Christmas tide

We've had a good time with the Ford family over Christmas eve and Christmas day. In the days to come we will celebrate Christmas with my dad and then my mom. We're taking this whole Christmas tide idea and running with it... we're taking our time like the three kings and will celebrate until Ephiphany. We are thankful for the time and for our family. Isabella Renee will be a fortunate little girl to be born into such love and excitement! :) MERRY CHRISTMAS.

So much to do... so much has been going on...

I'm so sorry it has been so long since my last post. In the time that has passed, so much has happened....
* Robert went to Vegas for the 5th year in a row and the guys had a GREAT time.
* It snowed two inches in Houston. It was the coolest thing I have seen in a long time... and so out of context!
* School is out, first semester down. My kids were overly generous and gave me lots of great presents. One little girl brought me a pair of red baby crocs for Isabella (our baby to be).
* We passed the 100 day mark, and now can count down the birth date in the double digits.
* I made Janice's homemade mac n cheese for Robert to take to his pot luck at work and it TURNED OUT!
* We purchased the baby's crib and will get to go pick it up this weekend and put it together... stay posted for photos!

We're ready to see friends and family over the holiday break.... :)

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

We fought the good fight and went to Garden Ridge to buy our first Christmas tree.
We have a few ornaments, but lots of lights. I think it looks great.
This time next year, Isabella will be in the ornament mess helping us pull it all out and put it up on the tree!
We hope the holidays are filling you with moments to sit, take in the light, and give thanks for all great gifts.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a great time to enjoy family, food and great cool weather. We headed up north to Dallas to visit our families. It was wonderful to see moms and dads and sister Sarah and Ken. Football victories didn't quite turn out in Robert's favor and we didn't win the 111 million dollar lottery. We DID eat great food, laugh a lot, and enjoy some of our favorite people. We never busted out the camera, so this morning, I snapped some photos to make this post a bit more entertaining. YAY for family, fall and the beauty that comes with each.

Isabella's Room Decor

We made a decision and have begun our wish list process...
Isabella's room decor is CoCaLo Couture - Tahi.
Her nursery furniture is made by Munire and is part of the Essex Collection.
We've also started to find some things at Babies R Us and have started a registry at amazon.com.
Enjoy browsing... we can't wait to start purchasing and getting so we can set up her room. :)

Mr. and Mrs. Odom

This weekend we drove out to the hill country to watch two great friends get married! They held the weekend of fun at camp Waldemar outside Hunt, Texas.
On Saturday, we ate great food, walked around camp and even ran into the camp donkey... FLAP JACK! Desmond was the brave one who bonded with Flap Jack.
The wedding was at five on Saturday night and it was pretty COLD outside. Everyone looked great, but we had to take pictures fast or just settle for picture with our coats! Here is a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Odom with HCE teachers and... of course, a picture of the new parents-to-be! :)

It's a GIRL!

Today we sat through a crazy ultrasound session. The technician was so sweet. She asked if we wanted to know the sex of the baby and we resounded with YES! Then, she asked if we had any names picked out. We told her Robert or Isabella. She was wonderful and really into all the details that she could see and measure...
head, thigh, arm, back, feet, and eyes!
Robert and I were trying the whole time to play catch up and actually SEE what she was seeing. Toward the end of our session she hadn't said anything about the sex and had just been measuring and labeling all these parts for our doctor to see. On the last take she typed... I-S-A-B-E-L-L-A! Wahoo, a healthy baby girl.
Yes, Robert is ok. He's already mapping out their plan for domination over the golf world... father/daughter tournaments... WATCH OUT!
We spent the afternoon looking at baby furniture and baby things. We are hoping in the next week to make our wish list and register at a couple of stores.
Thanks to everyone who has been so excited and supportive!
:) Robert continues to be out numbered... GO GIRLS!