Month 4 - December

December was a good month.  I always love December because it means a lot of family!  The first three weeks were full of school and work and the usual things.  I was also VERY slowly feeling like my morning sickness was getting better.  That was a huge blessing. By the time we got to Utah I was feeling pretty normal.

The best part of December was that we finally got to find out that she is a girl!  :)  I had been very excited to find out, but Mike was DYING to know!  We told our family right away and a few days later we told the "world" on facebook. That was a fun day because so many people made comments that made us feel very loved.  One of the many things I've learned from this experience it is that people really do love and care about our family.  There were SO many people that when we told them that we were finally pregnant they told us that they had been praying for us for years.  What amazing people we have in our life!

I love this picture because it was the first one that actually looked like a baby and not a blob or an alien. :)

The first we got to do when we got to Utah was see Leah and Cade.  Leah is 3 months ahead of me in her pregnancy.  We took this cheesy picture because we saw something similar on Pinterest and decided we better take the opportunity when it's presented itself. :)

My two favorite Christmas gifts were a hammock from Mike and these very funny onesies that my sister Melissa has been planning on buying us for years.

I also chopped my hair right before we left for Utah and Mike's awesome sister Jenny helped me figure out how to make it look cute.

Two days after Christmas we took off for St. George to be at Mike's oldest nephew, Caleb, wedding.  It was fun to go to the St. George temple for my first time and be with the Mabey's for a short time.  

Once the wedding was over we headed to Blanding for our annual New Year's get-together with the Pincock's.  We were there for 4 days and a good time was had by all.  I particularly enjoyed getting to talk to all of my aunts about having a baby and being a mom.  It started to make this feel more real!

We all started to get cabin fever, so most of us drove over to Spirit Cave and hiked down into it.  It was so neat!  There were all sorts of Native American ruins that we could explore.

December was a great month!