4 and counting...

Tonight is one of my last of four for a while that I will get to enjoy a quiet evening doing what I want to do. This Thursday at noon we will welcome into the world kid #3 of the Rambo Place household. So, we all know the games will begin of sleepless nights, feeding schedules (arghh, keeping track is so fun!), nursing (doesn't come easy for this chica), understanding the different cries, hormonal decisions (good thing I have a non-hormonal husband), and life is just a blur for a while. With the upcoming holiday season of Thanksgiving and Christmas I have been thinking about what it will be like with a newborn. I love the holiday season! Shopping, decorating the tree, making cookies, listening to Christmas music, being with family, and eating, eating eating. What can I say...we're Italian. My prayer has been that I will enjoy this next month with a newborn.

Little side note: This stage is probably the hardest for me. I am a schedule person when it comes to certain areas of my life. One of them being with my babies. I try and get them on a schedule. But, it takes time and much effort. So, the unknown if they are hungry, tired, or wet can drive me CRAZY. When the schedule formulates, it's much easier for me. Because it's all about me, right? Learned THAT lesson early in motherhood...

I am hoping that this baby will stop and make us really reflect as a family on what Christmas is about. You all know, it's so easy to get all wrapped up in present buying, seeing Christmas lights, going to parties, etc. None of these are bad things. But they have consumed us as Americans. I just read a statistic on this website that we (Americans) spend 450 billion dollars on Christmas. That is crazy!!!! Put it this way, this organization is saying that it will only take 10 billion to provide clean water for people around the globe that don't have it. Now that is sobering. We take clean water for granted. We have no idea what it's like to not have clean water flowing from our kitchen sink, but yet we still use Brita's. HA! I know, I sound like I'm going green or something. I'm rabbit trailing. So, I've really been challenged to simplify things at Christmas and this year we have to. I have no choice. The first weeks of a newborn living in your house makes you do that. There are a few things Jon and I are praying about changing with how we celebrate things at Christmas. Just things we've been challenged with to help us bring our focus back on worshiping Jesus and teaching our kids that. When we come to a conclusion about it, I'll share. But this year a few things like a baby are making us simplify and I am so thankful. Please pray for us as we embark on this journey. I don't want sleep deprivation to rob my joy of this precious gift of a baby and the most precious gift of celebrating Jesus Christ's birth. Check out her blog. Some good things to think about with simplifying during the holidays. Thanks Cottage Girl for posting that!

My post about M a few weeks ago talked about her crazy hair. Well, here she is with her new hair style. I went in for a trim and it didn't get rid of the mullet in the back, so we did a bob. Now it will all grow in evenly. Thought you would enjoy the update.