A Busy December!!

On Tuesday, December 13, my "first" niece was born!! She is technically not my first niece but she is the first niece on my side of the family.  Jake and Sabra had Hannah Jo Allred around 6pm that night!  I was so happy to be able to be there for her birth.  She was a tiny little girl at only 4lbs 8ozs, but she was 18" long!!  It was amazing at the instant connection you feel with your siblings kids.  I have never been a kid person and didn't really care to be around them unless I had to be.  I have really only liked a couple kids up to this point but little Hannah sure overtook them right away!  I just wanted to give Sabra HUGE props for doing it all natural.  Although I do have to say it freaked me out a little when I went down to her room to check on things right when she was giving birth.  I don't think I will be as tough as her, or the many others out there that do it all natural.  The whole experience of seeing Jake and Sabra with their daughter made me quite emotional, due to pregnancy hormones.  It was like a HUGE reality check that this will be Bush and I in just 3 months... or less!  Although like anything else we will just take it as it comes and try our best to figure it out.  This is one of the cutest pictures of a newborn I have ever seen (although I am biased)!

Hannah came out with red hair, which is funny just because Jake and Sabra are not red heads.  Jake joked and said maybe Sabra and I got too close while she was still pregnant and my babies red hair transferred over! So we will have to see if Bush and I have a dark haired baby!  

On another note I am so excited for Christmas this year!  I basically get two full days to celebrate... We will be here on Christmas day spending it with Bush's parents then that night we will head out to Provo where one of my closest friends in the entire world, Kimmy, is throwing me a baby shower on the 26th!! Then we will be celebrating Christmas with my family that evening at Jake and Sabra's!!  I am super excited for the baby shower because I get to see Kimmy and my other friend Kimber, plus I get to have some other close friends and some family there to celebrate me, ha ha!!  Oh and I get to spend some time with my hubby, which is rare these days with him living at Nate's 10 days straight and only being home for 4 days.  Sometimes his job really sucks but I am still very grateful to have a steady job with insurance.  

I also had my last week at H Dentistry in Parachute this month.  I was super sad to leave but Bush and I felt that driving that far and on those bad roads during the winter and being in my 3rd trimester was not a good idea.  I will miss working there very much.  It has been the best work place I have ever been a part of!  The staff was amazing and there was never any drama, ever!! So to anyone who needs dental work or a cleaning I HIGHLY recommend H Dentistry!! I really got to know my patients and that was amazing in itself.  

I sure just love this time of year even though I don't feel like I have really had anytime to celebrate it.  We have been so busy between traveling, working, our dogs and family but feel so truly blessed for our many blessings!!  I hope everyone enjoys their holidays and always remembers the Christ is the reason for the season!!  Merry Christmas!!