Another Week Closer

It is hard to believe that in a short 15 weeks Braden and I will be welcoming Caleb into the world. The journey has been a great one and I am treasuring the days as they go by. I am enjoying my growing belly as Caleb grows and moves. I am enjoying the quiet times when Caleb really likes to kick and move around. But most of all I am enjoying this experience unlike anything else in the world. Knowing that I am the life line for this small human in my belly is an amazing thing. God created women to reproduce and WOW is it a miracle what your body does and how it was made to do this. I am amazed now and know I will continue to be amazed as I get closer to the due date and deliver our gift from God.

This past weekend was exceptionally crazy.
Friday night: Braden and I went to a Christmas party hosted by Chuck (Braden's best friend) and his wife Lilly. It is an annual tradition to gather at their house for holiday cheer and Chuck's famous egg nog. This year I had to pass on the egg nog since just smelling it will get you drunk. It is always nice to be with friends for the holidays.
Saturday: I got up early to do some last minute Christmas shopping. Then Braden and I headed to Ft Worth. Our first stop in Ft Worth was at TCU (Go Frogs!!). We bought Caleb his first TCU t-shirt from the bookstore then drove around campus. It is hard to believe that it was the same school we graduated from 4 1/2 years ago. Our second stop was at Billy Bobs to see Pat Green. As Braden said in the last post, it was Caleb's first concert. I think he really enjoyed it. Our third, and final stop in Ft Worth, was at my annual Christmas party with "The Girls." Now that we are all married, we invite the husbands too. It was great to see Sasha/Jeff, Katie/Sam, and Robin/Chad. We missed Tiffany and Alicia, maybe we can all be together again next year :( After the Christmas party Braden went to the Cowboys game. He was excited to attend the last game being played at Texas Stadium. Braden has a lot of fond memories from Texas Stadium. He will have to share all the memories with Caleb since he will never see the Cowboys play there.
Sunday: was the usual church, lunch, and errands. There were definitely not enough hours in the weekend to get everything done. Thank goodness for a long weekend ahead of us. Lastly, I would like to thank Caleb's amazing Grandparents. The four Grandparents went in on an early Christmas/Baby gift and bought us our baby furniture. Last night Braden and I picked out a paint color for the bedroom. Braden has so graciously taken on the task of repainting Caleb's room so we can pick up the furniture and get the room started. Thank you honey for being the best husband!

Everyone have a safe and Merry Christmas.
Lots of love to all our friends and family.

Braden's Last Cowboys game at Texas Stadium

"The Girls" [Me, Robin, Katie, Sasha]