Dec. 15, 2006 - Christmas time is coming!
With a deep feeling of relief and supreme satisfaction, I happily close the book on yet another college semester. *whew* At 8:00 last night I finished my last final and found that I suddenly had a much wider smile on my face and a bigger spring in my step as I was walking out to the car (weeeell, as much "spring" in my step as a 9-month pregnant woman can have, that is! 
). I'm so thankful that my husband encouraged me to take one more semi-full semester before Baby V. is born. The busy schedule kept me quite occupied and made these last few months of pregnancy FLY by. Now, I intend to continue to plug away at earning my teaching degree as life allows, but nothing too intense. The goal is still to earn my Bachelor's, but I know it will take a while. When the time comes, I think I'll stick with the online courses as much as I can or possibly one evening class a week if needed. However, my first priorities will always remain my husband and precious child and caring for their needs. That is why next semester I'm definitely sitting out, and from there, we'll just see how things go... *smile* In the mean time, I'm so grateful for the opportunity I've had this year to expand my knowledge and pursue this goal I've always hoped for. 
So, now that school is over (ahhhh, it still feels so good to say that!), I'm now looking forward to Christmas shopping (eh, I pretty much haven't gotten ANY of it done *sheepish*), Christmas baking (yummy!), baby room decorating (we have things to fill up his room with now, thanks to all of the wonderful people who gave us gifts at the baby shower!, house cleaning and organizing (we already have far too much STUFF, and we've only been married a little over a year! 
), focusing some more on the Heart of Virtue business, and doing a little more blogging, reading and relaaaaaaxing. It's just nice not to have that gut feeling all the time that I have some project due, presentation to work on, or paper to write. Ahhh, praise the Lord for breaks! 
And on another note, I just have to say that our Christmas tree sure makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside when I look at it... 
*sigh*
And yes, ladies and gentleman...we are now entering the last month of pregnancy! 'Tis the final stretch that lays out before us... I can hardly believe how drastically our lives will change in the next few weeks. I look at our baby room and try to imagine our son sleeping there in his bed, and I still cannot quite fathom it. I am nervous in a verrrrry excited, anticipation sort of way! It's kind of that feeling I had when I was kid, looking forward to a big trip, or birthday or something, only much greater. It's almost a giddy feeling at times!On Tuesday I go in for my last ultrasound at the dr's, so it should be very fun to actually SEE what our little guy looks like these days, although, he's quickly becoming not so little anymore! I'll be sure to post his latest pic here when I get it.
I'll close with the promise of more to come as the days go by, as well as with a picture of me and my sweet cousin from her visit along with my folks this last weekend, which was loads of fun, by the way...
