up and see Jenny and Joey. I can't wait!

Bad day at work

Monday and Tuesday were not good days at work. At one point I went and locked myself in the bathroom, cried, and prayed. It was a good five minutes before God calmed me down. Later that day we had the heating guy come and look at our furnace. He said we would be better off getting a new unit instead of putting money into our current one. I told Kris that I was going to go take a shower and wash the day away and then we could have dinner. With all that we put a strict budget on presents, which is hard for me b/c I love to buy gifts for people. We looked at what we have for Adyson and decided the only thing we need right now is a mattress, the other stuff is not important right now, so that's some stress off. God is in control. Wednesday I woke up and said that is was going to be good. I went to school and turned on Christmas music and smiled. It was a good day and my grandmother went to see God that day. What a way to spend Thanksgiving, worshiping at his feet.

12 more weeks

We only have 12 more weeks give or take a few until Adyson is here. It has gone really fast and slow all at the same time. We are not ready for her yet. There is still so much to do. We stripped all her furniture today and hopefully we will paint it tomorrow.
I am starting to show more, it's maternity clothes from here on out. My bigger shirts don't even fit anymore. She is kicking rather hard some days. I was standing at work the other day and she kicked really hard, my co-workers thought it was hilarous. I can't wait to met her and hold her!!!!
I can't believe Thanksgiving is almost here! Al and Sue get here on Monday but have to leave on Thursday. I wish they could stay longer. We will probably get up at the crack of dawn the day after Thanksgiving with Marsha and Jer like we have done the last three years to get all the great bargains and laugh at how people act. It is kind of fun and I love to get deals.

Vivid Colors, Brisk Air, & No Heat

Fall is definitely here and in full bloom in Indianapolis. The multitude of beautiful colors have exploded onto their simple leaf pallets they have been hiding in all summer long. I personally love the vivid fall colors and cool brisk air. Its a wonderful season.

As many of you know our older Lumina for the past few years has had us enduring the frigid weather of the north due to a broken heater. Well we finally got it fixed. It took the mechanic about two weeks to get it finished for us but its done. It has been very nice since the temperatures have decided to drop. Unfortunately for us our furnace in our house has decided not to work for us lately. My cousin thinks he knows what it is, and says the part only will cost about $20. I sure hope that's what it is, I think i will give it a try today. Thank goodness for the heated blanket we bought for a car ride home from Chrissy's family and the space heater my mom left when we she moved back to Branson.