Santa/Baby Update/and more!

Yesterday when I went to wake up the boys, the first thing Julien did was sit up and say, "YES! We get to go see Santa today!! This is the best Christmas ever!" (A typical enthusiastic comment from Julien). Jonah sits up and says in his very tired and serious voice, "ugh, not right now though, not right now." Total opposites!

Jonah has always been apprehensive about seeing Santa. We were hoping this year would be different. Although Jonah didn't show a bunch of enthusiasm to see Santa this year he didn't show any anxiety until it was his turn to go see him. Rich had to go up with him again. But there were no tears this time and no running away. He just wouldn't look at him! It was really funny. He brought a wooden dinosaur that he had painted to show Santa. He just sat there and chewed his gum and looked the other way as Santa tried to talk to him. Rich was trying to get him to tell Santa what he wanted. By the way, he upgraded his list from Cheetos to a cell phone. I love this video because Jonah was totally playing cool like he wasn't scared but it's obvious he was.
Looking in the funny mirror while waiting in line!
waiting in line, showing me what they brought for Santa. (Jonah's fake smile)!
He is in heaven! Julien lives for this stuff! Santa made him feel so special about his card and Julien told me that Santa told him that he was going to take his card all the way to the North Pole!Santa tickling Jonah's ear, trying so hard to get Jonah to let his guard down. Maybe next year! Jonah still had fun even though he was timid.
Okay. As I was walking away, Santa pulled me back and told Rich to take a picture like this with my belly. No that's not part of the chair by Santa's face, it IS my huge belly. This is it, folks, this is the last belly shot you're getting.
I took the best picture of the three of them where they were all smiling, but of course it came out blurry! These are still cute!

I just love watching my children experience all the wonders of childhood! I adore their innocence and belief! I have just as much fun being a parent during Christmas, as I did being a kid at Christmas! I can't wait until Christmas Eve; being Santa is the best!

*BABY UPDATE*
Well, as they say, "I'm still around!" I thought for sure this weekend I was going to have him. I had a ton a big contractions and lots of cramping. I was also so fatigued, worse than ever. Yesterday I went to see my Dr. and I woke up feeling nauseous and crampy. "Yes! Today is the day," I thought. I could hardly sit in the waiting room with my eyes open, everything was spinning. While I was waiting a woman commented on how low I had gotten, and I asked if she had seen me before. She said she had and she didn't think I'd make it to my due date. So that pumped me up. I thought for sure the Dr. would give me some exciting news that baby was coming very soon. So finally I get to see the Dr. and as I was laying on my back and he was measuring and feeling my belly he said, "hum, you're still pretty high." HIGH??? WHAT?? Um, is he crazy?! I have a beach ball between my legs when I sit down for crying out loud! He asked how I was feeling and I told him how crampy I have been, etc, and so he decided he would check me. My dr. doesn't usually check his patients until 39 weeks because he doesn't want to aggravate anything. But he checked me and said I was very closed. (Sorry if this is TMI for you). Hum. I sat up and said, "so am I dilated at all?? He said, "no." Ugh. I wanted to shake him and say, "yes I am!" Jeepers. Not what I want to hear! So anyway, like I've said before, it's not my timetable. I think we got spoiled with Jonah because he came out at 38 weeks; so now 38 weeks is here and we are feeling overdue. I just have a fear that the baby will get too big and I will have to have a C-section. I'm so afraid of that, mainly because I can not, I mean CAN NOT, be in bed for weeks with 3 children and no help. Can you tell I'm having my end of pregnancy anxieties? What will be will be though.

I also wanted to give you all this website. www.thecarseatcanopy.com My friend brought me over dinner tonight (love her!) and she gave me this website and told me to pick out the one I wanted as my baby gift from her (did I mention I love her?). Her friend in UT and her 2 sisters invented this thing and its gotten really big. I love this idea. Check it out!

And finally, for my own journal purposes, I wanted to take a picture of this sweet little ornament that Julien painted for his teacher for Christmas. When he was done he said, "Oh yeah, she's going to love this!" lol. I think he is right:)!