I can't believe it's been almost a month since the last time I blogged in here! How this year has gone by so fast.
We had a wonderful Christmas vacation and it felt so wonderful to be home again with everyone. I guess I really didn't realize how home sick I was until I had to say goodbye to everyone again. Brian and I were talking non-stop about how much fun we had on our drive back to Idaho. Brian asked me if I had fun at the surprise baby shower and if I did suspect anything. I told him that I didn't even think about at all. That was the last thing on my mind lately. I remember the girls at my work and my boss asking me if they could put a baby shower together for me, but that was when I first told everyone that we are going to have a baby. So, it's been awhile since then.
I can't wait to see everyone again soon. I can't believe that in about 3 1/2 months we will have a little one in our lives. Brian and I went shopping the other day at Walmart and we picked up a baby bedroom set. I love it! It came with a crib, dresser and changing table. The color of the furniture is what I wanted also. All the pieces have a dark cherry wood color. Daddy had fun putting it all together. He needed to find something to do to keep his mind busy. :-)
While we were shopping at Walmart, I got a sudden side pain on my left side by my hip and I could feel it partially on my thigh. It hurt so much that I had to lean against something to get my composure together. I've started having this sharp pain down by my left hip since we came back from vacation and it acts up once in awhile. I had my routine check up yesturday and I asked my doctor what it could be because somedays it can really hurt. She said that when I was sitting for a long period of time, such as, driving 13 hours in a car, I may have in-flamed my Sciatic Nerve. The doctor also said if it doesn't start to improve later, then she has a few Chiropractor's names she can give me. Right now it's better but somedays it really does hurt and when it acts up at night, I usually need an extra hour to get to bed so, I can find a comfortable spot.
I'm starting to feel the baby move around a lot more and so is daddy. Brian likes to feel the stomach more often and always asks if she's on the move. He always says goodnight and good morning to her. How sweet.
Work has been going great! My New Year's resolution for this year is to be more productive at work and gain more sales than they made last year. So far so good on the more sales part. I'm hopeing I can get the hotel's revenue up this summer. My boss and owner ask me for advice on how I think we can help our customer service improve. I love that they come to me for help and additional advice on customer service and other topics of helping the hotel. I feel like an assistant general manager also. What a great team I have to work with. I think 2009 for our property will be fantastic.
So far our 2009 year is off to a great start for us of course with the new arrival. But with that, we are off to a great start financially. We have both our vehicles paid off and no credit card debt! We have left over money, even from the holidays and we are completely on the plus side of things. I know that might change for when baby is here for a bit but for now it's a wonderful feeling knowing that we don't have that extra debt or payments when baby arrives.
My 2009 resolution for myself is to learn some new quick recipes to make for dinners. I love to make supper at night and have a nice meal to sit down to but, it's always the same thing and nothing new and fun, so I want to find some more ideas. Also, get more crafty. I want to make a few things for baby before and after she's born.
I guess that's about it around here. I'll take a few photos of the Nursery soon and post them. I have it just about set up the way I like it so far and then I want to get more wall decor.
* So what's everyone else's New Year's Resolutions?