Entering the 3rd Trimester

It's the home stretch so I wanted to post my baby bump progress. I also attached a few cute pictures of our Big Brother Briley.

Holidays 2009

We had an absolutely wonderful, family-filled Christmas Break. The Tuesday before Christmas we headed to Denton, Texas to stay with the Sanders family along with my parents and the Johnstons. This makes for quite a crowd with 5 kids under the age of 6, 2 teenagers, and 8 adults, all under the same roof. This is exactly the way I love my holidays, with way too many people, lots of food and a big mess. We all headed to the Gaylord Texas on Christmas Eve to attempt to see the Ice Sculptures, but we didn't plan well and all the tickets were sold out. So we walked around, enjoyed all the lights, took pictures with Santa, and spent an hour trying to get out of the parking garage.

With 7 Grandchildren there were lots of stockings and lots of Christmas presents under the tree. They also had matching Pottery Barn stockings that Christine was able to embroider for everyone. I probably should have also posted the mess we made after all the presents were opened.

Briley got the concept of Santa and presents a little better than last year, but he still has a long ways to go. He loved getting his toothbrush from Santa, a real football, a tee-ball set and lots of books to read.

One of the greatest things about this Christmas was all the snow that Denton got on Christmas Eve so we woke up to a beautiful white Christmas. Unfortunately we were in a hurry to get to East Texas so we didn't get to make snow angels or a snowman.

Another present Briley got, from Sarah and the kids, was a Buzz Lightyear. Gavin was so excited to introduce his favorite super-hero to his little cousin, and after Briley watched Toy Story for the 1st time he was hooked. He loves his Buzz figure and his Toy Story backpack. All we need to do now is go by him the movie.

It was so fun to see all of my family at my Grandparents. We enjoyed Christmas dinner and hanging out with people that we haven't seen in way to long.

Before we headed back to San Angelo we went out to eat with a few of our friends, the Souders, the Motens, and Brady and Abigail.

After 4 days in West Texas we headed back to Denton for New Year's Eve, Hadley's Sweet 16 Party and to meet little Presley Elisabeth Souders.