How Sweet It Is...: 2009 Wrap up!

This year has been full of changes for Eric & me! I will have to say not all bad ones though! I think this has really been a year of learning for us! We have learned a lot about other people, this world, and ourselves! I have seen God work tremendously in our marriage and bring us closer then we have been in the last 9 1/2 years together! So, I just wanted to take some time to recap a little of what has happened since my last post!

Many of you may not know this but shortly before Thanksgiving Eric's mom was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Her outlook on this situation has made me pray everyday that if this were ever to happen to me that I could have even an ounce of the positivity & courage that she has! She is probably one of the strongest women I know & Eric and I thank God for her daily! She has had many test run & so far everything has come back to negative, meaning the cancer has not spread to more serious areas!

On a different note...Christmas was a little different for us this year as well! Starting with the fact that it snowed!!! Something I have always wished for but when it actually happened was a little irritated by!! As you may or may not know, my parents moved into a new house this year. It is their dream house...the last one they will live in...its on the lake in the area they are orginally from. In years past we have always spent Christmas eve at my grandparents house since we lived in Dallas and had to travel there. This was the first year we did not do that! So this year we planned to have a nice Christmas eve of opening presents, eating & going to church. Instead a blizzard moved in and we hurried through presents, church got canceled & ate pizza from the local gas station (did I mention how small the town is that they live in!). We rushed through presents so my older sister & her family could travel back to their house before the roads got bad! That did not happen! The highway to their house got shut down & in the process of turning around to head back to my parents house they got stuck on the side of the highway! So my mom & I sat at home and waited while my Dad, Eric, Leandra & her boyfriend Chris struck out to pull them out & many others while they were at it! The weather then delayed our Christmas morning plans of going to my grandparents which further delayed us getting to Eric's parents house!

However, we did end up getting to Dallas in a timely manner since they had virtually no snow! Christmas ended up being great but it went by way to fast!! Before we knew it we were driving back to Tulsa where we found tons of snow! Which is still on the ground today!!

We ended 2009 on a boring note this year! No fun parties for us! We were back in Texas because I threw Casey a baby shower & my family threw me a small family shower that weekend! The week leading up to New Year's I had a stomach virus & Eric got in an accident on his way to Kansas. His car had to be pulled out of a ditch & is now at the repair place for who knows how long. We were suppose to celebrate my sisters birthday on New Year's day but she & my mom came down with the stomach bug as well...so they spent their time in their room & Eric and I bypassed the germy main floor at my parents house by taking the elevator from our room where we watched a lot of TV on the third floor the the gameroom on the bottom floor where we played a lot of Wii, to keep ourselves entertained!

We are hoping for a better start to 2010! My mom & my grandparents are coming up this weekend to put together the nursery! I will post pictures when it is all done! Monday is my 25th birthday! Yikes!! Eric's mom has surgery on Monday as well, in Houston. Then will be spending some time at a condo in Galvaston recovering. Next weekend Eric & I are headed to Branson for the weekend to do a one day marriage seminar and spend some last time as a couple before we become a family of three! We have a couple more baby showers to help get us prepared for our little girls arrival, which is a short 2 months away! I hope to keep you all posted as these things happen but as you can tell I am not very good at keeping this up-to-date! I leave you with some pictures...