Christmas Up North...

We came home and celebrated Northern Christmas

on Friday with Liz's family:

Christmas Movies...

Christmas in Carolina

Liz and I spent Christmas in Carolina this year with Mom and Dad and the rest of the family. Here are some pictures from our gift fiesta...

Mom's in the bag again. Literally.

Corbin wonders if Jacob has something he'd be interested in stealing...

Jacob puts a marshmallow cheeseburger on his skateboard.

Liz gets the "grabber" she's been wanting. It's hard to be pregnant

and keep having to bend over and pick stuff up. My parents got her the super long

one since Liz is tall. She was able to help pick up all the used wrapping

paper without leaving the couch.

Duke gets new Christmas clothes.

Now, we're going to try and cut back this Christmas...(I think that's

a good idea...but it never happens!)

7 AM start time...so that we could be at Nana's for breakfast by 10:00.

Pictures from the baby shower...

While visiting in Kannapolis for Christmas, my aunts Leigh and Susan threw a baby shower for Liz and Lily. (With help from my mother and grandmother!) Besides getting some nice things for the baby, we also got to see a lot of our friends, including some we haven't seen in a long time! Aunt Chris even sent something from Florida via Nana! We had so much stuff that it filled the car up completely...we weren't sure how we were going to fit anything else in. (Like our luggage...) Here are some of the pictures, including one from the cake decoration that was a baby on what looked like a "Lily" pad blossom.

The outfit from Aunt Chris...

"Lily" on her "Lily"pad from the cake...

Linda, Ann, and Debby that we used to work with.

More of the shower...

Liz opening gifts with Aunt Diane, Marty, and Grandma-to-be!

Sister-in-law Laura, Aunt Ann, and Grandma Fisher.

Grandma-to-be and Liz.

Are YOU ready for Christmas?

I am...now...

A First...

One of the ladies we work with bought us this

angel ornament for Christmas. It's our first gift that

has Lily's name on it--we are so excited! It's strange

seeing the name and knowing that's what you

chose for someone to have for their entire

life. Liz and I overwhelmed constantly now

by the smallest things. We're in love with this baby already.

We have another sonogram tomorrow to check

the weight. I hope we get more pictures of fingers

and toes. I don't know why they matter so much

to me...I just want to see them. I can't wait to hold them.

Preggie...

We forgot to take some pictures of Liz

pregnant...so here's one to see! We're coming

toward the end and Lily is growing very fast!

Early Christmas Gift...

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New Sonogram Pics

Because of the Gestational Diabetes, we are having sonograms every couple of weeks to monitor the baby's weight and overall growth. We got some good news, though: We'll have an amniocenticis at 37 weeks (the beginning of February) and if the baby's lungs are mature, we can go ahead and have a C-Section--and have the baby here earlier than expected! (We're very excited!)

Little Lily had her thumb in her mouth for much of the time we did the sonogram. It brings back many memories of mother painting a "burning" solution on my sister's thumb to get her to stop sucking it. It didn't work, I think she's still sucking her thumb and she's 30.

If you look closely, you can see her little fingernails. Hopefully she won't bite them like all of the other members of the Fisher family.

My New Favorite Candy...

I found this candy that I thought was hilarious...and delicious! (Carrie W.--this post is specifically for you!)