Yes, another flower girl!

An unborn flower girl, that is. Leslee (aka Gina) and Brad found out that they are having a little girl, Avery Lanae! I am sooooo excited! Seems like everyone I know has been having boys so it'll be nice to have a little girl around. I can't wait to meet her!! Sounds like she's already got her daddy wrapped around her little finger. I mean, come on, who buys a Daddy's Little Girl bike license plate ALREADY?? I think it's hilarious!!

So sweet

You know when you have those days and you just wake up in a crummy mood. Well, that was how today started. I have so much to do before Christmas and I'm still in school!!! It's absolutely ridiculous that we don't get out until tomorrow, the 21st!! I've also been grumpy because I just wanna go home...to my Shiner home. For some reason, I get grumpy if I stay here for 3 whole weeks in a row. Shiner is relaxing and laid back and it makes me happy. I'm happy in Wharton with Nick, but I don't get to see him much so I get grumpy. Well, just as I'm grumpily getting into my car, because he gets to stay at home and I don't get to be with him, there's a note in my car with some cash telling me to get my nails done. He is so AWESOME! He snuck it in my car last night because it needed to be moved. Of course, I'm in a wonderful mood now. He's the best guy in the world!

Happy Birthday, Jilly!

Today my little sister turns 23. Now this really makes me feel old! I remember feeling like I was getting old at 23 and now she's 23! 26 sure is going to be a doozie for me. In reality, I know it's not old, but just weird to be almost 30. This morning, as I was doing calendar with my kiddos I asked them why today was special for me. I told them it was Jill's birthday and they got so excited. We called her and sang her Happy Birthday on her voicemail.

HAPPY 23rd JILLIAN!

Happy Birthday, Nicky-Poo!

Happy birthday yesterday that is. I never made it to the computer yesterday to type a birthday post, so better late than never. I think that this had to be his best birthday ever. Even though I've only been a part of 3 of them in his lifetime, I know it was a grand one! I bought him 6 different gifts, so I made his birthday last from the beginning of December until yesterday. Every few days he got to open a present. We did this because I can't stand presents sitting around unopened! If they're mine or anyone elses, I want them opened right away! He was just as anxious as I was and went along with the birthday month celebration. I made him open the presents so that they progressively got better...mag-lite, plastic sawhorses, ladder, halogen work lights, John Deere garage stool, and a big tool storage thing. He LOVED all of them! I had lots of fun buying everything too. Usually he's hard to buy for because I have no idea what kinds of tools, etc to get him. Basically, I went through Sears and Lowe's and picked up whatever I thought was cool. Since we'll have our house soon and he'll have a workshop I figured he needed snazzy new things. We had our church Christmas program yesterday evening, which was sooooo good and then we all went out to eat at Wharton Steak and Seafood. After we ate, we went back to the house and had cake and Nick opened his gifts from his parents and grandma. Nick, Jake, Sarah Beth, and I then got into a heated game of Phase 10 Master's Edition until 10. By then it was time for bed and the last of his birthday's as an unmarried man!

Exciting Weekend!

Friday evening Nick and I drove to San Marcos and stayed in his old apartment, which is now Jake's. We got to San Marcos around 8:30pm and headed straight to the outlet mall since they were open til 10. After the little bit of shopping we got in, I took him to Logan's for his birthday. Logan's was one of our favorite restaurants in San Marcos. We stayed there til about 11:30 and then headed back to the old apartment for the first time since he moved out. It was very sad!! Since October 15th, 2005 we spent most of our time at Nick's apartment. It was where "we" started! May 29th we got engaged, the beginning of June Nick moved out of his apartment and I moved out of mine to be in Wharton. The last time we left his apartment it was empty. Even though it was an apartment, it was like our first home. So many memories! Now that Jake is there it is completely redone. We reminisced for a while and hit the sack. We woke up around 8 to get more shopping done. We hit up the bookstore to restock our wardrobe with new Texas State gear and then had lunch at Herbert's, another fave! Makes me hungry just thinking about it!

We did a little more shopping and headed to Lockhart to look at travel trailer for me. Believe it or not, we bought our first house! Well, Nick bought it for me for now and he'll move in once we are married. I'll end up living in it for about 6 months. His parent's house should be finished by June. The house on wheels is pretty awesome. It's a 32 foot fifth wheel Dutchmen with a super slide. It's not brand new, but it's good enough for what we need it for. I'm going to do some remodeling inside to freshen it up a bit. We're already talking about where we can take it on vacation this summer....Grand Canyon or Graceland.

Relieved

As Jake and I got to talking about the 76 days, we realized that there was no way that was right. We figured it up and decided that there are 108 days until the wedding. Maybe I typed the wrong date in my myspace countdown clock. I'll have to check it and fix it ASAP! Wonder why I would have put the wrong date? I guess it was a good thing that it was wrong because it definitely motivated me. I got a pretty good hunk of the wedding list done yesterday during my conference period. Thank goodness for that hour and a half break in the middle of the day.

Freaked myself out!

Last night I was doing my normal routine. Check email, myspace, craigslist, and facebook while Nick is in the shower. I was looking at my profile on myspace and freaked out when I saw that, as of today, there are only 76 days until the wedding! That's not long AT ALL! Lots of people say that a year is too long to plan a wedding, 10 months is close enough to a year, and it has flown by.

Now that I am panicing, I've decided to really get on the ball. Over Christmas I'm going to bust my tail on invitations and addresses, and try to finish up all of the decorations.