Christmas Time!!!

Merry December!  It's hard to believe that we are already half way through the last month of what turned out to be a crazy year!  I am officially in my third trimester and on the "home-stretch"... What a strange concept!  People are starting to ask me more and more frequently how far along I am, yes I have come to the realization that this is only because I am getting bigger and bigger!  As much as I dislike the getting bigger part, it makes me really excited that my baby is too:)  

The holidays this year have been very strange.  First of all, this is the first time in YEARS that Dan and I have lived in the same city as our families for the holidays.  Yes, it is convenient, and yes, this is what we asked for but HOLY MOLY!!!  It also means that we are no longer entitled make the "plans" as we are no longer visitors... it doesn't revolve around us anymore!  It has been total chaos and really made the month of December dreadful.  I know, I know, call me the grinch!  BUT with all of this, I sit back and think, this time next year, NOTHING will be about me, I do not have to worry about anything or anyone EXCEPT BGdoubleT (Baby Girl Tinsley Thompson- it's been added to a bit!), and making sure that her first Christmas is perfect!  That thought makes me able to stand the word December a bit more.  And YES, I do know that this time of the year is special because of the most wonderful baby, Jesus.  No, I am not one of the people who has forgotten that... for anyone asking!  I guess the best way to put it is that there couldn't be a more stressful time of the year for an emotional train wreck than the holidays... all of you who have been pregnant and remember what it was like know what I'm speaking of!!!

And on that note, I met a girl on Monday with the sweetest baby boy in her arms.  His name was Eli... He was so tiny and sound asleep as I talked to his mommy.   After meeting her, of course I had to ask how old he was.  She told me that he was 10 days old!  WOW! She then proceeded to tell me how she was down from North Carolina.  As our conversation went on, she started telling me her story.  Her and her husband had been on an adoption list for months and had no activity at all.  Then through a friend of a friend this special case came about and if she could be on a plane the next day, they would have their baby boy, just in time for Christmas!  So here she was, holding Baby Eli, 10 days old, hanging out in San Antonio waiting for all of the paperwork to get finalized and then she would be heading home to North Carolina with Baby Eli in tow to meet his new daddy and big sister.  As she told me this, I was so greatful and warm inside yet sad.  I was so excited that this family was now one more member complete, just in time for Christmas (I can't think of a better Christmas present!).  I was so greatful to know that I have a healthy, beautiful (I'm sure) BGdoubleT in my near future, yet there was a part of me that was still sad.  I couldn't imagine being in a position in my life that I couldn't be someone's mommy. I know that there are infinate reasons why and I'm thankful that this mother chose adoption for this sweet baby. It just makes me sad, as I go through each day carrying this baby to know that someone out there did this (being pregnant thing) knowing that they wouldn't be the one he would call MOMMY.  It's the hormones I'm sure, because again, as soon as I felt sad, I was happy again that Baby Eli was in the arms of the sweetest, most gracious family and he would soon be sleeping in his new house in North Carolina! 

So, as I have not been very good at keeping up with this BLOG thing, who knows when you'll hear from me next... So, Merry Christmas to you all! One more year of a "quiet" Christmas morning before our worlds are turned upside down and I can't wait!