It's a Christmas Miracle!

I was going to wait at least 3 months to tell everyone, much less blog about it, however it all happened at a good time when I was in town & could tell my family in person. The Friday before Christmas I was staying with Regina while Lane was driving up the next day. I mentioned to her I was a little concerned & we decided to find out. Sure enough, I didn't even have to wait the 2 minutes like the box says. Then we call Amy & make up some stupid story to get her over there. And when I show her, she thinks it's Regina who's pregnant & walks right past me! (Thanks for the support Amy). I couldn't have picked better people to be with me when I found out (except for maybe Lane). Of course they made me take several pictures, many of which I did not post to spare you.

You'll have to excuse our look. This was probably around 10pm.

Regina broke out the bubbly (sparkling grape juice) for the occasion.

When Lane finally got here the next day I had wrapped up the test to give to him as an early Christmas present. Here's his reaction...

Don't worry he eventually warmed up to the idea. We're both very happy, excited and blessed at the thought of a little addition to our family! I'm only a little over 5 weeks along, so keep your fingers crossed for us.

Gay Ole Time

Tonight we went to the Gaylord Hotel. It's so huge & nice inside! They had it all decorated for Christmas so there were tons of opportunities for photo ops.

The colorful tree village. There were also lots of train tracks going around that were pretty neat.

This gingerbread house looked yummy, but we found out it was actually made out of styrofoam!

It seemed only appropriate to have a picture in front of a Longhorn. 1) Lane goes to school at UT & 2) It's Texas.

Ice Skating

This past Friday we went ice skating outdoors! They had a cute little rink set up in downtown Houston. Even though the ice was all cut up & in desperate need of the zamboni, it was still a lot of fun. The local radio station was giving away a free Wii to whoever found the "Secret Santa". For some reason all the kids thought it was Lane, so the entire night they were going up to him and asking, "Are you Hot 95 Sarah & Booker's Secret Santa?" Lane had a good time messing with the kids, so it all worked out.

Santa's Helpers

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Let It Snow!

Yay! Our first snowfall! All day long it was miserably cold...around 34 degrees. I probably felt it more than others because I was getting in & out of my car all day going to different schools. It rained on & off & eventually that rain turned into sleet & finally snow! Luckily I was home by that time. All of the cars in our complex have a pretty layer of snow over them. Here's an example above. Too bad when I wake up tomorrow it will all be gone. Just like it was a dream & temps will be back up to 60.

Gingerbread House Round 2

Last night we had Brian, Christina Dominic over to make gingerbread houses. I know we already did this, but I wanted to make another so we could keep it in our house for decoration. This time I got the kit from Target, and I have to say that theirs is so much easier to make! I'm definitely using them again next year.

Shake It

My friend Jen is getting married in a week & last night was her bachelorette party. We all went out to the midtown area & ended up at a piano bar. It was pretty entertaining. I was actually impressed with myself for staying out that late. I didn't even meet up with everybody until midnight. The last time I did that I was single. Oh how life has changed. Anyway it was a great time. This was my favorite picture of the night. She's really enjoying herself!

Holiday Fun

Lane & I were out shopping in a little center by our house & happened to be there as some Christmas festivities were going on. We figured we might as well get in on the action. The first one was of Santa's sleigh. We were the only adults without kids in line. I don't know why Santa didn't get in any of the pictures. He was a Texas Santa, so he had a red shirt & jeans on. The person taking our picture obviously didn't know how to use the zoom out button, so we weren't able to get the reindeer in.

But here Dancer is up close. He was so cute! I felt kind of sorry for him having to stand by the sleigh all night.

Doesn't Lane look so happy here? Frosty caught us while we were in line.

Corpus Christi

I traveled to Corpus for a work event yesterday.My job was to get a gift bag for a prize we were giving away, but I couldn't find a Walgreens, CVS, or grocery store anywhere! Luckily we happened to stumble across a gift shop/restaurant. So we went inside & the only kind of bag they had was hand painted like the one above. So I paid the $3. Then the cashier tells me there's an art show going on upstairs & we should check it out. We weren't going to go until she said there was free food & then we were in. So we head up there & there's only about 10-15 people & they were all senior citizens. We definitely stuck out. The strange thing about this art show was that there were only 4 pieces of work there. My favorite part was a solo sax they hired to play music. He was head to toe in a purple suit. The whole situation was very strange & I started laughing when he started playing circus music. It's definitely something you had to be there to appreciate.

While we were there we also stopped by the original Whataburger. Obviously it's had some remodeling. I've never seen a 2-story one before. The guy who brought us our food was so nice. I recommend Corpus to those who want to eat at Whataburger. Otherwise I suggest staying home.

Christmas Tree

Today we went to pick out our Christmas tree. We pretty much bought the first one we saw. It was perfectly shaped. As you can see it is pretty short. I'm almost as tall as it. That was the only thing I didn't like about it, but all the other trees were uneven & didn't look right.

When I got home I got to work decorating it. And as you can see it cleans up pretty nice. You'll have to forgive me for the star. You probably didn't even notice it. That's because last year I accidentally bought a star for a mini tree. Maybe I'll buy a real one this year when they go on sale.