Christmas Time!

Again, sorry for the delayed posting. I really want to get into a habit of posting weekly...maybe that will be my New Year's resolution.  Since the last posting we have been continuing to soak up our little baby girl.  She is growing like a weed and has actually outgrown some of her preemie clothes and graduated to some newborn things.  According to my bathroom scale (which actually seems pretty accurate when comparing it to the doctor's), she weighs 8lbs as of Monday!!  She is getting some cheeks and finally starting to look like a newborn and not a scrawny preemie!  Yesterday was actually my due date, and it was funny looking at the calendar at a day that I had marked on it for so long.  I can't imagine the last 7.5 weeks without our little peanut.

Allison came to visit us last week and it was great having her around.  She is a professional babysitter as we all know, and it was good for Sophia to meet her future nanny (well that's what I've been telling Allison for the last few years anyway! We'll see what happens!)  While Allison was here, Nick and I actually got to go out for a night which was awesome! We had a steak dinner and then went to the Garth Brooks concert which was incredible.  I've been wanting to see him in concert for so long and it worked out perfectly.  Don't feel too sorry for Allison for missing out on the concert because she saw him in Vegas just a couple of months ago!  We didn't do too much exciting while Allison was here as it is freezing out and you know getting out of the house with a newborn can be a challenge, but we did run a few errands and Allison was very handy in helping to stuff Christmas cards! We did go over to the Opryland hotel which is known for its extravagant Christmas decorations and just reopened since the floods this summer.  I've included some pictures below.  It was a good outing to get into the Christmas spirit!

 Our little stocking stuffer!

 Opryland Hotel

 Me and Allison in front of the giant tree

 Sophia was not as excited as us about all of the Christmas decorations

Sweet baby girl!

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!  We will miss spending it with our families, but the weathermen are actually predicting a white Christmas here in Nashville which would be nice!  I'll be sure and post some pics.  We look forward to a visit from the Miller clan next week!