Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

AND I LOVE EVERY SECOND OF IT...MY HEART BEATS JUST A LITTLE BIT FASTER ONCE THANKSGIVING WEEK GIVES WAY TO THE "ROAD TO CHRISTMAS"! I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT!

SO...to share a bit of our "road to Christmas" with you, I say, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..."

...On my front door,



...And in my living room! I just LOVE my tree!



...On Main Street in Boerne with buddies for the kick off weekend of "Dickens on Main Street". Its a great time where they shut down Main Street, all the shops stay open late, Christmas Music is playing, there is snow for the kids to play in, food booths, horses, dogs, people, babies, its just awesome! It happens every weekend from now until Christmas!


My baby LOVES "orsies". I grabbed a pic of this horse strolling down Main and then turned around to see...


...One mesmerized little boy whose Daddy had already pointed it out! Got both shots!



Matthew meets Baby Jesus...he was SO confused.



Main Street all lit up. All the shops put up white lights all the way down Main Street! Like something out of a movie! Have I said I love this time of year yet?!?!



Another view of another "orsie" - could not get enough! They just kept coming and he was about to come out of his skin.





Playing in the snow...it was a small little area, but the kids seemed happy enough! We take what we can get as far as snow in Texas! :)



..And, I ordered my Christmas cards and cannot wait to get yours! :)

MUCH to Celebrate!!

We have much much to celebrate! So many birthdays and so many lives...

So, first, HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS PAST WEEK TO...Brian, Craig, Jen, Lindsey, Phillip and all who I have missed! :) We had a fun week of dinners and lunches!

AND, YAY for all the babies who are coming and have recently come! Congrats to our friends The Kings on their new baby girl! Congrats to my friends (and there are SO many) who are expecting! Brian and I counted and we have 14 friends all having babies in the next 4 and 5 months! WHOA! Lots of little lives! And we have many friends on the verge or trying to get pregnant or adopt. We are praying...for all the families that we trust Jesus to grow and form in His perfect timing!


I got to have lunch with my friend Jamie...who is prego and on bed rest! We celebrated Jen's birthday over a much needed Chinese fix! Thanks for a fun lunch girls and Jamie...hang in there - you are doing GREAT little Ellie...keep cookin!

For those who don't know, we are expecting baby number 2! This time, she is coming to us through biology and not adoption...either way, we are BLESSED! SHE is set to arrive at the end of April...the 26th to be exact! We had our big sonogram on Monday and all is well. I am almost 18 weeks and she looks great. Praise God. We are excited to grow our family, and although we want to adopt again, we feel incredibly blessed to be growing our family through biology for baby number 2. God willing, we will have the opportunity to experience growing our family in 2 ways...through biology and through adoption...both such miracles...we are blessed, blessed beyond measure.

My friend Amanda gave me these yesterday...our baby girls very first pair of ballet slippers...and the VERY first pink to enter our home! I am sure there will be much more where that comes from.




Melissa and I are prego...not lindsey, but I think Jason looks like he may have a little baby bump..Hmmmmm! NIce Jas!


We had a fun dinner to celebrate Craig. He is surrounded by birthday boys here! What a month November is! :)


Sweet Braden LOVES Matty! As does Emily! How can you resist that face? The kids had fun at Craigs party too! :)


We went to STEAK NITE at The Waring General Store to celebrate Brian and Lindsey's birthdays! 34 and 28! Young Pups!




So glad The Crockers made it out to Steak Nite! Thanks to everyone who came!



The Steak Nite gang (minus Linda and Randy who were the photogs)! Fun Night. If you havent been to "Steak Nite" on a Wednesday night, you need to go! Its so fun! Live Music, great food, fun Texas atmosphere! Good Times!


And of course, we celebrate our sweet boy who is 19 months old! Look at that grin! Every time we tell him to say "cheese" to the camera, this is the face we get! PRECIOUS!!!!!


Daddys favorite Birthday gift...a card from his boy! All colored just for you Daddy!

Love you all! What a month!