Just thought I'd share some of my favorite photos from last year's Christmas.

It really is the most magical time of the year...

I'm actually 38 weeks today but these are some photos we took last week. I figured after 37 weeks you never know when the baby could come so we wanted to get some last photos in before I lose the bump! 

It's been interesting for me to observe the way my feelings have been changing over the past couple of days. Being this close to the due date I would have thought I would be terrified of the delivery but, whether thanks to our birth classes or other factors, I'm feeling pretty good about it. Instead I find myself experiencing anxiety over the fact that there is physically no way I can prepare myself for this life changing event. I'm daily overwhelmed with excitement over meeting our child for the first time in just a short time. This child that is here because papa bear and I fell in love all those years ago, this child that will change our life forever, this child that has already stolen a giant piece of my heart and will carry it with him/her for the rest of their life... 

The baby's room is ready, the car seat is locked in place, the bags are by the door but most of all our hearts are so, so ready to fall in love with baby bear.

Baby we are ready for you!

This year for Thanksgiving it was just the two of us and the fur babies. My midwife wasn't looking kindly at us driving more than an hour anywhere and personally I don't enjoy drives more than fifteen minutes long myself these days so... So at home we stayed. And it was glorious.

We were incredibly lazy and ordered a thanksgiving meal from Whole Foods that included the most dreamy pumpkin pie. We checked in with our families throughout the day but it was so nice to spend the day by the fire simply re-heating food rather than cooking it. 

After the whirlwind that were the past few months I was so grateful to be in our little cabin with papa bear just focused on really appreciating the last few days that we have left as a family of two. 

Thanksgiving was a big "mile marker," so to speak, for this pregnancy and it's unfathomable to think that the countdown is at two weeks now. I'm going to try and not obsess over my due date and just enjoy the fact that this means Christmas is officially here! And you better believe I've been playing Christmas music in this house non-stop since Friday. 

Here's to trimming our trees and baking lots of yummy things!